X80 pipeline steel with good strain-aging performance, pipeline tube and method for producing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11053563-B2
Application number	US-201515559048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Priority date	Mar 20, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

A X80 pipeline steel with good strain-aging performance comprises (wt. %): C: 0.02-0.05%; Mn: 1.30-1.70%; Ni: 0.35-0.60%: Ti: 0.005-0.020%; Nb: 0.06-0.09%; Si: 0.10-0.30%; Al: 0.01-0.04%; N≤0.008%; P≤0.012%; S≤0.006%; Ca: 0.001-0.003%, and balance iron and unavoidable impurities.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An X80 pipeline steel with a strain-aging resistance, consisting of chemical elements in percentage by mass:
0.02-0.05% of C, 1.30-1.70% of Mn, 0.35-0.60% of Ni, 0.005-0.020% of Ti, 0.06-0.09% of Nb, 0.10-0.30% of Si, 0.01-0.04% of Al, N≤0.008%, P≤0.012%, S≤0.006%, 0.001-0.003% of Ca, Cr≤0.30 wt %, and the balance being Fe and other inevitable impurities, and
wherein the microstructure of the steel is polygonal ferrite+ acicular ferrite+ bainite,
wherein the phase portion of said polygonal ferrite is 25-40%;
wherein after an aging test being carried out under temperature-maintaining conditions of 200° C. for a period of 5 minutes, the steel has a longitudinal yield strength of 510-630 MPa, a tensile strength of 625-770 MPa, a uniform elongation of ≥6% and a yield ratio of ≤0.85, and the tensile curve of the steel appears as a dome-shaped continuous curve.

2. The X80 pipeline steel of claim 1 , wherein a body of said X80 pipeline steel has a circumferential yield strength of 560-650 MPa and a tensile strength of 625-825 MPa.

3. A line pipe made of the X80 pipeline steel of claim 1 .

4. A method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 1 , comprising the steps of smelting, casting, casting slab heating, staged rolling, delayed rate-varying cooling and pipe making.

5. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 4 , wherein in said casting step, continuous casting is used, and a ratio b which is defined as the thickness of the steel slab after the continuous casting to the thickness of the steel plate after the completion of the staged rolling is ≥10.

6. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 4 , wherein in said casting slab heating step, the steel slab is reheated at a T Kelvin temperature, T=7510/(2.96−log [Nb][C])+30, wherein [Nb] and [C] respectively represent the contents in percentage by mass of Nb and C.

7. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 4 , wherein said staged rolling step comprises a first rolling stage and a second rolling stage, and the steel slab is rolled to a thickness of 4t plate −0.4t slab in the first rolling stage, wherein t plate represents the thickness of the steel plate after the completion of the rolling step, and t slab represents the thickness of the steel slab after the continuous casting.

8. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 7 , wherein the start rolling temperature of said first rolling stage is 960-1150° C., and the start rolling temperature of said second rolling stage is 740-840° C.

9. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 7 , wherein at least two passes in said first rolling stage have a single pass reduction of ≥15%, and at least two passes in said second rolling stage have a single pass reduction of ≥20%.

10. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 7 , wherein the finish rolling temperature of said second rolling stage is Ar3 to Ar3+40° C.

11. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 4 , wherein in said delayed rate-varying cooling step, the steel plate after the completion of the rolling is first air-cooled and hold for 60-100 s to reach 700-730° C., and wherein ferrite at a phase proportion of 25-40% is precipitated.

12. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 11 , wherein in said delayed rate-varying cooling step, after the precipitation of the ferrite at a phase proportion of 25-40%, the steel plate is water-cooled rapidly to 550-580° C. at a cooling rate of 25-40° C./s, and then further water-cooled slowly at a cooling rate of 18-22° C. %, with the final cooling temperature being 320-400° C.

13. The method for manufacturing the X80 pipeline steel of claim 4 , wherein in said pipe making step, the O-moulding compression ratio is controlled at 0.15-0.3%, and the E-moulding diameter expansion ratio is controlled at 0.8-1.2%;
wherein the O-moulding compression ratio=(the width of the steel sheet before moulding−the perimeter of the natural plane after O moulding)/the width of the steel sheet before moulding; and the E-moulding diameter expansion ratio=(the perimeter of the outer diameter of the steel pipe after diameter expansion−the perimeter of the outer diameter of the steel pipe before diameter expansion)/the perimeter of the outer diameter of the steel pipe before diameter expansion.

Assignees

• Baoshan Iron & Steel

Inventors

• Bai Mingzhuo
• Zheng Lei
• Sun Leilei
• Xu Guodong
• Wu Kougen
• Xu Haisheng

Classifications

• C21D8/10

  during manufacturing of tubular bodies · CPC title

• C22C38/14

  containing titanium or zirconium · CPC title

• C22C38/48

  with niobium or tantalum · CPC title

• C22C38/001

  containing N · CPC title

• C22C38/002

  containing In, Mg, or other elements not provided for in one single group C22C38/001 - C22C38/60 · CPC title