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Effect Of H2S On The Performance Of Welded 13% Cr Steel In Supercritical CO2

Carbon steels such as API 5L X65 are widely used oil and gas exploration, production and transportation service. However, these steels tend to corrode in the presence of wet CO2 and corrosion is more pronounced in the presence of dissolved salts and acids. Other metals, alloys and polymers also degrade in the presence of high pressure gaseous and supercritical CO2. The corrosion rate of carbon steels in some aqueous environments have been reported to be more than a few millimeters per year.9-10 The situation could be further exacerbated by H2S where cracking can be an issue for high strength steels.

Product Number: 51322-17886-SG
Author: Shiladitya Paul
Publication Date: 2022
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Welded 13% Cr steel specimens were tested at 80°C in de-aerated NaCl solution (1000mg/L) for 30 days purged with (i) ~10MPa CO2 and (ii) a mixture of ~9.999MPa CO2 and ~0.001MPa H2S. One set of specimens was submerged in the solution and the other was suspended above it. Two sets of specimens were prepared: (i) for corrosion test with no applied stress, and (ii) for stress corrosion cracking (SCC) test using a four-point method by applying 100% of 0.2% proof stress. For four-point testing, specimens were extracted transverse to the weld and were tested with the weld root in tension. Post-test examination of the specimens revealed evidence of corrosion. The strained specimens tested in H2S/CO2 showed very fine features. These sub-micron features were narrow in the vapor space, but wider features were observed in the region close to the fusion line in the specimen tested in the aqueous phase.

Welded 13% Cr steel specimens were tested at 80°C in de-aerated NaCl solution (1000mg/L) for 30 days purged with (i) ~10MPa CO2 and (ii) a mixture of ~9.999MPa CO2 and ~0.001MPa H2S. One set of specimens was submerged in the solution and the other was suspended above it. Two sets of specimens were prepared: (i) for corrosion test with no applied stress, and (ii) for stress corrosion cracking (SCC) test using a four-point method by applying 100% of 0.2% proof stress. For four-point testing, specimens were extracted transverse to the weld and were tested with the weld root in tension. Post-test examination of the specimens revealed evidence of corrosion. The strained specimens tested in H2S/CO2 showed very fine features. These sub-micron features were narrow in the vapor space, but wider features were observed in the region close to the fusion line in the specimen tested in the aqueous phase.

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