ZrO2陶瓷热障涂层显微结构及隔热性能研究

用电子束物理气相沉积法(EB-PVD)在DZ125高温合金上制备Y2O3部分稳定化的ZrO2(YSZ)陶瓷热障涂层,并用扫描电镜(SEM)观察涂层显微结构.采用激光脉冲法对EB-PVD热障涂层的热扩散系数进行测试.为防止热扩散系数测试时激光穿透ZrO2陶瓷层,在试样表面制备不同材料的遮挡层.结果表明,EB-PVD热障涂层呈明显的柱状晶结构,柱状晶垂直于涂层/基体界面.基体的热扩散系数随温度的升高而急剧增加,陶瓷热障涂层的热扩散系数随温度的升高呈下降趋势,但变化幅度不大.室温下陶瓷层的热扩散系数小于基体的1/3,1200℃时约为基体的1/67.试样的激光遮挡层很好解决了激光脉冲法测试涂层热扩散系数时的不稳定性和激光穿透问题.在满足遮挡要求的条件下,遮挡层材料种类对热扩散系数测试无明显影响.     

梯度热障涂层的设计

 采用电子束物理气相沉积方法 (EB PVD)制备了梯度热障涂层,其结构设计为NiCoCrAlY粘结层 /Al₂O₃ YSZ过渡层 /YSZ陶瓷层。YSZ陶瓷层的结构为柱状晶结构,Al₂O₃ YSZ梯度过渡层为梯度微孔结构。采用有限元方法对梯度热障涂层进行热应力分析,优化了Al₂O₃ YSZ梯度过渡层的组成。计算结果表明,梯度涂层的内应力显著降低,而且界面及其附近应力和应变变化较平缓。过渡层厚度的增加有利于降低涂层内应力和缓和涂层界面处的应力集中。     

电子束物理气相沉积Nd2O3和Yb2O3共掺杂的YSZ热障涂层研究

采用固相烧结的方法制备了10 mol% Nd2O3和Yb2O3共掺杂的YSZ(3.5 mol% Y2O3部分稳定的ZrO2)材料.掺杂材料为t/t'相,而8YSZ则为t/t'与m的混合相.测试结果表明:1 100 ℃时掺杂材料的热扩散系数为4.10×10-7 m2/s,而8YSZ(8 wt.% Y2O3部分稳定的ZrO2)的则为6.41×10-7 m2/s.在200～1 300 ℃温度范围内,掺杂材料的比热容均大大低于8YSZ.电子束物理气相沉积的掺杂材料的热障涂层陶瓷层为树枝晶结构.1 100 ℃下,掺杂材料的热障涂层热循环寿命为350～500 h,而同等条件下8YSZ涂层仅为160～200 h.     

热障涂层表面裂纹水浸超声检测

为有效检测热障涂层(TBCs)表面裂纹,进行了热障涂层表面裂纹水浸超声检测技术的应用研究。以常用的大气等离子喷涂(APS)热障涂层作为试验材料,采用水浸超声检测回波声程差和C扫描图像对不同深度、宽度和长度的热障涂层表面裂纹进行了表征。结果表明:热障涂层基体材料对热障涂层表面裂纹的检测效果无明显影响;通过优化检测参数和合理选用仪器探头,利用水浸超声方法可实现对热障涂层表面深度为0.1 mm、长度为2 mm裂纹的有效检测;水浸超声检测技术可以获得裂纹的长度、深度参数,是解决热障涂层表面裂纹检测问题的有效方法。      

航空发动机热障涂层材料体系的研究

介绍了热障涂层的结构、陶瓷表层材料和中间粘结层的材料发展趋势。热障涂层的结构已由经典的双层结构向成分、结构连续变化的梯度结构发展,涂层的寿命有明显的提高。制备方法中电子束物理气相沉积技术具有明显优势。热障涂层表层材料的最佳成分是(质量百分数6%～8%)Y2O3部分稳定的ZrO2陶瓷材料。粘结层体系发展的一个重要趋势是能同时保证力学性能和抗氧化性能的低Al含量NiCoCrAlY。     

