Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problem that an 8YSZ ceramic thermal insulation coating is difficult to be used in a high-temperature thermal chemistry multi-field coupling environment at a temperature of more than 1200 ℃ for a long time in the prior art, the invention aims to provide a high-performance ScYSZ thermal insulation coating with a low thermal conductivity, good strain tolerance and high thermal cycle life, which is continuously prepared in a double gradual change structure, and a preparation method thereof.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a preparation method for continuously preparing a high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure comprises the following steps:
preparing a ScYSZ layered structure layer on a high-temperature alloy matrix by adopting a supersonic plasma spraying process to agglomerate ScYSZ ceramic powder;
Ball milling is carried out on nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder and absolute ethyl alcohol containing a dispersing agent to obtain suspension;
And preparing a vertical crack structure layer on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by using the suspension liquid through a supersonic suspension liquid plasma spraying process, so as to form the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure.
A further improvement of the invention is that the ScYSZ layer structure has a thickness of 100 μm.
The invention is further improved in that the supersonic plasma spraying process parameters are 430-450A of current, 125-140V of voltage, 110-120L/min of main gas argon flow, 15-17L/min of secondary gas hydrogen flow, 90-110 mm of spraying distance and 14-18 g/min of powder feeding amount.
The invention is further improved in that the dispersing agent is polyethylene glycol.
The invention is further improved in that the mass ratio of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder to the dispersing agent is 20-40:1-4.
The invention is further improved in that the coating thickness of the vertical crack structure layer is 100 μm.
The invention is further improved in that the plasma spraying process parameters of the supersonic suspension are 380-420A current, 110-150V voltage, 60-70L/min main gas argon flow, 16-22L/min secondary gas hydrogen flow, 40mm spraying distance and 15-25 mL/min suspension powder feeding rate.
The invention is further improved in that the suspension is preheated to 180 ℃ before the vertical crack structure layer is prepared on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by utilizing a supersonic suspension plasma spraying process.
The invention further improves that the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder is prepared by mixing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder, a binder and water to obtain slurry, ball-milling the slurry, and then carrying out centrifugal spray granulation to agglomerate the powder to obtain the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder.
A high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure comprises a ScYSZ layered structure layer and a vertical crack structure layer which are arranged on a high-temperature alloy substrate from bottom to top.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
The invention adopts a supersonic plasma spraying technology to prepare the ScYSZ coating containing the lamellar structure, and also adopts a supersonic suspension plasma spraying technology to continuously prepare the ScYSZ coating with a vertical crack structure on the ScYSZ coating with the lamellar structure. The nano-structure in the ScYSZ coating containing the lamellar structure can greatly reduce the heat conductivity of the coating so as to further enhance the heat insulation effect of the coating; the ScYSZ coating with the vertical crack structure increases the stress damage tolerance of the coating, reduces the thermal stress accumulation of the coating under the service condition of cold-hot alternation circulation, is easy to release the thermal stress, can effectively improve the defect of poor heat insulation performance of the layer with the vertical crack structure, has low heat conductivity and excellent high-temperature tetragonal phase stability, and is beneficial to prolonging the service life of the hot end part in higher temperature and more complex harsh environments.
Furthermore, in the preparation process of the ScYSZ coating with the double gradual change structure, the formation of a vertical crack structure of the coating is realized by adjusting the concentration of supersonic suspension slurry, the suspension powder feeding rate, the power and other preparation factors, and finally the thermal stress release of the coating under the service condition of cold-hot alternating circulation is influenced.
Detailed Description
In order that the invention may be readily understood, a more complete description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. The drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.
The invention discloses a preparation method for continuously preparing a high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure, which comprises the following steps:
Step 1, scandium chloride hexahydrate, yttrium chloride hexahydrate, zirconium oxychloride octahydrate and citric acid are dissolved in deionized water according to the molar ratio of 0.14:0.01:0.925:1.075 to form a colorless transparent solution, then the prepared solution is placed in a water bath at 60 ℃ to be stirred for 24 hours for sol-gel reaction to obtain wet gel, and the gel product after the reaction is placed in a baking oven at 60 ℃ to be dried, so that a xerogel precursor is finally obtained.
And 2, setting the xerogel precursor in a muffle furnace at 1100 ℃ for 4 hours, and obtaining the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder.
Mixing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder, a binder (polyvinyl alcohol PVA) and water to obtain slurry, wherein the weight concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 50 wt%, the weight concentration of the binder polyvinyl alcohol PVA is 1 wt% and the weight concentration of deionized water is 49 wt%, ball milling the slurry through a planetary ball mill at 400r/min for 8 hours, and agglomerating the powder through a centrifugal spray granulation dryer to obtain agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder, wherein the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder is suitable for the requirements of a supersonic plasma spraying process and has good fluidity, and the centrifugal spray granulation dryer has the technological parameters of 220 ℃ of air inlet temperature, 250Hz of centrifugal frequency and 20mL/min of feeding rate.
