Electrochemical Noise Sensors for Detection of Localized and General Corrosion of Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines. Final Report for the Period July 2001-October 2002

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/808423· OSTI ID:808423

Bullard, Sophie J ^[1]; Russell, James H; Holcomb, Gordon R; Cramer, Stephen D; Ziomek-Moroz, Margaret

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1. Albany Research Center

The U.S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory funded a Natural Gas Infrastructure Reliability program directed at increasing and enhancing research and development activities in topics such as remote leak detection, pipe inspection, and repair technologies and materials. The Albany Research Center (ARC), U.S. Department of Energy was funded to study the use of electrochemical noise sensors for detection of localized and general corrosion of natural gas transmission pipelines. As part of this, ARC entered into a collaborative effort with the corrosion sensor industry to demonstrate the capabilities of commercially available remote corrosion sensors for use with the Nation's Gas Transmission Pipeline Infrastructure needs. The goal of the research was to develop an emerging corrosion sensor technology into a monitor for the type and degree of corrosion occurring at key locations in gas transmission pipelines.

• Research Organization: Albany Research Center, Albany, OR (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy; USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE); USDOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (US)
• OSTI ID: 808423
• Report Number(s): DOE/ARC-TR-03-002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CORROSION
DETECTION
ELECTROCHEMICAL NOISE
GAS PIPELINE
MONITORS
NATURAL GAS
PIPELINES
PITTING
RELIABILITY
REPAIR
SOIL