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Nov 9, 2012
Cathodic Protection of Ductile Iron and Steel Water Pipelines
Publication: Pipelines 2012: Innovations in Design, Construction, Operations, and Maintenance, Doing More with Less
Abstract
The premature failure of water pipelines has resulted in an increased awareness that preventing external corrosion on water mains is critical. Cathodic protection, which has been in wide use for decades in the oil and gas industry, has been recognized as a cost effective method to prevent external corrosion and premature failures. This paper explains how cathodic protection works, the different types of cathodic protection, and several case histories are discussed that show how cathodic protection has been applied to steel and ductile iron water pipelines. The case histories include a wide range of piping sizes to show the effectiveness of cathodic protection for virtually all sizes of pipe.
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Pipelines 2012: Innovations in Design, Construction, Operations, and Maintenance, Doing More with Less
Pages: 1176 - 1181
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© 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Nov 9, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Case studies
- Cast iron
- Cathodic protection
- Corrosion
- Deterioration
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering materials (by type)
- Failure analysis
- Infrastructure
- Iron (material)
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Metals (material)
- Methodology (by type)
- Pipeline management
- Pipeline systems
- Pipelines
- Pipes
- Research methods (by type)
- Steel pipes
- Water pipelines
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Russell Corrosion Consultants, Inc., P.O. Box 197, Simpsonville, MD 21150. E-mail: [email protected]
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