Since the 21st century, my country has made breakthroughs in the design and manufacture of pressure vessels. Considering both economic and resource benefits, and combining the advantages of both zirconium and steel, my country has proposed the concept of pressure vessels made of zirconium-steel clad plates. From the properties of zirconium to the production of zirconium-steel clad plate and the structural design of zirconium-steel clad plate pressure vessel, more detailed considerations and analysis are made. I hope to provide some constructive opinions and references for the use of zirconium-steel clad plate pressure vessels.
Zirconium, as a metal developed late in the 21st century, is not well known to many people. However, with the deepening of people's understanding of zirconium, the application range of zirconium is also more and more extensive. Unlike carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and nickel alloys, zirconium has strong corrosion resistance. However, as a scarce metal, if only zirconium is used as raw material, the consumption of resources is too large, and the economic benefit is not obvious. In addition, carbon steel is a low-cost metal, but has poor corrosion resistance, and is not suitable for manufacturing pressure vessels with high corrosion resistance requirements. However, the zirconium plate and the steel plate are composited by the explosive composite technology, combining the advantages of both, not only can achieve the special strong corrosion resistance of the pressure vessel but also greatly reduce the manufacturing cost. The average cost can be saved by more than 90%, which is about 5% of pure zirconium. The structural design of pressure vessels made of zirconium-steel composite plates can also contribute to saving zirconium resources. As a composite material of zirconium and steel, the pressure vessel made of the zirconium-steel clad plate not only has the corrosion resistance of zirconium but also has the advantages of high elasticity and high strength modulus of steel.
As a high-quality metal material, zirconium is expensive compared to other metal materials. However, using a zirconium-steel composite plate pressure vessel that can avoid the high cost of pure zirconium as a material can effectively reduce the manufacturing cost and greatly save zirconium resources. And can make full use of the advantages of both zirconium and steel. It can be said that the use of zirconium-steel composite plates to manufacture pressure vessels has obvious economic benefits and resource advantages. Due to the special metal properties of zirconium and steel, they cannot be directly melted and welded, which determines that the structure of the production equipment of zirconium steel clad plate is completely different from that of stainless steel or nickel alloy clad plate.
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