Next-generation abrasion resistant metal matrix composite coatings

对先进的下一代冷喷涂和热喷涂涂层的开发和评估的研究将有助于提高油砂的效率，并通过旨在开发新材料的新兴技术采用先进的制造和材料。该提案描述了帝国石油公司与艾伯塔省政府研究机构InnoTech Alberta合作支持的一个研究项目，该项目旨在开发新一代金属基复合涂层的性能并对其进行建模，该涂层将用于防止或减轻油砂加工、升级和运输中使用的机械部件的磨损。在这里，行业赞助商和申请者希望通过在他们的业务中引入先进的金属基复合涂层材料来扩大帝国石油目前的耐磨涂层解决方案套件和产品目录。涂层被广泛应用于各种行业，为机械零件提供保护，使其免受腐蚀、磨损和高温等工艺过程中表面退化的不利影响。各种涂层已经开发出来，其中一些开发的动力来自于对新涂层解决方案的需求和工业市场的转变。申请者通过他们的专业知识和与不同利益攸关方的互动，已经认识到，开发具有多用途能力的新型先进涂层，不仅限于表面保护，而且只针对一种表面退化机制，将以独特的方式将涂层的用途扩展到行业和政府已经建立的新领域。虽然众所周知，涂层可以提供可靠的保护，但也可能发生故障。这项研究计划将致力于先进的下一代金属基复合涂层的开发和这些涂层失效的基于机理的模拟。通过专注于这些领域，这一行业支持的研究项目的成果将是设计和开发增强耐磨涂层材料系统，以提高油砂效率。

Research on the development and assessment of advanced, next-generation cold- and thermal-sprayed coatingswill contribute to improvements in oil sands efficiency and incorporation of advanced manufacturing andmaterials through emerging technology aimed at new materials development. This proposal sets out to describea research project that will be supported by Imperial Oil, in collaboration with InnoTech Alberta, an Albertagovernment research organization, to develop and model the performance of next-generation metal matrixcomposite coatings that will be used to prevent or mitigate wear of machine part components that are used inoil sands processing, upgrading, and transport. Here, the industry sponsor and the applicants wish to expand onImperial Oil's current suite and catalog of wear resistant coating solutions by introducing advanced metalmatrix composite coating materials into their business. Coatings are used by a variety of industries in aplenitude of applications to provide protection to machine parts from the adverse effects of surface degradationprocesses such as corrosion, wear, and high temperatures. Variations of coatings have been developed, andsome of these developments have been motivated by the need for new coating solutions and shifts in industrialmarkets. The applicants, by way of their expertise and interactions with various stakeholders, have identifiedthat the development of new advanced coatings with multi-purpose capabilities that extend beyond surfaceprotection against only one surface degradation mechanism will offer a unique expansion of the utility ofcoatings into novel areas that have been established by industry and government. While coatings are known toprovide reliable protection, failures can occur. This research proposal will address the development ofadvanced next-generation metal matrix composite coatings and mechanism-based modelling of failures ofthese coatings. By focusing on these areas, the outcome of this industry-supported research project will be thedesign and development of reinforced wear-resistant coating material systems for improvements in oil sandsefficiency.