I would also like to welcome you to this first issue of 2021. Although the year hasn’t started well, both for staff and businesses, there is hope on the horizon.
Due to the lockdown at the end of last year, there has been a less news of our industry, and fewer local branch meetings, so to counteract this, I have included four technical articles for you. Two deal with pipeline coatings and inspection, the theme of this issue, together with an article on passive fire protection (PFP), and a case study about reinforced concrete corrosion.
The first pipeline article describes the effect of stockpiling FBF coated pipe in Canada for the Keystone pipeline project, and its suitability for use after 10 years. However, it has just been announced that the new administration in the USA has cancelled the pipeline permit, so maybe the coated pipes will have to be stored even longer. The second themed article from Australia gives an introduction to the use of “Big Data” to determine the condition of active pipelines and their fitness for service. It is hoped to bring you an article covering the actual use of this technique on a pipeline later in the year. The reinforced concrete corrosion article is the second part dealing with cooling towers, and covers the use of the techniques described in the first part, in an actual case. Finally, the PFP article looks at the use of reinforced mesh.
Remember it is your magazine, so let me know if there are topics you would like covered, and remember to submit any technical questions you have for answer by our panel of experts I can be contacted at, brianpce@aol.com.
Brian Goldie, Consulting Editor
On the 11 February 2021 London Branch had a virtual event. This talk presented the basic function of solid-state DC decouplers used in conjunction with cathodic protection (CP) systems and their common pipeline applications, including AC Mitigation and isolation joint protection.
The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) Aberdeen branch would like to invite you (or your colleague) to give a presentation during our next 2021/2022 Session. Please note that currently all the ICorr Aberdeen branch meetings are held virtually however, depending on the COVID19 restrictions during the next session we will try to move back to the face to face meetings although both options will be available based on the speakers’ preference. The events normally are held at 6 pm on the last Tuesday of the months from September 2021 till May 2022, excluding December 2021.
Topics on Pressure system, pipelines, structural integrity management with regards to the material selection, welding, corrosion control and monitoring, inspection techniques and data analytics are acceptable. Past case studies, project experiences and emerging technologies have proved popular and interesting to members.
Our event attendees (members and non-members) include students, technicians, technologists, engineers, scientists, researchers, managers, directors and other professionals mainly in the oil and gas, power generation and manufacturing industries. We would also publish a report of technical presentations in our Corrosion Management magazine and publish on ICorr Headquarters and ICorr Aberdeen websites. A recording of the event (if conducted online) will be uploaded to our YouTube channel.
If interested, please complete the Template including your proposed speaker’s name, role and company, short biography of the speaker(s) and the proposed presentation title and abstract to the ICorr Aberdeen Branch Vice Chair, Hooman Takhtechian, via htakhtechian@oceaneering.com and please also copy in icorrabz@gmail.com in your submission. All the submitted presentations will be subject to ICorr Aberdeen Committee review and the successful ones will be scheduled into ICorr Aberdeen 2021/2022 Technical Events Programme.
Please note that the deadline of the submission is30/04/2021. ICorr Aberdeen committee will approach the successful presenters in May 2021 to work out the event programme and announce it by June 2021. Please be highlighted that an earliest submission of your proposed presentation is highly preferred.
Please find more information of ICorr and ICorr Aberdeen Branch as follows:
The Institute of Corrosion (ICorr) is a professional society and registered charity that is committed to the development and improvement of corrosion and related disciplines. Please visit ICorr’s website and Aberdeen branch for more information.
All the information of ICorr Aberdeen Branch are available on our website. Please note that all the past technical presentation slides have been uploaded to ICorr Aberdeen’s website. The recordings of the virtual meeting are uploaded
Finally, if you would like to join ICorr Aberdeen Group to receive ICorr Aberdeen event communications timely, typically at ~3 emails/month, please send an email to icorrabz@gmail.com. Alternatively join ICorr Aberdeen on LinkedIn for all the branch updates.
Many thanks for your support to ICorr. ICorr Aberdeen Branch look forward to your soonest submission.
We have been involved in a very interesting piece of work with Highways England in the UK over the last year which has been looking at ways to improve the management of post-tensioned bridges, particularly with respect to finding and preventing tendon corrosion at an early stage. This has covered, amongst other things, reviews of skills, standards and procedures, assurance practices and available monitoring technologies. However nothing identified to date has the potential to transform the way we detect and measure corrosion in steel structural elements buried in concrete in such a way that we eliminate unpleasant surprises and the need for unplanned and emergency measures.
Highways England is therefore seeking suggestions for new research ideas with the potential to transform the way we detect and measure corrosion in steel structural elements buried in concrete. The aim is to make this a reliable and automated process such that data on corrosion of all buried steel elements in a bridge can be captured, stored and used to facilitate timely maintenance decisions. The intention therefore is to surface fresh ideas that are likely to necessitate new lines of research, rather than looking for incremental improvements to existing techniques. There is potential, although not guaranteed, for direct funding from Highways England for ideas with great promise, or at least strong backing from them when approaching other funding agencies.
The call is not limited to UK institutions, and technologies from outside of traditional engineering circles would be most welcome if applicable and transferrable.
If you are interested – or are aware of individuals that might – please have a look at the call for research ideas and give me a call Chris Mundell on +44 1454 662074 or +44 7823 537058 or respond directly using the online form within the document.
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