A Detection Method for Corrosion Prevention Status of Submarine Pipelines
Received:September 29, 2020  Revised:October 11, 2020
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DOI:10.7643/issn.1672-9242.2021.01.016
KeyWord:corrosion prevention status detection  potential difference  potential gradient  numerical simulation
                    
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SUN Yu Dalian University of Technology, Dalian , China
CHANG Wei CNOOC Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing , China
YANG Xiang-kun Dalian University of Technology, Dalian , China
HU Li-hua CNOOC Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing , China
YU Xiao-yi CNOOC Research Institute Co., Ltd., Beijing , China
SONG Shi-de Dalian University of Technology, Dalian , China
HUANG Yi Dalian University of Technology, Dalian , China
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Abstract:
      A non-contact detection method for the corrosion protection status of submarine pipelines is introduced, and the feasibility of this detection method based on the measurement of the remote reference electrode potential difference is verified. The principle of the non-contact detection method based on the measurement of the remote reference electrode potential difference is discussed, the potential of the 964.6 m long submarine pipelines is simulated and calculated by the numerical simulation software, and the distribution law of the overall potential of the submarine pipelines buried within 200 m water depth under 5 different working conditions is analyzed. The more uniform the distribution of the effective sacrificial anodes in the submarine pipelines is and the farther they are away from the pipelines, the more consistent the overall potential distribution of the pipelines is and the more accurate the pipeline protection potential detection based on this method is; the more seriously the pipeline corrosion protection layer is damaged, the better the detectability of the sacrificial anodes is. The environmental electric field gradient around the submarine pipelines at the end of their design life is large, which provides a theoretical basis for the non-contact detection method based on the measurement of the remote reference electrode potential difference and confirms the effectiveness of this detection method.
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