Plain carbon steel bipolar plates for PEMFC

Bipolar plates are a multifunctional component of PEMFC. Comparing with the machined graphite and stainless steels, the plain carbon steel is a very cheap commercial metal material. In this paper, the possibility of applying the plain carbon steels in the bipolar plate for PEMFC was exploited. In order to improve the corrosion resistance of the low carbon steel in the PEMFCs′ environments, two surface modification processes was developed and then the electrochemical performances and interfacial contact resistance (ICR) of the surface modified plate of plain carbon steel were investigated. The results show that the surface modified steel plates have good corrosion resistance and relatively low contact resistance, and it may be a candidate material as bipolar plate of PEMFC.

Surface Ferrite Grain Refinement and Mechanical Properties of Low Carbon Steel Plates

Considering the specialities of the steel plate production, the TMCP study has been carried out with Gleeble 2000 tester to explore the possibility of fine grained ferrite in the low carbon steel plates with the chemical composition of C 0.13--0.18, Si 0.12-0.18, Mn 0.50-0. 65, P 0. 010-0. 025, and S 0. 005-0. 028. The plates with thickness of 8. 7 mm in which the ferrite grain size is smaller than 8μm have been produced by special de- formation process in the laboratory. Furthermore, the trial production of special plain carbon steel plates of 16-25 mm in thickness and 2 000- 2 800 mm in width with fine grained ferrite has been successfully carried out in the Shougang Steel Plate Rolling Plant. The ferrite grain size is 5.5-7μm in the surface layers and 9.5-15μm in the central layer respectively. The yield strength is 320- 360 MPa, tensile strength is 440-520 MPa and the elongation is 25%- 34 %. It is very important for the rolling plants to improve the low carbon steel plates＇ mechanical properties. The results show that the ferrite grains in the surface layer can be refined effectively by the appropriate rolling process, and the strength can be also increased.

表层超细晶粒普碳钢中厚板的工业试制

以充分挖掘材料潜力提高中厚板质量为目标,开展了普碳钢中厚板表层组织超细化轧制工艺研究.单向压缩热模拟试验结果表明,在适当条件下,化学成分为ω（C）0.16%、ω（Si）0.19%、ω（Mn）0.56%的普碳钢,可发生形变诱导奥氏体-铁素体相变并获得超细晶粒铁素体.实验室轧制9 mm钢板的铁素体晶粒度达到11级（约7μm）,与热模拟试验的结果相一致,屈服强度达到350 MPa.在首钢3 500 mm轧机上,采用化学成分为ω（C）0.13%～0.16%、ω（Si）0.20%～0.25%、ω（Mn）0.5%～0.7%、ω（P）0.01%～0.02%、ω（S）0.005%～0.010%的连铸坯进行工业试制.28 mm厚钢板的表层铁素体晶粒度达到12级,屈服强度达到310～321 MPa,抗拉强度达到440～450 MPa,同时保持34%左右的伸长率.

表层组织超细化轧制工艺在L245级管线钢板开发中的应用

采用表层组织超细化轧制工艺在首钢3 500 mm中厚板生产线上进行了L245管线钢板的批量试制.结果表明,采用这种特殊的控轧控冷工艺,普碳钢的化学成分可保证钢板的力学性能达到厚规格L245管线钢板的要求.试制钢板表层铁素体晶粒达到12级,中心部位10级,屈服强度达到300～365 MPa,抗拉强度达到430～480MPa,同时保持29%～35%的伸长率,-10℃夏比冲击功130 J以上,剪切面积85%以上.在几乎不增加冶金成本的前提下,试制钢板具有优良的强度、塑性配合,优良的低温韧性水平.

普碳钢中厚板热轧温度制定的一种新的数学方法

为实现普碳钢中厚板的柔性化轧制,建立了一种新的用于制定温度制度的理论算法.首先建立最佳预测能力的人工神经网络,用于预测中厚板力学性能;然后运用遗传算法制定出温度制度,并由回归出的力学性能公式对预测结果进行验证.结果表明,通过回归法和人工神经网络均可精确地预测中厚板的力学性能,而且神经网络的预测精度比回归公式的预测精度高;终轧温度和终冷温度对力学性能的影响最大;通过温度制度和力学性能回归公式计算出的强度,与目标强度非常吻合;对同一成分的钢种,通过制定合适的温度制度可以轧制出不同强度的产品,以减缓中厚板产品大规模定制中各阶段之间的矛盾.

高钛普碳钢的生产实践

某钢厂生产高钛(>0.05%)普碳钢初期,钢板强度富余量较大。通过对加入高钛前后普碳钢性能情况对比和现场工艺情况调查,总结出加入高钛后对普碳钢性能的影响规律,优化成分和工艺后使高钛普碳钢的性能稳定且富余量合理。

345 MPa级表层超细晶普碳钢中厚板的工业试制

以充分挖掘材料潜力提高中厚板强度级别为目标,开展了普碳钢中厚板的表层组织超细化和心部组织细晶化控轧控冷工艺研究。在形变相变规律研究及实验室轧制工艺摸索的基础上,制定了现场轧制工艺。在首钢中厚板厂3 500 mm轧机上,采用化学成分（质量分数,%）为0.13～0.16 C-0.20～0.25 Si-0.80～0.95 Mn-0.01～0.02 P-0.005～0.010 S的连铸坯,成功轧制出表层超细晶中厚钢板。25 mm厚钢板的表层铁素体晶粒度达到12级,中心铁素体晶粒度达到11级,屈服强度达到350～385 MPa,抗拉强度达到470～500 MPa,同时保持25%以上的伸长率,完全满足国标GB/T1591-94中规定的Q345 MPa级钢的力学性能要求。本研究对于企业降低冶炼成本,同时提高中厚板产品强韧性具有重要意义。