Corrosion Problems in Incinerators and Biomass-Fuel-Fired Boilers

Incinerators are widely used to burn the municipal waste, biowaste, wood, straw, and biomedical waste. Combustion of these types of waste results in generation of chlorides of sodium and potassiumwhichmay attack themetallic part of the incinerator. In biofuelfired boilers, similar type of highly corrosive environment is present. Attempt has been made to review the corrosion problems and their solutions as per the available literature.


Introduction
Incineration is a high temperature process that reduces the organic and combustible waste to inorganic, combustible matter and results in drastic reduction in volume and weight of waste [1][2][3].Incinerators are widely used to dispose of industrial, hazardous, nonhazardous, commercial, municipal, some agriculture, and hospital wastes [4].Normally, incinerators are operated at high temperature between 300 ∘ C and 1100 ∘ C based on volume and type of waste, incinerator, and fuel used [5].In a recent literature it is opined that incineration is a dying technology for waste treatment, as it is unreliable and produces a secondary waste stream more dangerous than the original [6].Establishment of the incinerator to dispose the hazardous waste was passed by US EPA in 1976 as "Resource Conservation and Recovery Act PL 94-580." Postmanaging systems for flue gases are widely used in incinerators to reduce any harm which can be created by stream of flue gases.These systems consist of devices such as electrostatic precipitator, venturi scrubber, packed bed scrubber, plate tower, dry scrubber, semidry scrubber, bag filters or bag houses, wet electrostatic precipitator, and ionizing wet scrubber [7].Hence, secondary stream can be cleaned so as to make it harmless by application of the abovementioned equipments.
As waste generation has increased considerably worldwide in the last few decades; the combustion of biomedical waste, municipal solid wastes, and biomasses in fluidizedbed boiler facilities is an attractive solution for both energy production and conservation of land, otherwise wasted in landfills [8,9].Landfill disposal of waste may result in ground water pollution if the landfill site is inadequately designed or operated [1].In locations where population densities are high, the use of landfills for waste disposal has become less feasible and waste incineration becomes a more attractive option [10].Millions of tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) are produced every year which have been treated using incineration technique which reduces waste mass by 70% and volume by up to 90%, as well as providing energy to generate electricity [11].Waste generated from biomedical activities reflects a real problem of living nature and human world [8].Improper disposal of health care wastes, syringes, and needles that are scavenged and reused may lead to spreading of diseases such as hepatitis C and AIDS [12].Hence, such waste is desired to be disposed properly.Incineration is a thermal process, which destroys most of the waste including microorganism [13].Surveys show that most incinerators are operated at incorrect temperature and do not destroy the waste completely due to use of insufficient fuel [14].It is necessary to adequately oxidize the principal organic hazardous waste to the 99.99% destruction.Near complete destruction of hazardous waste can be achieved only at temperature around 1000 ∘ C and above where intense reaction conditions can be provided with the help of increased turbulence in the combustion 2 International Journal of Corrosion zone to maximize the reaction and minimize residence time.Adequate pressure has to be provided for creating necessary scrubbing of halogens and particulate matter [14].Use of very high temperature in incinerator will lead to degradation of construction material, thereby decreasing the service life of components facing higher temperature.

