L80钢在高气速湿气环境中冲蚀-腐蚀行为的环路实验

Erosion-corrosion behavior of L80 steel under high velocity wet gas condition by flow loop method

  • 摘要: 利用高温高压湿气环路研究了L80钢在高气相流速湿气环境中的腐蚀-冲蚀行为.利用腐蚀失重法测试了L80挂片在气速30 m·s-1,含水率0.0007%,CO2分压0.5 MPa及55℃的工况下,分别在不同的腐蚀周期下的腐蚀速率.利用激光共聚焦显微镜对试样表面形貌进行了观察,利用扫描电子显微镜对腐蚀产物形貌进行观察,利用X射线衍射及能谱仪对腐蚀产物组成进行了分析.结果表明,L80钢在高气相流速湿气环境下腐蚀失重严重,腐蚀后试样表面出现大量的微小蚀坑,随着实验周期的延长蚀坑会不断长大.该工况下产生的腐蚀产物主要成分为Fe3C和FeCO3.

     

    Abstract: With the continuous petroleum extraction from deep-water subsea gas fields, many long distance offshore natural gas pipelines have been constructed. The design parameters directly affect the gas flow velocity in pipelines, which may introduce high wall shear stresses on the pipeline internal wall. Moreover, corrosive medium like CO2, H2S, O2, and Cl- always exists in subsea pipelines under high velocity gas flow, which induces erosion-corrosion. Many pipelines in China have entered the middle or late stage of service, and this has increased the risks and failures induced by erosion-corrosion. Furthermore, more natural gas storages are being built for transportation, which require a high-velocity gas flow for gas injection and production processes. A certain amount of corrosive mediums such as residual drilling fluid, hydrochloric acid, condensate water, CO2, and H2S can be found in natural gas, and when combined with a high gas flow velocity, internal erosion-corrosion might occur in the tubing in downhole systems. In this study, a high temperature-high pressure flow loop was applied to investigate the corrosion behavior of L80 steel in a wet gas pipeline with a high gas velocity. The extreme conditions created by the flow loop is 30 m·s-1 gas velocity, 0.0007% water cut, 0.5 MPa CO2 partial pressure, and 55℃ environmental temperature. Corrosion rates at different testing periods were calculated through weight-loss measurements. Confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy were applied to observe the corrosion morphology. The corrosion product constituents were analyzed using X ray diffraction and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and the results reveal that severe corrosion occurs and a large number of micro pits appear on the L80 coupons surfaces. Moreover, instead of an integral corrosion prod-uct film, FeCO3 corrosion product chips and Fe3C are present on the steel.

     

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