IP Library Granted Patent US 11,692,251
Granted Patent B2
US 11,692,251 · App. 16/469,573 · Granted Jul 4, 2023

Pressure vessel steel sheet having excellent PWHT resistance, and manufacturing method therefor

Inventor: Soon-Taik Hong (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
C22C38/04C21D1/28C21D6/005C21D6/008C21D8/0205C21D8/0226C21D8/0263C21D9/50C22C38/02C22C38/06C22C38/12C22C38/16C22C38/18C21D2211/002C21D2211/005C21D2211/009
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Patent No.
US 11,692,251
App. No.
16/469,573
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a pressure vessel steel sheet and a method for manufacturing the same, the steel sheet comprising: by wt %, 0.10-0.20% of C, 0.15-0.40% of Si, 1.15-1.50% of Mn, 0.45-0.60% of Mo, 0.03-0.30% of Cu, 0.025% or less of P, 0.025% or less of S and 0.005-0.06% of sol. Al; two or more selected from the group consisting of 0.03-0.30% of Cr, 0.002-0.025% of Nb and 0.002-0.025% of Zr, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the structure comprises a mixture structure of ferrite, perlite and tempered bainite after post weld heat treatment (PWHT) for 60 hours at 600-660° C., and the area fraction of the tempered bainite is at least 10% (excluding 100%).

Claims (12)

1. A pressure vessel steel sheet, comprising:

by wt %, 0.10 to 0.20% of C, 0.15 to 0.40% of Si, 1.15 to 1.50% of Mn, 0.45 to 0.60% of Mo, 0.03 to 0.30% of Cu, 0.025% or less of P, 0.025% or less of S and 0.005 to 0.06% of sol. Al, 0.002 to 0.025% of Zr, one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.03 to 0.30% of Cr and 0.002 to 0.025% of Nb, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities,

wherein the structure comprises a mixture structure of ferrite, perlite and tempered bainite after a post weld heat treatment for a maximum of 60 hours at 600 to 660° C., and an area fraction of the tempered bainite is 10% or higher, excluding 100%,

wherein a MX precipitate of a size of 10 to 100 nm, where M is one of Cr, Nb, and Zr, and X is one or more of N and C, is present in a crystal grain of the mixture structure, and 0.005 to 0.20% of the MX precipitate is included by a volume fraction.

2. The pressure vessel steel sheet of claim 1 , wherein a tensile strength after the post weld heat treatment for a maximum of 60 hours at 600 to 660° C. is 550 MPa or higher, and a charpy impact energy value is 100 J or higher at −10° C.

reheating a slab at 1000 to 1250° C., the slab comprising 0.10 to 0.20% of C, 0.15 to 0.40% of Si, 1.15 to 1.50% of Mn, 0.45 to 0.60% of Mo, 0.03 to 0.30% of Cu, 0.025% or less of P, 0.025% or less of S and 0.005 to 0.06% of sol. Al, 0.002 to 0.025% of Zr, one or more selected from the group consisting of 0.03 to 0.30% of Cr and 0.002 to 0.025% of Nb, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, by wt %;

obtaining a hot-rolled steel sheet by hot-rolling the reheated slab under a condition of a reduction ratio of 2.5 to 30% per pass;

performing a normalizing heat treatment on the hot-rolled steel sheet at 820 to 950° C. for 1.3×t+10 to 30 minutes, where t indicates a thickness of steel in mm units;

cooling the steel sheet to which the normalizing heat treatment is performed at a speed of 2 to 30° C./sec; and

performing a tempering heat treatment to the cooled steel sheet at 550 to 680° C. for 1.6×t+10 to 30 minutes, where t indicates a thickness of steel in mm units.

3. The pressure vessel steel sheet of claim 1 , comprising: 0.03 to 0.30% of Cr.

4. The pressure vessel steel sheet of claim 1 , comprising: 0.03 to 0.30% of Cr and 0.002 to 0.025% of Nb.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061774/0129 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0705 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2019
From: HONG, SOON-TAIK
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 049466/0804 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0176127 · Dec 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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