High Temperature Corrosion Problem in Incinerator
Corrosion damage is a major issue in waste incinerators which required constant repair thereby adding to running cost [15].Fireside corrosion has been frequently encountered in incinerators [16].During combustion of waste and some types of biomass, high levels of HCl, NaCl, and KCl are released.Both chlorides and sulphates containing melts may form on superheater tubes during waste incineration.Molten chlorides are more frequently encountered due to their lower melting points [17].Miller and Krause [18] found that accumulation of elements such as sulphur, chlorine, zinc, aluminium, potassium, and occasionally lead and copper occurred at the metal/scale interface as a deposit in municipal incinerators.Ma and Rotter [19] reported that municipal solid waste maintains a large quantity of chlorine, as one of the free elements that causes high temperature corrosion after fine fly ash particles condense on heat exchanger surfaces.Yokoyama et al. [20] suggested that HCl gas, salts, and sulphates in the bed cause corrosion of the heat-exchanger tubes in a fluidized bed waste disposal incinerator, while abrasion is due to the vigorous movement of sand in the bed.Agarwal and Grossmann [21] found that high temperature corrosive attack in incinerators is caused by constituents such as oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, halides (Cl, F, and Br), sulfur, organophosphate compounds, and molten salts and/or liquid metal attack due to presence of low melting point metals such as lead, tin, antimony, bismuth, zinc, magnesium, and aluminium.Material wastage in the high temperature region of most waste incinerators mainly occurs by chlorination and chloride-induced corrosion, although attack by acid/basic fluxing caused by sulfate deposits, molten chlorides, and erosion may also play an important role [21].
Several studies have been reported regarding corrosion in incinerators environments.Ishitsuko and Nose [22] discuss the stability of protective oxide films in waste incineration environment such as NaCl-KCl and NaCl-KCl-Na 2 SO 4 -K 2 SO 4 conducted in three different levels of basicity.In a waste incineration environment, a protective Cr 2 O 3 film easily dissolves in molten chlorides as CrO 4 2− because pO 2− of the molten chlorides tends to have small value due to the effect of water vapour contained in the combustion gas.Li et al. [23] conducted a study on various Fe-based alloys with different Cr and Ni content and Fe, Cr, and Ni pure metals.The studies have been conducted in simulated waste incinerator environment at 450 ∘ C beneath ZnCl 2 -KCl deposits in flowing pure oxygen.They concluded that adherence of corrosion products to the substrate was worse for higher Crcontaining materials, while the corrosion resistance to the environment could be improved significantly by increasing the Ni content, whereas Zhang et al. [24] investigated the corrosion behaviour of Fe and four commercial steels with different Cr contents in an oxidizing atmosphere containing HCl at 500-600 ∘ C, which did simulate the environment to which materials are usually exposed in waste incinerator.All the specimens underwent an accelerated corrosion.They suggested that increasing Cr content in the alloy can improve their corrosion resistance.Sorell [25] found out that in municipal solid waste incinerator dominant corrosive species are chlorides, typically in combination with alkali metals [Na, K] and heavy metals [Pb, Zn].A new probe design consisting of water-cooled support lance made from a nickelbase superalloy with an air-cooled probe head in which the samples were kept between the ceramic plates and the probe was introduced into the WTE plant [15].From this study they concluded that corrosion is mainly due to high temperature chlorine attack, either through gaseous species like HCl or Cl 2 or by chloride particles, which are deposited on superheater tubes leading to strong damage by acceleration of oxide formation [15].Effect of adding molybdenum and silicon in steels was also examined and it was found that in hot corrosion environment, molybdenum as well as up to about 1% silicon decreased the corrosion rate.Tests were conducted on T91 ferritic steel and AC66 austenitic steel under several atmospheres present in coal-fired plant and waste incinerator in several ash mixtures and at different temperature.Exposure time was generally 100 hours and sometimes 500 hours.In coal-fired plant, the actual degradation depended on the alkali sulphates and SO 2 contents and on temperature.The HCl presence had little impact.While in waste incinerator the degradation was more pronounced, the development of a thick, badly adherent corrosion layer occurred, with deep internal degradation of the alloys which was attributed to the active oxidation due to molten alkali chlorides [26].Jegede et al. [27] also tested the Udimet alloy and the 310SS in simulated waste incineration flue gases at 750 ∘ C, isothermally for 72 h and 120 h, and also cyclically tested for 120 h.In both the conditions, the substrate showed initial weight gain followed by weight loss after some cycles.They reported that chlorine forms volatile species which may evolve through the cracked scale thereby leaving behind defective and porous scale.Oh et al. [28] discussed corrosion behavior of a series of commercial superalloys in flowing argon-20 pct oxygen-2 pct chlorine at 900 ∘ C.They reported that the decrease in mass of alloys may be due to formation of volatile chloride or oxychloride as corrosion products.Delay et al. [29] also confirmed that mobilisation of alkali and trace elements present in clinical waste can lead to accelerated deterioration of the plant components and may cause environmental damage.Covino et al. [30] further suggested that the waste incinerators have more severe thermal gradient influenced corrosion problems than most coal combustors because the ash deposited in waste-to-energy (WTE) plants typically contains low melting fused salts and eutectic mixture that can lead to accelerated corrosion [30].Ni et al. [31] determined the fly ash composition and bottom ash composition of the medical waste incinerator (MWI) operated in China.They discussed that fly ash mainly consisted of Ca, Al, Si, Mg, Na, O, C, Cl, and S while the bottom ash consisted of CaCO 3 , SiO 2 , and Ca[OH] 2 .They also reported that the chlorine content in fly ash from the MWI was higher than that in the fly ash generated by a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI).

