THERMAL BARRIER COATING

Presented by,
Muhammad Rasheeq
Roll No:-34

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 CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Structure of thermal production sytem
• Material selection
• TBC Failure
• TBC Deposition Methods
• TBC on Turbine Blades and Engines
• Conclusion

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 INTRODUCTION

• TBCs are refractory-oxide ceramic coatings applied to the

surfaces of hot metallic parts.
• TBCs perform the important function of insulating
components operating at elevated temperature.
• Coatings can allow higher operating temperatures beyong the
limiting temperature of metal parts
• TBS not only consist of oxide ceramic coating (top coat) itself
but also the underlying super alloy engine part, and two other
layers in between.

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Structure of thermal protection system

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 MATERIAL SELECTION

Material selected for TBC should have following propeties:-

• Low thermal conductivity
• High thermal expansion coefficient
• Good erosion resistance

Therefore we use porous Ziroconia (ZrO2) partially stabilized

with yttria (Y2O3) popularly known as YSZ.

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 TBC FAILURE

• Thermal cycle is the main cause of TBC failure due to

Thermal mismatch.
Spallation: It is the process by which the TBC peels off the
substrate; and naturally, after the coating has spalled, the
continous thermal protection layer no longer exists.

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TBC DEPOSITION METHOD

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 EBPVD

• Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition or EBPVD is a

form of physical vapour deposition in which a target anode is
bombarded with an electron beam which causes atoms from
the target to transform into the gaseous phase.
• These atoms then participate into solid form, coating
everything in the vacuum chamber (within line of sight) with a
thin layer of the anode material.

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 APS(AIR PLASMA SPRAY)

• IN plasma spraying process, the material to be deposited

(feedstock) is introduced into the plasma jet, emanating from a
plasma torch.
• In the jet, where the temperature is of the order of 10000 K,
the material is melted and propelled towards a substrate.
• There, the molten droplets flatten, rapidly solidify and form a
deposit.

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 TBS ON TURBINE BLADES AND ENGINES

Aircraft Gas Turbine:-

• As we know that increase in turbine inlet temperature results
in increased thermal efficiency.
• TBC can be applied on both Turbine blades and combustion
chambers.
• Earlier calcia and magnesia stabilized zirconia were used for
coating (less durable).
• Various tests were done at NASA on Turbine blades for
various temperature and all coated blades were in good
conditions.

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 DIESEL ENGINES

• TBC can allow higher working temperature which increase

efficiency and decrease CO and Nox emissions.
• Increase in engine power by 80% and decrease in fuel
consumption by 15-20% is noted by applying TBC.
• Although not yet met with wide success.

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 CONCLUSION

• TBC is a very useful technique and has wide application in

industries as well as in automobile manufacturing.
• Detailed analysis of coating stresses and controlled process,
plasma spray technology has significant improved the
reliability of TBC turbines, diesel engines and other heat
engines.
• Thermal barrier coating allows engineers to improve product
and performance, reduce maintenance time, cost, save energy
and reduce production cost.
• Applications of TBC on turbine blades made dramatic change
in increasing efficiency of engine.

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 REFERENCES

• www.scribd.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.slideshare.net

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THANK YOU

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