And 3, placing the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder obtained in the step 2 into a supersonic plasma spraying powder feeding device, adopting a supersonic plasma spraying process, and adjusting supersonic plasma spraying process parameters to prepare a ScYSZ layered structure layer on the high-temperature alloy substrate, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m. The supersonic plasma spraying process parameters are 430-450A of current, 125-140V of voltage, 110-120L/min of main gas and argon flow, 15-17L/min of secondary gas and hydrogen flow, 90-110 mm of spraying distance and 14-18 g/min of powder feeding amount.
And 4, performing ball milling and dispersing on the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder in the step 2 and absolute ethyl alcohol containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) serving as a dispersing agent to obtain a suspension, wherein the mass concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 20-40 wt%, the mass concentration of the dispersing agent is 1-4 wt%, transporting the suspension to an atomizer by using a peristaltic pump, atomizing the suspension by using the atomizer, then sending the atomized suspension into jet flow of a supersonic plasma spray gun, preparing a vertical crack structural layer on the ScYSZ lamellar structural layer by using a supersonic suspension plasma spray process, and forming the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m.
The supersonic suspension plasma spraying process parameters are that the current is 380-420A, the voltage is 110-150V, the flow of main gas and argon is 60-70L/min, the flow of secondary gas and hydrogen is 16-22L/min, the spraying distance is 40mm, the powder feeding rate of the suspension is 15-25 mL/min, and the substrate is preheated to 180 ℃ before spraying.
Example 1
The preparation method of the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with the double gradual change structure comprises the following steps:
Step1, scandium chloride hexahydrate, yttrium chloride hexahydrate, zirconium oxychloride octahydrate and citric acid are dissolved in deionized water according to a molar ratio of 0.14:0.01:0.925:1.075 to form a colorless transparent solution, then the prepared solution is placed in a water bath at 60 ℃ to be stirred for 24 hours for sol-gel reaction to obtain wet gel, and the gel product after the reaction is placed in a baking oven at 60 ℃ to be dried, so that a xerogel precursor is finally obtained.
And 2, setting the xerogel precursor in a muffle furnace at 1100 ℃ for 4 hours, and obtaining the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder. The TEM morphology of the powder is shown in fig. 3, and the grain size of the powder is in the range of 10-40 nm, so that the grain size is uniformly distributed.
Mixing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder, a binder polyvinyl alcohol and water to obtain slurry, wherein the weight concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 50 wt%, the weight concentration of the binder polyvinyl alcohol PVA is 1wt% and the weight concentration of deionized water is 49 wt%, ball milling the slurry through a planetary ball mill at 400r/min for 8 hours, and agglomerating the powder through a centrifugal spray granulation dryer to obtain agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder, wherein the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder is suitable for the requirements of a supersonic plasma spraying process and has good flowability, and as can be seen in fig. 4, the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder has good sphericity and particle size within a range of 10-50 mu m. Wherein, the technological parameters of the centrifugal spray granulation dryer are that the air inlet temperature is 220 ℃, the centrifugal frequency is 250Hz, and the feeding rate is 20mL/min.
And 3, placing the agglomerated ScYSZ ceramic powder obtained in the step 2 into a supersonic plasma spraying powder feeding device, adopting a supersonic plasma spraying process, and adjusting supersonic plasma spraying process parameters to prepare a ScYSZ layered structure layer on the high-temperature alloy substrate, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m. The supersonic plasma spraying process parameters are 430A current, 138V voltage, 120L/min main gas argon flow, 16L/min secondary gas hydrogen flow, 100mm spraying distance and 16g/min powder feeding.
And 4, performing ball milling and dispersing on the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder in the step 2 and absolute ethyl alcohol containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) serving as a dispersing agent to obtain a suspension, wherein the mass concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 20 wt%, the mass concentration of the dispersing agent is 1 wt%, transporting the suspension to an atomizer by using a peristaltic pump, atomizing the suspension by using the atomizer, then sending the atomized suspension into jet flow of a supersonic plasma spray gun, and preparing a coating with a vertical crack structure on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by using a supersonic suspension plasma spraying process, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m, thereby forming the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure.
The supersonic suspension plasma spraying process parameters are that the current is 420A, the voltage is 150V, the flow of main gas and argon is 70L/min, the flow of secondary gas and hydrogen is 22L/min, the spraying distance is 40mm, the powder feeding rate of the suspension is 25mL/min, and the substrate is preheated to 180 ℃ before spraying.
The structure of the double-gradual-change-structure high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating is shown in figure 1, and a layered structure layer and a vertical crack structure layer are sequentially arranged on a high-temperature alloy substrate from bottom to top.
