Niobium-based alloy strengthened by silicide and turbine having turbine component formed from

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12152293-B2
Application number	US-202318156655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2023
Priority date	Jan 19, 2023
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

A niobium-silicide based alloy and a turbine having at least a turbine component formed from the niobium-silicide based alloy are provided. The niobium-silicide based alloy comprises: between about 14 atomic percent and about 24 atomic percent titanium (Ti); between about 11 atomic percent and about 19 atomic percent silicon (Si); between about 4 atomic percent and about 8 atomic percent chromium (Cr); between about 2 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent hafnium (Hf); up to about 4 atomic percent aluminum (Al); between about 0.5 atomic percent and about 1 atomic percent tin (Sn); between about 5 atomic percent and about 15 atomic percent tantalum (Ta); between about 1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent tungsten (W); up to about 5 atomic percent rhenium (Re); up to about 5 atomic percent zirconium (Zr); up to about 6 atomic percent yttrium (Y); and a balance of niobium (Nb).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A niobium-silicide based alloy comprising:
between about 14 atomic percent and about 24 atomic percent titanium (Ti);
between about 11 atomic percent and about 14 atomic percent silicon (Si);
between about 4 atomic percent and about 8 atomic percent chromium (Cr);
between about 2 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent hafnium (Hf);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and up to about 4 atomic percent aluminum (Al);
between about 0.5 atomic percent and about 1 atomic percent tin (Sn);
between about 5 atomic percent and about 15 atomic percent tantalum (Ta);
between about 1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent tungsten (W);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent rhenium (Re);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent zirconium (Zr);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent yttrium (Y); and
a balance of niobium (Nb).

2. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein a sum of the atomic percent of zirconium (Zr) and the atomic percent of yttrium (Y) present in the niobium-silicide based alloy is between about 0.2 atomic percent and about 11 atomic percent.

3. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein the atomic percent of tantalum (Ta) is between about 5 atomic percent and about 10 atomic percent.

4. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein the atomic percent of tungsten (W) is between about 2.5 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent.

5. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , further comprising up to about 5 atomic percent boron (B), or up to about 5 atomic percent carbon (C), or both.

6. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein the niobium-silicide based alloy includes at least one metallic phase, the metallic phase comprising at least 40 volume percent of the niobium-silicide based alloy.

7. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 6 , wherein the metallic phase comprises between about 40 volume percent and about 60 volume percent of the niobium-silicide based alloy.

8. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 6 , wherein the niobium-silicide based alloy further includes a tetragonal Nb 5 Si 3 phase comprising at least 40 volume percent of the niobium-silicide based alloy.

9. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein the niobium-silicide based alloy includes a tetragonal Nb 5 Si 3 phase and a hexagonal Nb 5 Si 3 phase, and a total volume percent of the tetragonal and hexagonal Nb 5 Si 3 phases is between about 40 volume percent and about 60 volume percent of the niobium-silicide based alloy.

10. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein the niobium-silicide based alloy is resistant to oxidation at temperatures at about 1300° C.

11. A turbine having at least a turbine component formed from a niobium-silicide based alloy, the niobium-silicide based alloy comprising:
between about 14 atomic percent and about 24 atomic percent titanium (Ti);
between about 11 atomic percent and about 14 atomic percent silicon (Si);
between about 4 atomic percent and about 8 atomic percent chromium (Cr);
between about 2 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent hafnium (Hf);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 4 atomic percent aluminum (Al);
between about 0.5 atomic percent and about 1 atomic percent tin (Sn);
between about 5 atomic percent and about 15 atomic percent tantalum (Ta);
between about 1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent tungsten (W);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent rhenium (Re);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 5 atomic percent zirconium (Zr);
between about 0.1 atomic percent and about 6 atomic percent yttrium (Y); and
a balance of niobium (Nb).

12. The turbine of claim 11 , wherein a sum of the atomic percent of zirconium (Zr) and the atomic percent of yttrium (Y) present in the niobium-silicide based alloy is between about 0.2 atomic percent and about 11 atomic percent.

13. The turbine of claim 11 , wherein the niobium-silicide based alloy further includes a tetragonal Nb 5 Si 3 phase comprising at least 40 volume percent of the niobium-silicide based alloy.

14. The turbine of claim 11 , wherein the turbine component is one or more of a blade, a rotor, or a nozzle.

15. The turbine of claim 11 , wherein the turbine is selected from the group consisting of land-based turbines, marine turbines, aeronautical turbines, and power generation turbines.

16. The niobium-silicide based alloy of claim 1 , wherein a sum of the atomic percent of tantalum (Ta) and the atomic percent of tungsten (W) present in the niobium-silicide based alloy is between greater than 5 atomic percent and about 20 atomic percent.

17. The turbine of claim 11 , wherein a sum of the atomic percent of tantalum (Ta) and the atomic percent of tungsten (W) present in the niobium-silicide based alloy is between greater than 5 atomic percent and about 20 atomic percent.

Assignees

• Gen Electric
• Ge Infrastructure Technology Llc

Inventors

• Suzuki Akane
• Bewlay Bernard Patrick
• Shen Chen
• Oppenheimer Scott Michael
• Brennan Patrick Thomas

Classifications

• F05D2300/222

  Silicon · CPC title

• F05D2300/18

  Intermetallic compounds · CPC title

• F05D2300/17

  Alloys · CPC title

• F05D2300/13

  Refractory metals, i.e. Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, W · CPC title

• F01D5/28

  Selecting particular materials; {Particular measures relating thereto;} Measures against erosion or corrosion · CPC title