Corrosion Monitoring

Latest Corrosion Monitoring Articles

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  Beginners Guide to Becoming an Offshore Coating Inspector

  Offshore coating inspectors, as their name suggests, are coating inspectors that work mainly in marine and offshore environments. It is, therefore, essential for these...

  By: Krystal Nanan | Civil Engineer

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  Corrosion Prevention

  EIT Corrosion Detection Systems: Are They the Future?

  Prestressed concrete structures with post-tensioned (PT) tendons have been extensively used for bridges because they facilitate the creation of long-span superstructures...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Pitting Corrosion Prevention: How to Protect and Monitor Metallic Surfaces

  At first glance, pitting corrosion looks like a tiny localized type of electrochemical deterioration found on metallic surfaces that often goes unnoticed. However, it...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion Prevention

  Multi-Technique Pipeline Corrosion Monitoring

  A multi-technique corrosion monitoring system combines two or more techniques to cover a wide base for data gathering and to provide accurate corrosion data as well as...

  By: Kasay Mwiks

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  Corrosion

  Understanding Aluminum Corrosion

  Aluminum is the second most abundant metallic element on earth. It has been estimated that 8% of the earth's crust is composed of aluminum, usually found in the...

  By: Francisco Servigna | Process and Corrosion Engineer, Venezuelan National Oil Company

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  Guided Wave Ultrasonic Testing for Non-piggable Pipelines

  Pipelines have been used as a safe and cost effective method of hydrocarbon transportation since 1860. A routine inspection is required to ensure that the pipelines are...

  By: Mohamed Adel Mohamadein | Head of the Corrosion, Arab Petroleum Pipelines

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  Engineering and Spec Writing

  Corrosion Rate Conversion: Simple Ways to Convert Data Between Common Corrosion Units

  Measuring the corrosion rate (the velocity at which metal is lost) of equipment or a metallic structure such as a bridge, pipeline, tank or pressure vessel is a valuable...

  By: Osvaldo Mejia | Sr. Pipeline Integrity Engineer at Petroleum Development Oman

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  Corrosion

  5 Key Questions About Corrosion in Carbon Capture Processing Plants

  Carbon capture from refinery gases, flue gas and natural gas processing plants has attracted global attention due to the rising concerns of climate change and for...

  By: Chikezie Nwaoha | Researcher, Clean Energy Technologies Research Institute (CETRI), University of Regina

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  Inspection / Monitoring

  Use of Non-intrusive Inspection in Onshore Gas Facilities

  In this pilot program, the opportunity for non-intrusive inspection (NII) was brought about, at least in part, by the widespread implementation of risk based inspection...

  By: E. Jones and M. Cooper

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  Equipment

  An Introduction to the Alexander Cell

  Corrosion is an electrochemical reaction that can be stopped by lowering the electrical potential of the metal to below that at which it can corrode. Cathodic protection...

  By: Roger Alexander

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  Equipment

  Using 3D Laser Analysis for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Pipeline Corrosion

  Nondestructive testing (NDT) is a broad group of analytical methods used in industries to determine the properties of metals, systems or components without causing...

  By: Joel Hicks

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  CUI

  Nondestructive CUI Detection Techniques for Process Pipelines

  Advancements in nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies have enabled the process industry to carry out corrosion under insulation (CUI) inspection without removing...

  By: Arun K. Soman, ME | Deputy Manager Inspection Advisory, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd