NDT methods for revealing anomalies and defects in gas turbine blades.docx
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NDTmethodsforrevealinganomaliesanddefectsingasturbineblades
NDTmethodsforrevealinganomaliesanddefectsingasturbineblades
Author:
J.Pitkänen
VTTManufacturingTechnology
Espoo,Finland
Co-authors:
T.Hakkarainen,H.Jeskanen,P.Kuusinen,K.Lahdenperä&P.Särkiniemi
VTTManufacturingTechnology
M.Kemppainen
TechnicalUniversityofHelsinki
M.Pihkakoski
HelsinkiEnergy
Espoo,Finland
Contact
ABSTRACT
Energyproducedbygasturbinesisincreasingallovertheworld.Oneimportantpartinthesegasturbinesistheturbineblading.Improvedbladesandvanesarebeingintroducedwhiletheindustryalsousestheoldgenerationofbladetypes.ApplicableNDTmethodsareneededforallbladetypes.ManyNDT-methodscanbeappliedinlaboratoryenvironment.Thisoverviewdescribesavarietyofmethodsforbladeinspectionsuchasdyepenetrant,eddycurrent,radiographyandultrasonicmethods.Someofthesemethodsareconsideredonthebasisoftheexperiencegainedinmeasurements.OnenewUT-methodisdescribed,easilytransferableforpracticalinspectionsonsite.AwideapertureVTTprobehasbeendevelopedforthepurpose.Withthisspecialprobedifferentbladepropertiescanbemeasured,suchascoatingthickness,detectionandsizeofcracks,delaminationsaswellasmechanicalproperties.
INTRODUCTION
ThelifetimeofGT-bladesisveryimportanttoutility.Thelifetimeofparts,wherethetemperatureishighismostcritical,becauseofthermalstresses,corrosion,oxydationanderosion.Thesefactorsreducethelifetimeofablade.Thelifetimecanvarysuddenlyinuse,becauseofmanyunforeseenincidentsoccuringinenvironmentofthebladesare.Alsosomevariationinproductionorinrepaircandeterioratethematerialsandinsametimeshortenthelifetimeofthecomponent.
DyepenetranttestingistheNDTmethodmostfrequentlyusedforinspectinggasturbinebladesandvanes.Itisoftenrecommendedtousefluorescentdyepenetrantsforinspection.Aftersometimeinservicethebladesurfaceisoftencorroded.Inthesecasesfluorescentdyepenetrantisnotrecommendedandnormaldyepenetrantismoreusable.Thedrawbackofdyepenetranttestingisitssuitabilityonlyforsurfaceopeningcracks.Subsurfacedefectsarenotdetected.Whenacrackisfoundwithdyepenetranttesting,itisnotpossibletoestimateitsdepth,andhereothermethodsareneeded.
Therearemanymethodswhichcanbeusedfordetectionofcracks,ageinganddegradationofacoating,andforthicknessmeasurement.Thermalmethodscanbeusedformeasurementofwallthicknessanddetectionofnearsurfaceanomalieslikedelaminations(Aladin1996,Carletal1998a),problemsincoolingchannels(Carl1998b).
IthasbeenobservedthatforinstanceinMCrAlY-coatingsthepermeabilityinbasematerialaswellastheincoatingarechangingduringthelifetimeofacomponent.InMCrAlY-coatingthedecreaseofCr-contentand/orβ-phasechangethemagneticpropertiestomoreferromagnetic.Eventhoughtheeffectisnotlarge,itcanbedetectedinsomecases(Czechetal1998).Czechetalmeasuredthemagneticpermeabilitywithacoilinconjuctionwithpermanentmagnets.Sotheycouldestimatethelifetimeofcoating.ThisisalsopossiblewiththeeddycurrentmethoddevelopedbyENEL(Antonelli1998a,b).ThemethoddevelopedbyENELcanalsotbeusedforthedeterminationofthecoatingthicknessofMCrAlY-coatings.
EDDYCURRENTTECHNIQUES
Eddycurrenttechniquehasbeenusedfordetectingandsizingofacrack.Itisbesttocalibratewithacalibrationblockmadefromthesamematerialastherealcomponent.Thismeansmorecostsbutgivescertainlymostreliableresults.Ludwigetal(1998)havereportedthatopencracksandtightcrackscanbeseparatedfromeachotherwitheddycurrenttechnique.
Howeverfromacrackwhichgoesthroughgrainboundariesisclearlymoredifficulttoestimatethesizeofacrack.ThiswasaccordingLudwigetal(1998)problemtheestimatethelifetimeofacrackedblade.Figure1showseddycurrentsignalsfromthreecracksthatwerefoundwithdyepenetranttesting.
a)3surfacebreakingcracksonaturbineblade
b)Eddycurrentsignalsfromcracks.
Fig1:
Eddycurrentsignalsfromthethreecracksshownintheblade.
Measuringthethicknessofacoatingissimplewitheddycurrenttechnique,iftherearenostrongchangesinpermeability.Inadditionthegeometryofabladecancomplicatethemeasurement.Figure2showsthethicknessmeasurementfromafirststageX45vane.Thecoatingwasnonconductingceramicmaterial.Inthiscasethemeasurementcanbeeasilytocarriedoutwithconventionaleddycurrenttechnique.Moredemandingistomeasuremetalliccoatings,withagoodconductivelikeMCrAlY-coatings.Thepointforthicknessmeasurementcalibrationhastobechosenverycarefully,seefigure2,becauseastrongvariationisobservedinbasematerialdependingonbasemateriallocationinblade.Thisofcoursehasaneffectonthemeasurement.ThemethoddevelopedbyENEL(Antonellietal,1998)doesn'tneedcalibrationblockstocarryoutthicknessmeasurement.
