Abstract
Concentrated solar power plants using chloride molten salt as heat transfer fluids imply high corrosion risks. The corrosion behaviour of SS310 stainless steel in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2 and NaCl-KCl-CaCl2 molten salts was comparatively studied. MgCl2 exhibits remarkably higher hygroscopicity than CaCl2, inducing a significant difference in the concentration of HCl that directly results in the matrix corrosion. The hydrolysis of MgCl2 produces large amounts of MgO that destroys Cr2O3 film and produce less-protective MgCr2O4. Correspondingly, a heterogeneous oxide bilayer is formed in NaCl-KCl-MgCl2. In NaCl-KCl-CaCl2, a lamellar oxide layer composed of primarily Ni(Fe,Cr)2O4 can effectively block the corrosive species H2O and HCl.
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