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Title: Methods and apparatus for managing corrosion in buildings

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OSTI ID:1169059
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Principles of the invention provide methods and apparatus for providing corrosion management in buildings. In one aspect, an exemplary method includes the step of receiving first data relating corrosion rate to a plurality of environmental conditions. This first data is subsequently utilized to determine a quantitative relationship between corrosion rate and the plurality of environmental conditions. In another step, second data indicative of one or more environmental conditions within a building is received. A corrosion rate in the building is then determined at least in part by applying the determined quantitative relationship to this second data.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE00002897
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,949,040
Application Number:
13/222,953
OSTI ID:
1169059
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Method for predicting degree of corrosion of weather-resistant steel patent June 2007
Corrosion identification and management system patent April 2010
Synergistic corrosion management systems for controlling, eliminating and/or managing corrosion patent September 2010

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