Corrosion of alloy 690 in simulated steam generator chemistry with boiling-effect of chloride and sulfate impurities

Konsta Sipilä; Tiina Ikäläinen; Tiina Lavonen; Timo Saario; Caitlin Huotilainen; Iva Betova; Martin Bojinov

doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142129

Corrosion of alloy 690 in simulated steam generator chemistry with boiling-effect of chloride and sulfate impurities

Konsta Sipilä, Tiina Ikäläinen, Tiina Lavonen, Timo Saario, Caitlin Huotilainen, Iva Betova, Martin Bojinov^*

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BA4509 Advanced materials for nuclear energy

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Abstract

Enrichment of impurities occurs in steam generators of nuclear plants due to intense boiling conditions prevailing within them. In this work, deposition and release of chloride and sulfate impurities were studied using a dedicated water circulation loop with Alloy 690 as steam generator tubing. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy was employed to follow in-situ the corrosion behavior in non-boiling, boiling and after-boiling conditions. Deposition/release of impurities is quasi-first-order vs. concentration. Interpretation of electrochemical impedance data using an updated version of the Mixed-Conduction Model allows to obtain reaction orders of oxide growth and corrosion release with respect to chloride and sulfate additives.

Original language	English
Article number	142129
Journal	Electrochimica Acta
Volume	447
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2023.142129
Publication status	Published - 10 Apr 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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The funding of this work by the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment within the frames of the SAFIR 2022 Finnish Research Program on Nuclear Power Plant Safety (2019–2022) is gratefully acknowledged.

Keywords

Corrosion mechanism
Impurity deposition/release
Nickel-base alloy
Secondary coolant
Sub-nucleate boiling

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