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Publication - Painting, Coating & Corrosion Protection - Cathodic Protection On Tank Bottoms and Underground Piping in Power Generation Plants
Publication - Painting, Coating & Corrosion Protection - Cathodic Protection On Tank Bottoms and Underground Piping in Power Generation Plants
Publication - Painting, Coating & Corrosion Protection - Cathodic Protection On Tank Bottoms and Underground Piping in Power Generation Plants
On Tank Bottoms
& Underground Piping
In Power Generation Plants
PG&E Office
San Francisco
January 18, 2007
Craig K. Meier
Corrosion Control Incorporated
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• Corrosion process for tanks and piping
• Principles of cathodic protection
• Effects of coatings
• Cathodic protection design requirements
• Selecting the proper system
• Construction implementation issues
• Compliance testing
• Continued monitoring and maintenance
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Energy
Ore Mill
Steel
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Energy
Steel
Rust
Corrosion
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Conventional
Current Flow
Fe++
Iron ion
e-
Cathode Anode
Electron flow
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Rate of Corrosion
• Soil Corrosivity
– Resistivity
– pH
– Salts
• Bi-metallic effect
• Mixed soils
• Differences in oxygen
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Excavation
Clay
Corrosion
Pipe Native Soil
Sand
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Corrosion Current Corrosion
Copper
ground
-200 mV Bare steel pipe
-500 mV
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Coating flaw
Steel pipe
Coating
Corrosion
Copper
ground
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Tank floor
Corrosion Corrosion
Clay lump
Copper
ground
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Tank floor
Corrosion
Concrete or asphalt
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Corrosion Losses
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Corrosion Control
• Material selection
• Bedding
• Coatings
• Cathodic Protection
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Coating flaw
Coating
Steel
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Cathodic Protection
Pipe
Ground
Anode
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Cathodic Protection
• Galvanic
• Impressed Current
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Galvanic Anode
Exothermic
weld
Pipe
-500mV
Magnesium anode
-1700mV
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Galvanic Cathodic Protection
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Galvanic Cathodic Protection
Dielectric flange
Coating
Coating damage
Pipe
Magnesium
anode
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Bare steel tank bottom
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Impressed Current
AC Power
Rectifier
Structure
(+) (-)
Anode
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Impressed Current
Anode
Rectifier
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Impressed Current
Rectifier Tank
20’
Anode
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Impressed Current
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New Power Plant Design
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Cathodic Protection Design - Piping
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Cathodic Protection Design - Tanks
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Design Options
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Design Submittal
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Avoid Costly Mistakes
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Grounded Pipeline
Pipe
Ground wire
Anode
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Instrument
Dielectric gasket
Conduit
Anode
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Shunt
Ring
terminals
Test station
Tag
Anode
Pipeline
Galvanic
anode
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Coating
Pipe
Weld
wall
Coating
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Rectifier
Tank bottom
12” sand
Liner
Anode array
Anode
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Completed Before Testing
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Compliance Testing - Specialist
• Inspect cathodic systems to ensure they are properly
installed
• Test each dielectric flange for isolation
• Obtain native potentials on pipes and tanks
• Connect galvanic anodes at test stations and/or energize
rectifier(s)
• Cathodic protection systems on isolated coated structures
should operate at least 4 hours before testing
• Cathodic protection systems on bare steel or grounded
structures must operate between 12 hours and 7 days
before testing
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-.892
Set to
DC volts
Pipe
Reference cell
Soil
6”
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Galvanic Anode Current
Set to
DC millivolts
Shunt
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Impressed Current Rectifier Unit
Transformer
adjustments
Meters
Breaker Volts Amps
Shunt
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Meter
Potential Potential
plus gradient Cell of steel
Impressed
anode Voltage
gradient
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Emeasured = Ptank + I R
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Cathodic Protection Criteria
• Galvanic anodes
– -850mV or more negative with anodes connected
• Impressed current
– -850mV or more negative “instant-off”
-or-
– 100mV polarization shift
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100mV Polarization Criteria
-1104 “On”
Polarization 167
-525 “Native”
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Compliance Report
• Tabulated Data
• Narrative analysis of the data
• Compliance statement
• Calculated anode life
• Test procedures and instrumentation
• As-built drawings
• O&M Manual
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O&M Manual
• Test Procedures
• Instrument requirements
• Qualification requirements
• Frequency
• Criteria
• Trouble shooting
• Spare parts
• Wiring diagrams
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Conclusions
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Owner Monitoring & Maintenance
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