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20080216603 | TREATED REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING - A treated refractory material includes a sintered porous refractory material having one or more protective materials disposed within pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. Methods of preparing the treated refractory material are also provided. The treated refractory material provides protection from the penetration of slag and extends the service life of the refractory. | 09-11-2008 |
20090004427 | ARTICLES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow. | 01-01-2009 |
20090155554 | ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATING AND RELATED ARTICLES AND METHODS - An article resistant to recession in high temperature environments, and methods for making the article, are presented herein. The article comprises a substrate, an intermediate coating system disposed over the substrate, and a topcoat disposed over the intermediate coating system. The intermediate coating system comprises a separator layer comprising an oxygen getter material, and a barrier layer disposed over the separator layer, the barrier layer comprising a ceramic composition. The topcoat also comprises this ceramic composition. Moreover, at least about | 06-18-2009 |
20090188347 | TREATED REFRACTORY MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING - A treated refractory material includes a refractory material having a plurality of pores, wherein the refractory material comprises aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, magnesium oxide, chromium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, calcium oxide, fireclay, silicon carbide, tungsten, mullite, dolomite, magnesite, magnesium aluminum oxide, chromite, magnetite, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a protective material disposed within the plurality of pores of the refractory material, wherein the protective material is selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, chromium oxide, silica, rare earth oxides, rare earth zirconates, titanium oxide, mullite, zirconium oxide, zirconium silicate, yttrium oxide, magnesium oxide, iron oxide, and blends thereof. | 07-30-2009 |
20090220776 | ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATING FOR A COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An environmental barrier coating for a component including silicon that has a first coefficient of thermal expansion is provided. The environmental coating includes a silicon bondcoat that is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer is bonded to the silicon bondcoat and has a second coefficient of thermal expansion matched to the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The intermediate layer has a general composition of RE | 09-03-2009 |
20090250153 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A COMPONENT HAVING AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATING - A method for fabricating a component having an environmental barrier coating. The method includes providing a component including silicon having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A bondcoat is bonded to at least a portion of an outer surface of the component. An intermediate layer having a general composition of RE | 10-08-2009 |
20100069226 | Rare earth phosphate bonded ceramics - An oxide/oxide CMC matrix comprising a rare earth phosphate bonding agent incorporated in the matrix, an insulating layer on the matrix, or both. | 03-18-2010 |
20100139167 | GASIFIER ADDITIVES FOR IMPROVED REFRACTORY LIFE - Embodiments disclosed herein provide hydrocarbon additives and methods of making and using the same. The additives are suitable for use in conjunction with gasifiers, furnaces, or other high-temperature vessels. The additives may be part of an input stream to a reaction vessel of a hydrocarbon gasifier. The additives may include materials that at least partially reduce the infiltration of slag into the refractory material. | 06-10-2010 |
20110027483 | ARTICLES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow. | 02-03-2011 |
20110052925 | ARTICLES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer comprising an alkaline-earth aluminosilicate disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing alkaline-earth aluminosilicate layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow. | 03-03-2011 |
20110097589 | ARTICLE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE - An article for use at high temperature, such as a component for a gas turbine assembly, is presented. The article comprises a substrate comprising silicon; a bondcoat disposed over the substrate, wherein the bondcoat comprises a silicide of a platinum-group metal; and a topcoat disposed over the bondcoat, wherein the topcoat comprises a ceramic material. | 04-28-2011 |
20110203281 | ARTICLE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE - An article comprises a substrate and a coating disposed over the substrate, wherein the coating comprises a monoclinic silicate phase that undergoes no solid state phase transformation reaction in the temperature range from about 1100 degrees Celsius to about 1275 degrees Celsius. Another article comprises a substrate comprising a silicon-bearing ceramic material; a bondcoat disposed over the substrate, wherein the bondcoat comprises silicon; a coating disposed over the bondcoat, wherein the coating comprises a monoclinic silicate phase, the silicate phase comprising a) yttrium and b) at least one other species selected from the group consisting of ytterbium and lutetium, wherein the material undergoes no solid state phase transformation reaction in the temperature range from about 1100 degrees Celsius to about 1275 degrees Celsius; and a topcoat disposed over the coating, wherein the topcoat comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of an aluminate, an aluminosilicate, a silicate (such as a rare earth monosilicate, for example), and zirconia. | 08-25-2011 |
