IP Library Granted Patent US 8,343,589
Granted Patent B2
US 8,343,589 · App. 12/340,098 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Methods for making environmental barrier coatings and ceramic components having CMAS mitigation capability

Assignee: General Electric Company
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Patent No.
US 8,343,589
App. No.
12/340,098
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of making components having calcium magnesium aluminosilicate (CMAS) mitigation capability including providing a component; applying an environmental barrier coating to the component, the environmental barrier coating having a separate CMAS mitigation layer including a CMAS mitigation composition selected from the group consisting of zinc aluminate spinel, alkaline earth zirconates, alkaline earth hafnates, rare earth gallates, beryl, and combinations thereof.

Claims (39)

1. A method of making a component having calcium magnesium aluminosilicate (CMAS) mitigation capability comprising:

providing a component comprising a ceramic matrix composite or a monolithic ceramic;

applying an environmental barrier coating to the component, the environmental barrier coating comprising:

a bond coat layer comprising silicon overlying the component;

an optional silica layer overlying the bond coat layer;

at least one transition layer overlying the bond coat layer or the optional silica layer comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of mullite, barium strontium aluminosilicate (BSAS), rare earth disilicates, and combinations thereof;

an optional outer layer comprising an outer layer material selected from the group consisting of BSAS, rare earth monosilicates, rare earth disilicates, and combinations thereof; and

a separate CMAS mitigation layer overlying the at least one transition layer or the optional outer layer, the separate CMAS mitigation layer including beryl as a CMAS mitigation composition thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising applying an abradable layer to the separate CMAS mitigation layer.

3. The method of claim 2 comprising applying the environmental barrier coating using a method selected from the group consisting of plasma spraying, high velocity plasma spraying, low pressure plasma spraying, solution plasma spraying, suspension plasma spraying, chemical vapor deposition, electron beam physical vapor deposition, sol-gel, sputtering, slurry dipping, slurry spraying, slurry painting, slurry rolling, tape-casting, and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the component is a turbine engine component selected from the group consisting of combustor components, turbine blades, shrouds, nozzles, heat shields, and vanes.

5. A method of making a component having CMAS mitigation capability comprising:

providing a component, wherein the component comprises a ceramic matrix composite or a monolithic ceramic;

applying an environmental barrier coating to the component, the environmental barrier coating comprising

a bond coat layer comprising silicon overlying the component;

an optional silica layer overlying the bond coat layer;

at least one transition layer overlying the bond coat layer or the optional silica layer comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of mullite, barium strontium aluminosilicate (BSAS), rare earth disilicates, and combinations thereof;

an optional outer layer overlying the at least one transition layer, the optional outer layer comprising at least one outer layer material selected from the group consisting of BSAS, rare earth monosilicates, rare earth disilicates, and combinations thereof; and

an integrated CMAS mitigation layer overlying the at least one transition layer or the optional outer layer including:

at least one outer layer material; and

a CMAS mitigation composition selected from the group consisting of beryl.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the integrated CMAS mitigation layer comprises the CMAS mitigation composition as a grain boundary phase on the outer layer material or as dispersed refractory particles in the outer layer material.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the component is a turbine engine component selected from the group consisting of combustor components, turbine blades, shrouds, nozzles, heat shields, and vanes.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising applying an abradable layer to the integrated CMAS mitigation layer.

9. The method of claim 8 comprising applying the environmental barrier coating using a method selected from the group consisting of plasma spraying, high velocity plasma spraying, low pressure plasma spraying, solution plasma spraying, suspension plasma spraying, chemical vapor deposition, electron beam physical vapor deposition, sol-gel, sputtering, slurry dipping, slurry spraying, slurry painting, slurry rolling, tape-casting, and combinations thereof.

10. A method of making a component having CMAS mitigation capability comprising:

providing a component;

applying an environmental barrier coating to the component, the barrier coating comprising:

a bond coat layer comprising silicon;

an optional silica layer;

at least one transition layer comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of mullite, barium strontium aluminosilicate (BSAS), and combinations thereof;

an optional outer layer comprising an outer layer material selected from the group consisting of BSAS, rare earth monosilicates, rare earth disilicates, and combinations thereof; and

a CMAS mitigation composition wherein the CMAS mitigation composition is beryl when the CMAS mitigation composition is included as a separate CMAS mitigation layer, and

wherein the CMAS mitigation composition is selected from the group consisting of beryl when the CMAS mitigation composition is included as an integrated CMAS mitigation layer further comprising at least one outer layer material.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the component comprises a ceramic matrix composite or a monolithic ceramic.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the component is a turbine engine component selected from the group consisting of combustor components, turbine blades, shrouds, nozzles, heat shields, and vanes.

13. The method of claim 12 comprising applying the environmental barrier coating using a method selected from the group consisting of plasma spraying, high velocity plasma spraying, low pressure plasma spraying, solution plasma spraying, suspension plasma spraying, chemical vapor deposition, electron beam physical vapor deposition, sol-gel, sputtering, slurry dipping, slurry spraying, slurry painting, slurry rolling, tapecasting, and combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the integrated CMAS mitigation layer comprises the CMAS mitigation composition as a grain boundary phase on the outer layer material or as dispersed refractory particles in the outer layer material.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising applying an abradable layer to the separate CMAS mitigation layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2012
From: KIRBY, GLEN HAROLD; BOUTWELL, BRETT ALLEN; ACKERMAN, JOHN FREDERICK
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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