Abstract:
An investigation is conducted on the candidate material GH2070P alloy tube for the 650 ℃ ultra supercritical boiler service by performing the high-temperature creep rupture tests at 675 ℃ under various stress levels. The isothermal method is employed to predict the 100 000 h high-temperature creep strength. The microstructure evolution and the fracture characteristics at different durations of high-temperature creep are analyzed. It is revealed via the study that based on the existing data from the test the extrapolated 100 000 h creep strength of the GH2070P alloy tube at 675 ℃ is 141 MPa,meeting the design target requirements;along with the increase of the creep duration,the size of γ′ phase gradually coarsens,conforming to the LSW law;a great number of finely dispersed spherical γ′ phases have a strong pinning effect on the relative dislocations,providing the GH2070P alloy with good high-temperature strength and creep strength;the M
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6 carbides precipitated at the grain boundary in the GH2070P alloy form no network structure;the fracture surfaces of the GH2070P alloy after the high-temperature creep-rupture tests exhibit intergranular fractures as caused by the hi-temperature creep accompanied by micro-plastic deformation during the intergranular fracture of the specimens.