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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2024, Vol. 44 Issue (5): 1125-1133    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2023.341
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Research Progress on Hydrogen Damage Mechanism of Pipeline Steel in Contact with Hydrogen Environment
LI Xin1, WEI Boxin2, LU Yanghui1, SUN Chen1, YU Wentao1, XU Meng1, LIU Wei1()
1 State Power Investment Group Science and Technology Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing 102200, China
2 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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LI Xin, WEI Boxin, LU Yanghui, SUN Chen, YU Wentao, XU Meng, LIU Wei. Research Progress on Hydrogen Damage Mechanism of Pipeline Steel in Contact with Hydrogen Environment. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2024, 44(5): 1125-1133.

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Abstract  

At present, the global low-carbon and green development is urgent, and the voice of hydrogen energy as a zero-carbon energy is rising. Hydrogen storage and transportation is an extremely important part of the hydrogen industrial chain, whilst, among others the pipeline transportation is the most economical and efficient way. However, the pipeline steel is in direct contact with hydrogen, and thus the issue of hydrogen induced damage has become a hot topic again. This review focused on the advancements of how are hydrogen molecules adsorbed and converted into hydrogen atoms on the steel surface and then permeated inwards, as well as the microscopic mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement. The relationships between the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility with the properties of pipeline steel, such as strength, microstructure, hydrogen traps, and the external environmental factors, such as hydrogen partial pressure, temperature, and load, are summarized. The methods for preventing and inhibiting the hydrogen embrittlement of pipeline steel are further summarized. Finally, specific suggestions are proposed for the current difficulties in the study of hydrogen damage related with pipeline steel.

Key words:  hydrogen pipeline      hydrogen embrittlement mechanism      hydrogen adsorption &      dissociation      hydrogen damage      influencing factor     
Received:  01 November 2023      32134.14.1005.4537.2023.341
ZTFLH:  TG172  
Fund: National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFB4003400)
Corresponding Authors:  LIU Wei, E-mail: liuwei@spic.com.cn

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https://www.jcscp.org/EN/10.11902/1005.4537.2023.341     OR     https://www.jcscp.org/EN/Y2024/V44/I5/1125

Fig.1  Hydrogen damage phenomena: (a) hydrogen induced cracking, (b) hydrogen blister
Fig.2  Schematic diagram of inward diffusion of hydrogen in metal[7]
Fig.3  Schematic diagram of infiltration and diffusion of hydrogen in environment[14]
Fig.4  Schematic diagram of evolution of hydrogen atom and HE failure[15]
Fig.5  Various hydrogen trapping sites in pipe steels[17,18]: (a) interstitial sites, (b) surface traps, (c) subsurface traps, (d) grain boundary traps, (e) dislocation traps, (f) vacancy traps
Fig.6  Typical hydrogen traps and the classification of reversible and irreversible traps[21]
TypeTrapping siteActivation energy / kJ·mol-1
Reversible trapInterstititial sites in iron4-8
Dislocation26.4-26.8
Lath boudary17.8-18.6
Austenite/martensite22
Grain boundary17.8-18.6
NbC(coherent)39-48
Irreversible trapFerrite/cementite interface66.3-68.4
Fe3C84
MnS72
Al2O379
TiC110
Table1  Binding energies of some reversible and irreversible traps[22]
Fig. 7  Metallographic structures of different zones of welded joint of X52 pipeline steel[70]: (a) base metal, (b) weld seam
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