Biofuel-Fired Boiler
Increasing fuel prices and efforts towards sustainable energy production have led to the exploration of new biofuels both in the energy sector for the production of heat and power in boilers and also in the transportation sector for the production of new high quality transportation fuels to be used directly in engines [32].It was opined that biomass may be the only renewable energy source that can replace conventional fossil fuels directly [33].Integration of biomass with combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plants gives improvement in efficiency and possible cost reduction as compared to stand alone plants [34].At present around 12% of the global energy requirement is generated by combustion of biomass fuels, which vary from wood and wood waste (e.g., from construction or demolition) to crops and black liquor [35].Biomass is a kind of fuel having low density, is bulky, and releases the volatiles [36].Biomass fuels are burned in three main types of boilers, namely, grate fired, bubbling bed, and circulating fluidized bed units.These boilers are normally operated solely to generate electricity but can also be operated to simultaneously generate a combination of heat and power [37].It is found that there is a growing interest in the use of biofuels for energy purposes due to various reasons such as reduction in dependency on imported oil, generation of 20 times more employment, mitigation of greenhouse gases [38][39][40], and reduction of acid rain [41].It is a thumb rule that co-combustion of mixtures of biomass waste-based fuel and coal with energy input of the biomass up to 10% causes slight decrease in N 2 O emissions and may cause only mild or practically no operational problems [42].Apart from these benefits some technical issues associated with cofiring include fuel supply, handling and storage challenges, potential increase in corrosion, decrease in overall efficiency, ash deposition issues, pollutant emissions, carbon burnout impacts on ash marketing, impacts on selective catalytic reduction (SCR) performance, and overall economics [43].Problem of fuel supply occurs as biofuels tend to have high moisture content, which adds to weight and thereby increase the cost of transportation.It can add to cost as biomass has low energy densities compared to fossil fuels.A significantly larger volume of biomass fuel is required to generate the same energy as a smaller volume of fossil fuel and so it will add to cost.The low energy density means that the cost of the fuel collection and transportation can quickly outweigh the value of the fuel; hence, it should be transported from shorter distances [44].It was also reported that many power plants burning fuels such as waste-derived fuels experience failures of the super heaters and/or increased water wall corrosion due to aggressive fuel components even at low temperatures [45].One of the biggest challenges encountered in biomass-fired are the increased tendency for bed agglomeration and the increased fouling of convective heat transfer surfaces, sometimes associated with increased corrosion.The most destructive property of biomass towards agglomeration, fouling, and corrosion appears to be due to their ash constituents such as sulphur, chlorine, and phosphorous [46].Alkali chlorides are formed during biomass combustion and transported via aerosols or in the vapour phase within the combustion gas, subsequently depositing on the metallic surface or on the already formed oxide layer [47].

