Coatings Challenges in Harsh Environments
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2021) | Viewed by 20836
Special Issue Editor
2. Materials Innovation Centre (MatIC), School of Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Interests: materials development; corrosion; electrochemical monitoring; thermal spray coatings; thermal barrier coatings; carbon capture and storage
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Dear Colleagues,
Harsh environments are encountered in several industries around the world. These environments vary greatly from the extremes of temperature and pressure to that of corrosive fluids. To remain operational, the industrial components need to retain their useful properties in such harsh environments.
Protective coatings often allow process equipment to be purposeful in environments well beyond the operational limit of comparable uncoated components. Durability, ease of application, repairability, reliability and long-term performance are vital characteristics of such coatings. The overall cost effectiveness of these coatings is key to their industrial uptake. Therefore, this Special Issue of Coatings entitled “Coatings Challenges in Harsh Environments” is devoted to research and review articles on the metallic, non-metallic and composite coatings used in aggressive environments.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Coatings for high temperature and molten salt applications;
- Coatings for mitigating corrosion in CO2 and H2S environments;
- Thermal spray and cold spray coatings for aggressive environments;
- Corrosion, wear and cavitation resistant coatings;
- Coatings for mitigating marine corrosion;
- Coatings for nuclear applications;
- Coatings for chemical and petrochemical plants;
- Coatings for aeroengine turbines, such as thermal barrier coatings;
- Coatings for applications in space;
- Coatings for oil sands and other oil and gas exploration environments;
- Coatings for applications in geothermal environments.
Dr. Shiladitya Paul
Guest Editor
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