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Characterization of steel cathodic polarization in seawater and its applications in offshore structure cathodic protection design
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Characterization of steel cathodic polarization in seawater and its applications in offshore structure cathodic protection design.
Creator
Wang, Weiqing., Florida Atlantic University, Hartt, William H., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description
Laboratory experiments have been performed to characterize the effects of initial current density and selected variables (initial current density, temperature and surface treatment) upon the cathodic polarization behavior of API 2H Grade 42 steel in natural sea water. The procedure involved galvanic coupling of a cylindrical steel specimen to a larger diameter aluminum sacrificial anode ring through an external resistor, which offset the otherwise impractically small anode/cathode surface...
Show moreLaboratory experiments have been performed to characterize the effects of initial current density and selected variables (initial current density, temperature and surface treatment) upon the cathodic polarization behavior of API 2H Grade 42 steel in natural sea water. The procedure involved galvanic coupling of a cylindrical steel specimen to a larger diameter aluminum sacrificial anode ring through an external resistor, which offset the otherwise impractically small anode/cathode surface area ratio and permitted the desired initial current density to be realized. In the initial polarization stage the change in potential versus current density data with time was found to be linear with a slope equal to the product of the total circuit resistance and cathode surface area and with the vertical intercept corresponding to the anode open circuit potential. Lower temperature or increased flow resulted in reduced polarization and a relatively high current density, but data for experiments employing a particular resistance conformed to straight lines with the same slope R[ext] x A[c] (external resistance times cathode surface area). Some experiments exhibited concave behavior at longer test duration. An explanation for the linear interdependence of potential and current density and the following concave behavior is presented. The laboratory experiments were compared with offshore structure survey results. It is projected that the potential-current density behavior of galvanic cathodic protection (CP) systems of different geometries can be quantitatively interrelated through this slope parameter. Implications of the data are discussed within the context of cathodic protection design, rapid polarization and system performance for offshore structures.
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Date Issued
1994
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12362
Subject Headings
Steel--Cathodic protection, Seawater, Offshore structures
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Thermodynamic analysis of the influences of temperature and pressure on deep sea cathodic protection criterion
Title
Thermodynamic analysis of the influences of temperature and pressure on deep sea cathodic protection criterion.
Creator
Wang, Weiqing., Florida Atlantic University, Hartt, William H., College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Abstract/Description
Knowledge of the reversible potential for corrosion reaction under condition of deep sea exposure and how this is influenced by parameters such as temperature and pressure is of importance to the understanding and design of deep sea cathodic protection systems, since this potential is used as the cathodic protection criterion. Also, if the polarized potential is more negative than the reversible potential of the hydrogen reaction, then hydrogen embrittlement may occur. Thermodynamic analysis...
Show moreKnowledge of the reversible potential for corrosion reaction under condition of deep sea exposure and how this is influenced by parameters such as temperature and pressure is of importance to the understanding and design of deep sea cathodic protection systems, since this potential is used as the cathodic protection criterion. Also, if the polarized potential is more negative than the reversible potential of the hydrogen reaction, then hydrogen embrittlement may occur. Thermodynamic analysis methods are used to calculate Gibbs free energy change and reversible potential of reactions involved in cathodic protection of steel for temperatures and pressures typical of deep sea. Based on the assumptions employed it is found that the reversible potential for the iron reaction becomes less negative with depth for the first 1000m and remains approximately constant beyond this.
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Date Issued
1989
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14515
Subject Headings
Steel--Cathodic protection, Seawater--Thermodynamics
Format
Document (PDF)