Corrosion and Environmental Effect in Biofuel Boiler
In recent years [48], in Sweden, there has been a move away from burning fossil fuels to biomass in order to reduce CO 2 emissions.Burning of 100% biomass causes severe corrosion problems.The chlorine contents of wood, peat, and coal are relatively similar, but there is considerably more sodium and potassium and less sulphur in wood fuels and it is suggested that the formation of complex alkali chlorides principally causes the corrosion problems.Experience from Swedish power stations fired with 100% wood-based biofuels has shown that conventional superheater steels (low chromium ferritic steels) have to be replaced after about 20,000 hours if the steam temperature is 470 ∘ C or higher [48].Henderson et al. [49] have reported that most biomass fuels have high contents of alkali metals and chlorine, but they contain very little sulphur compared to fossil fuels.The alkali metal of major concern in wood is potassium.The majority of potassium is released into the gas phase during combustion and is mainly present as potassium chloride [KCl] and potassium hydroxide [KOH].The alkali metals form compounds with low melting temperatures and can condense as chlorides causing widespread fouling of superheater tubes and other operational problems during combustion.Figure 1 shows the superheater tube corroded at a 100 MW facility fired with high chlorine (>1%) biomass with bituminous coal [50].Chlorine may cause accelerated corrosion resulting in increased oxidation, metal wastage, internal attack, void formations, and loose nonadherent scales.The most severe corrosion problems in biomass-fired systems are expected to occur due to Cl-rich deposits formed on superheater tubes [51].Viklund et al. [52] have conducted corrosion testing in waste-fired boiler for short-term exposure (3 h) to analyse composition of deposits and initial corrosion, as well as longterm exposures (1550 h) to investigate corrosion rates.These investigations were done with ferritic steels 13CrMo44 and HCM12A, the austenitic steels Super 304, 317L, Sanicro 28, and the nickel-base alloys Hastelloy C-2000 and Inconel 625.Analysis revealed a deposit dominated by CaSO 4 , KCl, and NaCl, but also appreciable amounts of low melting salt mixtures such as ZnCl 2 -KCl, PbCl 2 -KCl, FeCl 2 -KCl, and NaCl-NiCl 2 .Metal loss measurements showed unacceptably high corrosion rates for 13CrMo44, HCM12A, and Super 304.The corrosion attack for these alloys was manifested by the formation of mixed metal chloride/metal oxides scales.A different type of behaviour was seen for the higher alloyed austenitic steels and nickel-base alloys, which were able to form a chromium rich oxide next to the metal.However, these alloys suffered from some localised pitting attack.The behaviour is explained by oxide dissolution in the molten salts that are present in the deposit [52].Reidl et al. [53] have found that the main biomass fuels used in Austria are bark wood chips and saw dust.They reported severe corrosion in several wood chips and bark combustion plants equipped with hot water fire-tube boilers which lead to leakage from several heat exchangers tubes after less than 10,000 operating hours.Uusitalo et al. [54] reported that severe corrosion occurred in oxidizing conditions of simulated biofuel-fired boiler environment where samples were exposed to synthetic salt containing 40 wt% K 2 SO 4 , 40 wt% Na 2 SO 4 , 10 wt% KCl, and 10 wt% NaCl at 550 ∘ C in oxidizing and reducing atmosphere for 100 h.Corrosion tests were performed on low alloy ferritic steel and austenitic stainless steel, HVOF coating (Ni-50Cr, Ni-57Cr, Ni-21Cr-9Mo, and Fe 3 Al), laser cladding (Ni-53Cr), and diffusion chromized steel.They also reported that oxides at splat boundaries were attacked by chlorine along which it penetrated [54].Karlsson et al. [55] reported the influence of NaCl, KCl, and CaCl 2 on corrosion in biomass fuel boiler and suggested that CaCl 2 is less corrosive as compared to NaCl and KCl.They further suggested that the presence of KCl and NaCl strongly accelerated the high temperature corrosion of 304L stainless steel in 5% O 2 + 40% H 2 O environment with nitrogen as carrier gas at 600 ∘ C. Corrosion is initiated by the formation of alkali chromate [VI] through the reaction of alkali with the protective oxide.Chromate formation is a sink for chromium in the oxide and leads to a loss of its protective properties.Pettersson et al. [56] had studied the effect of KCl on 304 austenitic stainless steel in presence of 5% O 2 and 5% O 2 + 40% H 2 O environment at 400-600 ∘ C for exposure time of 1 week.Their studies showed that KCl is strongly corrosive species and maximum corrosion occurred