Fig2:
ECthicknessmeasurementofthecoatingfroma1.stagevane,materialX45withceramiccoating.
Duringthelifetimeofamaterialpropertiescanvarydrasticallyasshowninfigure3.Inthesecasesthestrongeffectfromthepermeabitilitycannotbecorrectedeasily.InthiscasethecoatingfromIN738bladeisdamaged.Thedamagedareaisgivesasimilarsignaltoferriticsteel.Whileintheundamagedareathemeasuredsignalwasmorelikeonefromstainlesssteel(AISI316).Thechangesofthematerialpropertiesonthesurfaceofablademaketheinspectionmoredifficultbothinthecaseofcracksandinmeasuringthethicknessofthecoating.
Fig4:
ThicknessmeasurementprincipleThetimeofflightofleakyRayleighwavevariesaccordingtothethicknessofthecoating
ULTRASONICTECHNIQUES
Ultrasonictehcniquesusedforturbineblademeasurementarenormallyappliedtodetectcracksintheshoeoftheblade.InthiscaseweconsideronlyleakytheRayleighwavetechnique,whichcanbeutilizedforturbineblademeasurementwithcontactultrasonicprobedevelopedbyVTTManufacturingTechnology.ThismethodhasbeenstudiedbyKauppinen(1997).Withthisprobeitispossibletomeasurethicknessofthecoating,figs4and5.
Fig5:
ThicknessmeasurementwiththetimeofflightofleakyRayleighwavefromaMCrAlY-coatedturbineblade
Thedevelopedprobeisalsosuitablefordetectionofcracks,iftheleakyRayleighwaveispenetratingintothebasematerial.IncasewhereleakyRayleighwavedoesn'tpenetrateintothebasematerial,itisstillpossibletousenormalRayleighwave.TheleakyRayleighwavedecaysrapidlywhencracklikedefectarepresent.Inthefigure6.weseethatwithleakywavemodeitiseasytodetectevensmallcracksdownto50μm.Indepththeresolutiondependsonthefrequency(wavelength)oftheprobe.
Fig6:
(a)MCrAl-coatedGT-blade,inwhichtheEDM-notchdepthsvarybetween50μm-500μm(b)ultrasonicB-scanimageinpitch-catchmode.(c)UltrasonicB-scanimageinpulse-echomodefromthebladewithEDM-notches
Fig7:
MaterialX45ismeasuredwithcontactwideapertureprobeisshowninfig.7.Thecenterfrequencyoftheprobewas12MHz.TheplateisshowninupperpictureandC-scanresultinlowerpicture
Sametechniqueisusedforthermalfatiquecrackdetectioninfig7.Asitisclearlyseentwocracksinthisplatecanbedetectedwiththiscontactprobe.Theplateisabout3mmthickandoneofthecracksisextendingthroughoutthewall(inthemiddleoftheplate).
Otherapplicationpossibilitiesfordevelopedprobetypearedetectionofdelaminations,measurementofmaterialwavevelocityandelasticity.
RADIOGRAPHICTECHNIQUES
Radiographicmethodscanbedividetonormalthroughwallmeasurementwithfilmorwithrealtimeradioscopy,X-raydiffractionmethod,comptoneffectmeasurement,X-raytomography,neutrontomography,neutronradiography,positronannhilation.VTThasusedrealtimeradioscopyequipmentformeasuringturbinebladesandHelsinkiUniversityofTechnologyhascarriedoutsomeX-raydiffractionmeasurements.
InX-raymeasurementtheradiationdecaysdifferentlyinvariousmaterialsanddiscontiniuties.Thechangesareaffectedbydensityvariation,thicknessvariation,variationincompositionofthematerialandfromlackofmaterial(corrosion,cracks).Infigure8therealtimeradioscopyequipmentisshown.Theinspectedobjectislocatedbetweenthesourceandtheimageintensifier.Theobjectisradiatedandintheimageintensifiermeasuredradiationisdigitizedthroughvideocard.ThisinformationcanbesavedontheharddiscorCD-rom.ThesemeasurementhasbeencarriedoutwithX-raytubeof160kV.
Fig8:
ThePC-realtimeradioscopysysteminevaluatingradiographicresults
Fig9:
X-raypicturefromtheinsidestructuresofthegasturbineblades
Fig10:
Coolingchannelcrossing,whichcouldcausefromtheedm-manufacturingofrthechannels.
Inpicturescracks,pores,geometricalthicknesses,materialdensityvariationscanbedetected,figure9.Especiallycoolingholesareclearlyseeninthepictures,figure10.Poreshavebeendetectedmostlyinradiographymeasuments.Thesizesofthoseporesareaboutsameasthedimensionsofthecoolingchannels.Theblocksinthecoolingchannelscancauseextrastresstoturbineblade.Thecoolingofthebladeischangeddrasticallyandthetemperaturedistributiononthebladeschangedcanrapidlydamagetheblade.
ResidualstressesweremeasuredfromaturbinebladematerialIn939.ThemeasuringinstrumetwasXSTRESS3000(St
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