Challenging the conventional materials design principle and develop hybrid high-entropy microstructures against wear and erosion-corrosion - a phase-two project

加拿大油砂工业在保证目前和可预见的未来的国家燃料自给自足方面发挥着重要作用。然而，油砂作业设施的严重磨损，如油砂浆泵和管道的侵蚀、沥青回收旋风器的侵蚀、油砂开采机械的磨损、炼油设施的侵蚀腐蚀等，对油砂行业产生了非常负面的影响，导致设备磨损的维修和更换成本极高，产量损失也很大。高性能耐磨材料的开发一直是油砂行业优先考虑的战略研发领域之一。

The Canadian oil sands industry is playing an important role in guaranteeing the national fuel self-sufficiency for the present and foreseeable future. However, severe wear of oil sands operation facilities, e.g., erosion of oil sands slurry pumps and pipelines, erosion of cyclones in bitumen recovery, abrasion of oil sands mining machinery, and erosion-corrosion of oil refining facilities, has very negative impact on the oil sands industry, resulting in extremely high cost for repair and replacement of worn facilities as well as large lost production. Development of high-performance wear-resistant materials is always one of strategic R&D areas of high priority in the oil sands industry.