Volume 7, Issue 4 e70132
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Open Access

Cooling of Duplex Stainless-Steel Bars With Different Water and Air Impinging Jet Flow Rates

Pavel Romanov

Corresponding Author

Pavel Romanov

Division of Engineering Materials, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Division of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Department of Technology and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

Correspondence: Pavel Romanov ([email protected])

Contribution: ​Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft

Search for more papers by this author
Getiye Gebeyaw

Getiye Gebeyaw

Division of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Department of Technology and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Data curation, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Arvid Jahedi

Arvid Jahedi

Ericsson AB, Kista, Sweden

Contribution: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Rasmus Kristensen

Rasmus Kristensen

Outokumpu Stainless AB, Degerfors, Sweden

Contribution: Conceptualization, Resources, Software, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Bahram Moshfegh

Bahram Moshfegh

Division of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Department of Technology and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

Division of Energy Systems, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Contribution: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Project administration, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Viktor Norman

Viktor Norman

Division of Engineering Materials, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Contribution: Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Ru Lin Peng

Ru Lin Peng

Division of Engineering Materials, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Contribution: ​Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
Mattias Calmunger

Mattias Calmunger

Division of Engineering Materials, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

Division of Building, Energy and Environmental Engineering, Department of Technology and Environment, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden

Contribution: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Resources, Writing - review & editing

Search for more papers by this author
First published: 14 April 2025

Funding: This work was supported by The Knowledge Foundation (20190066).

ABSTRACT

Super duplex stainless steel (SDSS), known for its high corrosion resistance and mechanical properties, is widely used in applications in aggressive environments, such as marine and petrochemical industries. However, intermetallic precipitates may form during cooling from high temperatures, detrimentally affecting the steel's properties, especially its impact toughness. Since cooling after solution annealing is a key step in production to obtain a precipitation-free component, it is important to understand to what extent the cooling process can be optimized and adjusted in terms of cooling rates and their effect on the quality of steel. The aim of this study is to study the effect of cooling rate on the quality of SDSS. For this purpose, the Impinging Jet Quenching Technique (IJQT) was employed to perform continuous and controlled cooling of 80 mm diameter SDSS 2507 solid bars with water and air jets of different flow rates to cover a wide range of cooling rates. The bars were analyzed through microstructure analysis using a scanning electron microscope, hardness tests, impact toughness tests, and fracture surface observations using a stereo light microscope. The results showed a consistent decrease in impact toughness throughout the tests with decreasing cooling capacity, which facilitated the σ-phase precipitation.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

The full text of this article hosted at iucr.org is unavailable due to technical difficulties.