Abstract
With an interest in moving from steam to supercritical CO2 as the working fluid in advanced energy systems, it is important to study the mechanical response of structural alloys to CO2-containing environments. MARBN-type 9Cr martensitic steel was originally developed for application in boilers for supercritical and ultra-supercritical power plants where the steam temperature reaches 650 °C. In this research, a MARBN-type 9Cr martensitic steel designed and manufactured at NETL was creep tested in a gaseous CO2 environment (i.e., 0.1 MPa at 650 °C), and the results are directly compared to creep tests conducted in air. It was found that environmentally-assisted cracking facilitated by carbide formation beneath the growing oxide accelerated failure in gaseous CO2. This work indicates that creep-oxidation interactions in advanced martensitic steels represent an important consideration for materials selection in supercritical CO2 power cycles. Furthermore, this work confirms that more oxidation-resistant alloys will be required for the highest temperature portions of these systems.
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