Fireside Corrosion during Oxyfuel Combustion Considering Various SO2 Contents

This work encompasses the evaluation of deposit and material related limitations on boiler performance and the lifetime of CO2 free, oxyfuel operated power plants. The aim of the study was to determine the reliability of advanced and conventional boiler materials. Six alloys, varying from state-of-the-art ferritic-martensitic and austenitic Fe-based steels to an advanced Ni- based superalloy, were selected for the corrosion tests. The impact on corrosion of oxy-firing of two fuels is considered in the study: S-lean bituminous coal from Indonesia and S-rich bituminous coal from Venezuela. Fireside corrosion tests were performed by two laboratories using varying me hodologies: exposures in a combustion test rig using cooled corrosion probes followed by laboratory exposures and isothermal laboratory exposures only. The tests result in a similar ranking of the alloys’ corrosion resistance, but also revealed some differences in the corrosion products formed.