at 600 ∘ C. Corrosion is initiated by the reaction of KCl with the chromia containing oxide that normally forms a protective layer on the alloy.This reaction produces potassium chromate particles, leaving chromiadepleted oxides on the alloy surface.Pettersson et al. [57] also reported the effect of KCl, K 2 SO 4 , and K 2 CO 3 and concluded that KCl and K 2 CO 3 strongly accelerate the corrosion of 304L while K 2 SO 4 has little influence on the corrosion rate.Sharp et al. [58] suggested that alkali metals and chlorine released in biofuel boilers cause accelerated corrosion and fouling at high superheater steam temperature due to which they have to be operated at lower temperature much below than those of advanced fossil-fuel-fired boilers resulting in decreased efficiency.Hernas et al. [59] confirm that high temperature corrosion of rotary air preheaters during combustion of biomass and coal is due to the presence of alkali metal chlorides in the deposits.Karlsson et al. [60] studied the corrosion in biofuels boilers and concluded that corrosion is mainly due to alkali chlorides and hydrogen chloride.Studies [61] were conducted on two high temperature resistant steels, Sandvik 8LR30 [18Cr 10Ni Ti] and Sanicro 28 [27Cr 31Ni 4Mo], to determine the role of ash deposit in the refuse incinerator and straw/wood fired power plant.Ash for this study was collected from radiation chamber, superheater, and economiser sections in both waste incineration and strawfired/wood chip fired power plants.They carried out these investigations in laboratory at flue gas temperature of 600 ∘ C and metal temperature of 800 ∘ C up to 300 hours exposed to HCl and SO 2 .They reported that both aggressive gases and ash deposits increase the corrosion rate synergistically, due to the reaction between potassium chloride with sulphur dioxide and oxygen which results in the formation of porous unprotective oxide [61].The presence of elements such as chlorine and zinc, together with alkali metals from the biomass, has the potential to form sticky compounds that increase the deposit growth rate and rapidly increase corrosion rates [62].The successful operation of combustion units depends on the ability to control and mitigate ashrelated problems, which can reduce the efficiency, capacity, and availability of the facilities, thereby increasing the power cost.Such problems include fouling, slugging, corrosion of equipment, and pollutant emissions [63].Soot blowing is the most common method of reducing the effects of deposits on the heat transfer tubes [62].One way to mitigate corrosion on fireside is by changing environment by fuel additives such as sulphur.It was also found that ammonium sulphate reduced the deposit growth rate and halved the corrosion rate of ferritic/martensitic steels in a wood-fired boiler.With the addition of the sulphate, iron sulphides were formed within the oxide, which are believed to have hindered the corrosion process and iron chlorides were largely absent [64].Viklund et al. [64] also found that addition of ammonium sulphate to biomass-fired boilers decreases corrosion tendencies.In situ exposures were carried out in a waste fired, 75 MW, CFB boiler in Händelö, Sweden.The plant is burning 30-50% of household waste and 50-70% of industrial waste and deposit was found to be dominated by Na, K, Ca, Cl, S, and O. Low alloyed ferritic steel EN1.7380 [Fe-2.25Cr-1Mo]and the austenitic EN1.7380 [Fe-18Cr-9Ni] were exposed during 4 hours on air-cooled probes.Metallography shows a marked difference in corrosion attack between the two steels.It was suggested that addition of 300 ppm of SO 2 results in drastic reduction of corrosion rate as it leads to formation of K 2 SO 4 which does not react with Cr 2 O 3 and also suppress formation of alkali-chlorides rich deposits.Addition of sulphur or sulphur containing compounds to the fuel resulted in 50-70% decreases in corrosion rate of exposed sample.Karlsson et al. [65] reported that the addition of digestive sewage sludge to the 12-MWth CFB boiler at Chalmers University of Technology resulted in a decreased corrosion rate of 304L and Sanicro 28 at 600 ∘ C after 24 hours of exposure.Lee et al. [66] reported that addition of lime or MgO with the blast reduces the corrosion as magnesium combines with vanadium to form magnesium vanadate which is solid at the boiler temperature.Kaolin (Al 2 O 3 ⋅SiO 2 ) addition can significantly reduce superheater deposits, corrosion, and slagging and thus enhance the operation of the biomass-fired boiler [67].Kaolin, which is abundant in kaolinite (Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 ), is employed to capture the alkali metal vapors eluding from the combustion region [68,69].

