Susceptibility of P91 and P92 pipework to Type IV cracking

Component:

  • Main steam pipework fabricated from advanced 9Cr steels
Objective:
  • To determine the operating temperatures and timescales at which advanced steel pipework might be susceptible to Type IV cracking  
Approach: 
  • Study of the known behaviour of CrMoV and X20 piping systems
  • Cross-weld testing of advanced steels

Benefits:

  • Determination of typical and critical system stresses
  • Quantification of weldment strength relative to parent material, as a function of service conditions
  • Production of maps for predicting weld failure location and time
  • Definition of service conditions for which these steels are relatively immune to Type IV cracking
 
Failure mechanism map for P91 pipework weldments, based on full-thickness cross-weld tests

Published:

Brear, J.M.
“Weld life prediction – building on experience”
International VDI Conference ‘Alloys in Power Plant Technology’, Berlin 11-12 November 2014
 
Brear, J.M. and Fleming, A
“Prediction of P91 life under plant operating conditions”
ETD Int Conf ‘High Temperature Plant Integrity and Life Extension’ Robinson College, Cambridge, 14-16 Apr 2004
 
Middleton, C.J., Brear, J.M, Munson, R and Viswanathan, R
“An assessment of the risk of Type IV cracking in welds to header, pipework and turbine components constructed from the advanced ferritic 9% and 12% chromium steels”
3rd EPRI Conf ‘Advances in Material Technology for Fossil Power Plants’, Swansea, April 2001.  EPRI Report 1001462.  Inst Materials, London, Book 0770 pp.69-78
 
 

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