The Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Phase Composition of Plasma Sprayed Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub> Coatings for Applications in Biomass Firing Plants

This study presents the thermal and chemical resistance of plasma-sprayed Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> doped with 13 wt.% of TiO<sub>2</sub> coatings and their suitability for the fire grate of straw pellet fu...

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Autores principales: Airingas Šuopys, Liutauras Marcinauskas, Viktorija Grigaitienė, Romualdas Kėželis, Mindaugas Aikas, Rolandas Uscila, Simona Tučkutė, Martynas Lelis
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/302ecb6faba0488c93e1b2e03035ef1b
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Sumario:This study presents the thermal and chemical resistance of plasma-sprayed Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> doped with 13 wt.% of TiO<sub>2</sub> coatings and their suitability for the fire grate of straw pellet furnaces. Coatings were deposited on steel substrates using direct current atmospheric pressure plasma spraying. The surface structure, elemental, and phase composition of formed coatings were analyzed before and after the thermal treatment, imitating natural application conditions. For the experiment, the annealing temperature was 500 °C for twenty-five cycles (80 min each). It was found that the steel substrate oxidized after five thermal cycles, and the formation of iron oxides was observed. The elemental composition of the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-13 wt.% TiO<sub>2</sub> coatings remained unchanged even after 25 cycles of heat treatment. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) results revealed that the alpha-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> to gamma-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> phase ratio in the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>-TiO<sub>2</sub> coating was reduced by only 8.7% after 25 cycles.