An SEM image of the dual-graded-structure high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating provided in embodiment 1 of the present invention is shown in fig. 2, and it can be seen that gray is a superalloy substrate portion, a layered-structure ScYSZ ceramic layer is formed in the middle of the drawing, and a vertical-crack-structure ScYSZ ceramic layer is formed as the uppermost layer.
Referring to the device in document (Y.Wang,Y.Bai,G.H.Liu,et al.,Wide-velocity range high-energy plasma sprayed yttria-stabilized zirconia thermal barrier coating—Part II:Structural defects and thermal-bonding properties,Surface and Coatings Technology,476(2024)130203.) for heat insulation effect test, it can be seen from the heat insulation effect curves of the coating of the double gradient structure in fig. 5 that the curves T1 and T3 respectively represent the surface temperature of the uncoated substrate and the surface temperature of the coated substrate, the curves T2 and T4 respectively represent the back surface temperature of the uncoated substrate and the back surface temperature of the coated substrate, the difference between the curve stabilization stages, i.e., (T3-T4) - (T1-T2), is the heat insulation effect of the coating, and the calculated heat insulation temperature of the obtainable coating is about 96 ℃, which indicates that the heat insulation effect of the coating of the double gradient structure is good at 1200 ℃.
Example 2
Step1, same as in example 1;
step 2, same as in example 1;
Step 3, same as in example 1;
And 4, ball-milling and dispersing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder and absolute ethyl alcohol containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) serving as a dispersing agent to obtain a suspension, wherein the mass concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 20 wt%, the mass concentration of the dispersing agent is 1wt%, transporting the suspension to an atomizer by using a peristaltic pump, atomizing the suspension by using the atomizer, then sending the atomized suspension into jet flow of a supersonic plasma spray gun, preparing a coating with a vertical crack structure on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by using a supersonic suspension plasma spray process, and forming the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m.
The supersonic suspension plasma spraying process parameters are 380A current, 110V voltage, 60L/min main gas and argon flow, 16L/min secondary gas and hydrogen flow, 40mm spraying distance, 25mL/min suspension powder feeding rate, and preheating the substrate to 180 ℃ before spraying.
Example 3
Step1, same as in example 1;
step 2, same as in example 1;
Step 3, same as in example 1;
And 4, ball-milling and dispersing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder and absolute ethyl alcohol containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) serving as a dispersing agent to obtain a suspension, wherein the mass concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 20 wt%, the mass concentration of the dispersing agent is 1wt%, transporting the suspension to an atomizer by using a peristaltic pump, atomizing the suspension by using the atomizer, then sending the atomized suspension into jet flow of a supersonic plasma spray gun, preparing a coating with a vertical crack structure on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by using a supersonic suspension plasma spray process, and forming the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m.
The supersonic suspension plasma spraying process parameters are that the current is 400A, the voltage is 130V, the flow of main gas and argon is 70L/min, the flow of secondary gas and hydrogen is 22L/min, the spraying distance is 40mm, the powder feeding rate of the suspension is 20mL/min, and the substrate is preheated to 180 ℃ before spraying.
Example 4
Step1, same as in example 1;
step 2, same as in example 1;
Step 3, same as in example 1;
And 4, ball-milling and dispersing nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia (ScYSZ) ceramic powder and absolute ethyl alcohol containing polyethylene glycol (PEG) serving as a dispersing agent to obtain a suspension, wherein the mass concentration of the nanocrystalline scandium yttrium co-stabilized zirconia ceramic powder is 20 wt%, the mass concentration of the dispersing agent is 1wt%, transporting the suspension to an atomizer by using a peristaltic pump, atomizing the suspension by using the atomizer, then sending the atomized suspension into jet flow of a supersonic plasma spray gun, preparing a coating with a vertical crack structure on the ScYSZ lamellar structure layer by using a supersonic suspension plasma spray process, and forming the high-performance ScYSZ thermal barrier coating with a double gradual change structure, wherein the thickness of the coating is 100 mu m.
The supersonic suspension plasma spraying process parameters are 390A current, 110V voltage, 70L/min main gas and argon flow, 16L/min secondary gas and hydrogen flow, 40mm spraying distance, 15mL/min suspension powder feeding rate, and the substrate is preheated to 180 ℃ before spraying.
According to the method for continuously preparing the double-gradual-change-structure thermal barrier coating, the obtained layered and vertical crack double-structure ScYSZ coating has excellent structural stability and excellent high-temperature thermal shock resistance and heat insulation performance, and the thermal protection coating prepared by the method has a wide application prospect in the use of high-end equipment metal hot end parts of aeroengines and heavy gas turbines.
The foregoing is illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the claims. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and the specific structure thereof is allowed to vary. It is intended that all such variations as fall within the scope of the appended claims.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The term "and/or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.