Remedial Measures
Guilemany et al. reported possible solution for the oxidation of exchanger steel tubes through HVOF thermal spray coatings and concluded that wire and powder HVOF coatings show good properties to protect steel exchanger pipes against the erosion produced by the impact of the ashes in the flue gas [103].Rezakhami [119] compared the effect of simulated oil-fired boiler environment (70% V 2 O 5 -20% Na 2 SO 4 -10% NaCl exposed to 550 ∘ C and 650 ∘ C for 6 cycles each of 48 hours) on various ferritic steels and austenitic steels as well as on some thermally sprayed coating.Austenitic steel suffers from uniform corrosion, while ferritic steel attacks by the grain boundary corrosion.Thermally sprayed FeCrAl, 50Ni-50Cr, Tafaloy 45LT, and Cr 3 C 2 NiCr coatings were also tested in the given condition and the result showed that all the coatings provide good resistance to corrosion and help in increasing the life of both the steels [119].Singh et al. [120] investigated superficially applied Y 2 O 3 as inhibitor which leads to reduction in high temperature corrosion of superalloys in presence of Na 2 SO 4 -60V 2 O 5 at 900 ∘ C under cyclic condition.Goyal et al. [121] confirm that the addition of inhibitor such as ZrO 2 to boiler environment such as Na 2 SO 4 -60% V 2 O 5 can help in decreasing the corrosion rate of superalloys at high temperature.Yamada et al. [106] tested the D-gun, HVOF, and plasma sprayed 50% Ni-50% Cr alloy coating on steel and Ni based superalloys in actual refuse incineration environment.Analysis revealed the presence of chlorine, which is the main cause of hot corrosion in the coated areas.D-gun sprayed coatings give maximum corrosion resistance in boiler of actual refuse incineration plant working for 7 years without any problem and are expected to have longer life.Paul and Harvey [122] tested the corrosion resistance of four Ni alloy coating deposited by HVOF onto P91 substrate under simulated high temperature biomass combustion condition.It was observed that alloy 625, NiCrBSiFe, and alloy 718 coating performed better than alloy C-276.

Discussion
Demand of electricity production is increasing constantly with the increase in population.In India, the electricity demand has been growing up to 3.6% every year.Most of these energies are generated from fossil fuels like coal and so forth.Burning of coal leads to the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, which will cause global warming.These gases cause environmental pollution.Mining of coal also leads to environmental degradation.Hence, using the biofuels or organic and other waste for generating power can lead to two basic advantages.Two requirements are needed: firstly decreasing the use of fossil fuel and secondly saving the area waste in landfills.Incineration technique currently is being used to dispose municipal solid waste, biowaste, and medical waste.In case of medical waste higher incineration temperature is necessary to kill the microorganism to avoid the spread of diseases.The type of environment in the incinerator will depend on the type of fuel waste being burnt.
