Assessing the Susceptibility of Existing Pipelines to Hydrogen Embrittlement

Tim Boot; Ton Riemslag; Elise Reinton; Ping Liu; Carey L. Walters; Vera Popovich

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Assessing the Susceptibility of Existing Pipelines to Hydrogen Embrittlement

Tim Boot^*, Ton Riemslag, Elise Reinton, Ping Liu, Carey L. Walters, Vera Popovich

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Abstract

With fossil fuels being phased out and growing global interest in a hydrogen economy, there is demand for re-purposing existing pipelines for transportation of hydrogen gas. However, hydrogen embrittlement (HE) can limit pipeline steel’s performance. In this study, the effect of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of an X60 base metal (polygonal ferrite/pearlite) and its girth weld (acicular ferrite/pearlite) was measured with a novel slow strain rate tensile (SSRT) test in which hollow pipe-like specimens were internally pressurised with nitrogen and hydrogen gas from 0 to 100 bars. Results showed that exposure to H₂ gas at 100 bars reduced the ductility of the base metal by up to 40% and the weld metal by 14%. Reduction in cross-sectional area (%RA) reduced by up to 28% in the base metal and 11% in the weld metal. Fracture surface analysis showed micro-void coalescence as well as quasi-cleavage fracture characteristic of HE. Susceptibility to HE was also observed in the form of secondary longitudinal and internal transverse cracks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	TMS 2021 150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	722-729
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-65261-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-65260-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65261-6_65
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2021 - Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 15 Mar 2021 → 18 Mar 2021

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Name	Minerals, Metals and Materials Series
Volume	5
ISSN (Print)	2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-1696

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Conference	150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	15/03/21 → 18/03/21

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Keywords

Fractography
Hydrogen embrittlement
In situ testing
Pipeline steel

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Boot, T , Riemslag, T , Reinton, E, Liu, P, Walters, CL & Popovich, V 2021, Assessing the Susceptibility of Existing Pipelines to Hydrogen Embrittlement. in TMS 2021 150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. Minerals, Metals and Materials Series, vol. 5, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 722-729, 150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, TMS 2021, Pittsburgh, United States, 15/03/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65261-6_65

Assessing the Susceptibility of Existing Pipelines to Hydrogen Embrittlement. / Boot, Tim ; Riemslag, Ton ; Reinton, Elise et al.
TMS 2021 150th Annual Meeting and Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. p. 722-729 (Minerals, Metals and Materials Series; Vol. 5).

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