Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Characteristics of Steel Pipes after Long-Time Hydrogen Exposure
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transporting pipelines, hydrogen, welding, mechanical behavior, microstructural characteristicsAbstract
There are three possibilities to transport hydrogen by high pressure pipeline (i) blending hydrogen into the existing natural gas pipeline system, (ii) after checking the integrity, using the natural gas transporting pipeline system to transport hydrogen, (iii) building a new pipeline system to transport pure hydrogen. In all three cases should be known the behaviour of the pipe material and its welded joints influenced under high pressure hydrogen. For this aim pipeline sections made of P355NH base material were investigated without and with hydrogen exposure, where the exposure time was 41 days. Gas metal arc welding and hybrid tungsten arc welding / gas metal arc welding were applied for preparation of the girth weld joints. Tensile, three point bending and hardness tests, furthermore microstructural investigations were performed both on base materials and girth welds of the pipeline sections. The testing results were analysed and compared with each other (base material vs. welded joints, without exposure vs. with exposure) and with limit values can be found in the literature. Conclusions were drawn on the behaviour of the investigated pipe material and its welded joints.
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