Method tests effects of heat on FBE pipeline coatings
A new procedure for testing elevated-temperature cathodic disbondment (C.D.) in fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) pipeline coatings appears consistent and reliable. Further, its results question C.D. theories that fail to account for effects at above-ambient temperatures. The work to develop this procedure also included experiments that demonstrated how the relative performance of coating systems - especially FBE line-pipe coatings operated at elevated temperature - could not be predicted from ambient-temperature assessment. Data reported in this third in a series on pipeline-protection technology confirm and expand on these aspects and introduce more recent results on the behavior of FBE coatings subjected to elevated-temperature C.D. testing.
- Research Organization:
- Ardrox Pyrene Ltd., Iver, Buckinghamshire (GB)
- OSTI ID:
- 6944741
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 86:25
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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