Buried pipelines are provided with corrosion prevention systems, consisting of an insulating coating and a cathodic protection (CP) system which reduces (or halts) corrosion rate. If they run parallel to an AC source, as the high voltage transmission line (HVTL), AC interference can take place causing corrosion corresponding to coating defects, even if the -0.850 V CSE criterion is matched. Electrochemical tests were carried out on carbon steel in soil simulating environment: overprotection (potential lower than -1.1 V CSE) seems to be the most dangerous condition in the presence of AC interference. In this paper, a two-step corrosion mechanism is proposed: 1) AC causes the electro-mechanical breakdown of the passive film formed on steel in CP condition; 2) corrosion occurs if the pH at the metal-to-electrolyte interface is close to 14. Tests on passive metals show that AC has a harmful effect on passive condition, reducing the critical chlorides threshold and causing the film breakdown over a critical alternating electric field (in the order of 106 V/cm) within the passive film. After film breakdown, corrosion occurs if pH is about 14, achievable in overprotection condition and in the presence of AC.
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A Proposal of AC Corrosion Mechanism of Carbon Steel in Cathodic Protection Condition
Luciano Lazzari
Luciano Lazzari
Politecnico di Milano
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Paper presented at the CORROSION 2013, Orlando, Florida, March 2013.
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NACE-2013-2457
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March 17 2013
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Brenna, Andrea, Ormellese, Marco, and Luciano Lazzari. "A Proposal of AC Corrosion Mechanism of Carbon Steel in Cathodic Protection Condition." Paper presented at the CORROSION 2013, Orlando, Florida, March 2013.
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