Computerized system for corrosion control

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991 · Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:7232659

Hall, C ^[1]

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1. Northwest Pipeline Corp., Salt Lake City, UT (US)

This paper reports that computerization of basic corrosion measurements to provide record-keeping and graphical output has been used by pipeline companies over the lst decade. Northwest Pipeline Corp. has embarked on an ambition project to expand well beyond the scope of standard computer record-keeping by integrating data analysis and management with computer-aided advanced corrosion engineering practices. Most maturing pipeline systems require immense capital and maintenance expenditures to maintain regulatory levels of cathodic protection consistent with traditional corrosion control methods. Major pipeline coating rehabilitation programs and the installation of numerous anode-bed systems will continue in the absence of sophisticated computer-aided corrosion control methods.

• OSTI ID: 7232659
• Journal Information: Pipeline and Gas Journal; (United States), Vol. 218:10; ISSN 0032-0188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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USES
PIPELINES
CORROSION
ANODES
CATHODIC PROTECTION
DATA ANALYSIS
MAINTENANCE
ON-LINE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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ELECTRODES
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