电子束物理气相沉积YSZ热障涂层热循环性能

考察了YSZ热障涂层的抗热循环性能;分别利用SEM、XRD分析了热循环前后涂层的显微结构和相组成。经分析可知,YSZ热障涂层具有典型的柱状晶结构,沉积态时YSZ涂层为t/t′相,经过600次热循环后,YSZ涂层未发现脱落。     

Effect of Sintering on Thermal Conductivity and Thermal Barrier Effects of Thermal Barrier Coatings

Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are mostly applied to hot components of advanced turbine engines to insulate the components from hot gas. The effect of sintering on thermal conductivity and thermal barrier effects of conventional plasma sprayed and nanostructured yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are investigated. Remarkable increase in thermal conductivity occurs to both typical coatings after heat treatment. The change of porosity is just the opposite. The grain size of the nanostructured zirconia coating increases more drastically with annealing time compared to that of the conventional plasma sprayed coating, which indicates that coating sintering makes more contributions to the thermal conductivity of the nanostructured coating than that of the conventional coating. Thermal barrier effect tests using temperature difference technique are performed on both coatings. The thermal barrier effects decrease with the increase of thermal conductivity after heat treatment and the decline seems more drastic in low thermal conductivity range. The decline in thermal barrier effects is about 80 °C for nanostructured coating after 100 h heat treatment, while the conventional coating reduces by less than 60 °C compared to the as-sprayed coating.     

Failure of EB-PVD Thermal Barrier Coatings Subjected to Thermo-Mechanical Loading

Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) were developed to protect metallic blades and vanes working in turbo-engines. The two-layered structure TBCs, consisting of NiCoCrAlY bond coat and yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ), were deposited on a cylinder of superalloy substrate by the electron beam-physical vapor deposition (EB-PVD). The failure mechanism of the TBCs was investigated with a thermo-mechanical fatigue testing system under the service condition similar to that for turbine blades. Non-destructive evaluation of the coated specimens was conducted through the impedance spectroscopy. It is found that the crack initiation mainly takes place on the top coat at the edge of the heated zones.     

大功率EB-PVD陶瓷热障涂层的研究与应用

陶瓷热障涂层用于涡轮发动机的热端部件可显著提高其使用温度,延长部件的使用寿命,并提高发动机的效率。介绍了制备陶瓷热障涂层的电子束物理气相沉积技术。分析了热障涂层的剥落失效机理,同时对热障涂层的隔热效果的研究也进行了介绍。     

High-temperature oxidation behavior and analysis of impedance spectroscopy of 7YSZ thermal barrier coating prepared by plasma spray-physical vapor deposition

Quasi-columnar structure 7YSZ(yttria stabilized zirconia) thermal barrier coatings(TBCs) are prepared by plasma spray-physical vapor deposition(PS-PVD) onto pretreated and un-pretreated bond coating, respectively. An isothermal oxidation experiment of 7YSZ TBCs is carried out in the atmosphere of 950 °C in order to simulate the high-temperature oxidation process of engine blades. The isothermal oxidation process of 7YSZ thermal barrier coatings is investigated systematically by impedance spectroscopy. The electrochemical physical model and equivalent circuit of columnar 7YSZ coatings are established. Results show that the isothermal oxidation kinetic curve of columnar 7YSZ thermal barrier coatings appears to follow the parabolic law. A pretreatment of bond coating can reduce the growth rate of the thermally grown oxide(TGO) layer, restraining the initiation and propagation of microcracks between YSZ and TGO layers. The oxidation rate constants of 7YSZ coatings with pretreated and un-pretreated bond coating are 0.101×10~(-12) cm~2·s~(-1) and 0.115 × 10~(-13) cm~2 ·s~(-1), respectively. Impedance analysis shows that the content of oxygen vacancies decreases and the density increases after the TGO layer is oxidized for 150 h. In addition, shrinkage microcracks formed by sintering during the oxidation process is the main reason for an increase of the capacitance and a decrease of the resistance in the grain boundary of YSZ.