Cathodic protection for older bay line was design challenge

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Pipe Line Ind.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5323520

Wagner, J Jr; Cremers, J F

One of the first steps taken to restore cathodic protection on a 25-year old pipeline connecting New Jersey and New York in Newark Bay involved the rehabilitation of insulating joints to establish electrical isolation of the 1.9-mile, 12-in coated pipe section. The baywater's resistivity level of about 50 ohm-cm was only 1/100 of that of the surrounding onshore soils; these conditions resulted in an extremely low pipe-to-soil resistance. Because of the high cost of installing sacrificial anodes across the bay, rectifier-powered cathodic-protection systems that use easily replaceable point anodes near the shore were chosen; this approach required an extremely careful calculation of the pipeline's attenuation characteristics. The legal and environmental procedures involved in constructing the system caused unexpected delays of about 2 years.

• OSTI ID: 5323520
• Journal Information: Pipe Line Ind.; (United States), Journal Name: Pipe Line Ind.; (United States) Vol. 53; ISSN PLINA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
032000* -- Natural Gas-- Transport
Handling
& Storage
ANODES
CATHODIC PROTECTION
CORROSION PROTECTION
ELECTRODES
ENERGY SOURCES
FEDERAL REGION II
FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
GAS FUELS
GASES
JOINTS
NATURAL GAS
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK
NORTH AMERICA
PIPE JOINTS
PIPELINES
PIPES
TRANSPORT
USA