Burning of municipal waste produces compounds such as ZnCl 2 , PbCl 2 , KCl, and NaCl, whereas straw waste burning produces higher concentration of KCl and K 2 SO 4 .Burning of wood will produce higher amount of NaCl and Na 2 SO 4 along with KCl and K 2 SO 4 , whereas coal as a fuel will lead to the production of salt species such as Na 2 SO 4 , K 2 SO 4 , and (NaK) 2 (FeSO 4 ) 3 .Production of all such types of species leads to corrosion which is breaking down essential properties of metals due to attack by corrosive compounds on the metal surface.The information regarding the behaviour of different alloy and coatings has been summarized in Table 1.
From table it can be seen that NaCl will lead to severe corrosion.Alloy steels and superalloys are resistant to sulphates environment but addition of chlorides increases the corrosion rate manifolds.Active oxidation is the main mechanism for the corrosion in chlorides environment leading to mass loss due to formation of volatile species, formation of porous scale, and internal oxidation.
It is also seen that Ni-based superalloys are more resistant to chloride containing environment but are susceptible to corrosion in sulphur containing environments.Cr 2 O 3 forming alloys are prone to corrosion in alkaline flux which dissolves chromium-based species leading to enhanced corrosion.In case of wood, municipal waste, and biomedical waste the burning can be carried out at temperature around 500-1000 ∘ C, whereas in case of medical waste incinerator secondary burning is required where temperature may be around 1200 ∘ C.This required the use of superalloys and coatings to take care of the aggressive environment at high temperature.Alkali oxides under oxidizing condition have higher solubility for Fe and Cr containing species as compared to their solubility in alkali sulphates [94] International Journal of Corrosion In situ test, samples with 2 cm 2 of surface were covered with an excess of eutectic salt mixture and tested for 360 h at 400 ∘ C. KCl : ZnCl 2 salt mixture Wire and powder HVOF coatings show good properties to protect steel heat exchanger pipes against the erosion produced by the impact of the ashes in the flue gas [103] Fe, Ni, and some model Fe-Ni alloys Atmospheres of varying chlorine (10 −3 , 10 −5 , and 10 −7 Pa) and low oxygen potentials (10 −11 -10 −15 Pa) at temperatures of 800 and 1000 ∘ C At 800 ∘ C in all three atmospheres the reaction kinetics was linear and the corrosion product was identified as ferrous chloride.At 1000 ∘ C under conditions of 10 −3 Pa, Ni was found to be inert.A limiting Ni content of 50% was found to confer excellent chlorination resistance to iron [104]

Conclusions
(1) Incineration is a worldwide used technique to burn waste and to produce energy, but the corrosion problem encountered during the burning of waste is one of the reasons for the unforeseen shutdown of these incinerators.(2) Corrosion in incinerators and biomass-fuel-fired boilers may occur due to the presence of salts such as chlorides or sulphates.(3) Researchers showed that presence of chlorine in environment is mainly responsible for the damage of protective oxide.(4) Addition of sulphur or sulphur containing compounds to the fuel resulted in decreases in corrosion rate in incinerators and biofuel-fired boilers.(5) Coating can be sprayed using different thermal spray technique which can save the material from direct contact with the salt and hence enhance the life.Already, D-gun and HVOF sprayed coatings such as 50% Ni-50% Cr, alloy 625, NiCrBSiFe, and alloy 718 have been tried in simulated refuse incinerator and biomass-fuel-fired boiler environment and had shown good performance.(6) Superficial application of inhibitors to decrease the corrosion in the given environment can be done.

Table 1 :
A summary of corrosion studies on some alloys and coatings under chlorides and sulphates containing environment.

Table 1 :
[118]nued.With the growth of a thin Cr 2 O 3 interface layer along the scale/surface boundary, the performance of the alloy improved against the attack by the flue gases in the real service conditions[118]