Underground Pipeline Corrosion (Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0857095099 ISBN 13: 9780857095091

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Underground pipelines transporting liquid petroleum products and natural gas are critical components of civil infrastructure, making corrosion prevention an essential part of asset-protection strategy. Underground Pipeline Corrosion provides a basic understanding of the problems associated with corrosion detection and mitigation, and of the state of the art in corrosion prevention.

The topics covered in part one include: basic principles for corrosion in underground pipelines, AC-induced corrosion of underground pipelines, significance of corrosion in onshore oil and gas pipelines, numerical simulations for cathodic protection of pipelines, and use of corrosion inhibitors in managing corrosion in underground pipelines. The methods described in part two for detecting corrosion in underground pipelines include: magnetic flux leakage, close interval potential surveys (CIS/CIPS), Pearson surveys, in-line inspection, and use of both electrochemical and optical probes. While the emphasis is on pipelines transporting fossil fuels, the concepts apply as well to metallic pipes for delivery of water and other liquids.

Underground Pipeline Corrosion is a comprehensive resource for corrosion, materials, chemical, petroleum, and civil engineers constructing or managing both onshore and offshore pipeline assets; professionals in steel and coating companies; and academic researchers and professors with an interest in corrosion and pipeline engineering.

• Reviews the causes and considers the detection and prevention of corrosion to underground pipes
• Addresses a lack of current, readily available information on the subject
• Case studies demonstrate how corrosion is managed in the underground pipeline industry

About this title

About the Author

Mark Orazem is a Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, USA. He has developed, in collaboration with the oil and gas industry, simulation tools for cathodic protection of pipeline networks. Professor Orazem is a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society and a former President of the International Society of Electrochemistry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857095099
• ISBN 13: 9780857095091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Orazem Mark