20120152058 | GASIFIER ADDITIVES FOR IMPROVED REFRACTORY LIFE - Embodiments disclosed herein provide hydrocarbon additives and methods of making and using the same. The additives are suitable for use in conjunction with gasifiers, furnaces, or other high-temperature vessels. The additives may be part of an input stream to a reaction vessel of a hydrocarbon gasifier. The additives may include materials that at least partially reduce the infiltration of slag into the refractory material. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164785 | METHOD OF MAKING A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYER AND A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE - In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided. The method includes disposing a substantially amorphous cadmium tin oxide layer on a support; and thermally processing the substantially amorphous cadmium tin oxide layer in an atmosphere substantially free of cadmium from an external source to form a transparent layer, wherein the transparent layer has an electrical resistivity less than about 2×10 | 06-28-2012 |
20120183788 | SILICON CARBIDE CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES, HYBRID CERAMIC MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - Silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites, and hybrid ceramic materials are provided. In one embodiment, the silicon carbide composites comprise reinforcement material further comprising a simplified coating, and in others, the composites comprise uncoated reinforcement material. The hybrid ceramic materials comprise at least two of a conventional ceramic matrix composite, a monolithic ceramic, the composite comprising uncoated reinforcement material, and the composite comprising reinforcement material comprising a simplified coating. Methods of providing the composites are also provided. | 07-19-2012 |
20120244383 | HOT CORROSION-RESISTANT COATINGS AND COMPONENTS PROTECTED THEREWITH - A coating system on a superalloy or silicon-containing substrate of an article exposed to high temperatures. The coating system includes a coating layer that overlies the substrate and is susceptible to hot corrosion promoted by molten salt impurities. A corrosion barrier coating overlies the coating layer and contains at least one rare-earth oxide-containing compound that reacts with the molten salt impurities to form a dense, protective byproduct barrier layer. | 09-27-2012 |
20130025291 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE MACHINERY COMPONENTS - A system comprises a plurality of components disposed to define a gas path. At least one component comprises a silicon-bearing substrate over which is disposed a coating, and the coating comprises a recession-resistant material exposed to the gas path. A silicon source is disposed in fluid communication with the gas path and is configured to be delivered to the gas path to maintain, in gas flowing in the gas path over the coating, a silicon mass concentration in the range from about 1.8×10 | 01-31-2013 |
20130130042 | ARTICLES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE SERVICE AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer comprising an alkaline-earth aluminosilicate disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. | 05-23-2013 |
20130291513 | TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT HAVING AN INTERNAL CAVITY REACTIVITY NEUTRALIZER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A turbomachine component includes a body having an exterior surface and an interior surface, an internal cavity defined by the interior surface, and a reactivity neutralizing member arranged within the internal cavity. The reactivity neutralizing member is configured and disposed to neutralize turbomachine combustion products on the interior surface of the body. | 11-07-2013 |
20140162027 | ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS AND METHODS THEREFOR - An article includes a silicon-containing region including surface features on a surface thereof. The surface features include depressions, protuberances, or combinations thereof. At least one outer layer overlies the surface of the silicon-containing region. A constituent layer is provided on the surface of the silicon-containing region and between and contacting the silicon-containing region and the at least one outer layer. The constituent layer is formed by constituents of the silicon-containing region and is susceptible to creep within an operating environment of the article. The surface features physically interlock the at least one outer layer with the silicon-containing region through the constituent layer. | 06-12-2014 |
20140272344 | COMPOSITE COATINGS AND METHODS THEREFOR - An article includes a substrate and a coating provided on a surface of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal silicide layer consisting essentially of MoSi | 09-18-2014 |