Review Jurnal Corrosion Under Insulation

Judul : Experimental design to study corrosion under insulation in harsh

marine environments
jurnal : Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries
Tahun : 2014

Abstract :
Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a serious issue in harsh marine environments.
Corrosion damage can have catastrophic effects on health and safety, asset
integrity, the environment, and productivity if it is not detected and managed early.
To overcome this issue, three types of corrosion tests are proposed: Determination
of the effect of environmental factors on CUI using laboratory simulation, field
testing, and accelerated marine atmosphere testing for CUI.

Indroduction:
CUI is an issue in chemical and petroleum industries and work has been done to
understand and combat this issue in onshore operations. Between 40% and 60% of
piping maintenance costs are related to CUI. Insulation of pipes in the offshore
industry is necessary to control processes, conserve energy, and to protect
personnel. Due to restrictive access, CUI is difficult to monitor and degradation
can continue until failure. CUI is difficult to detect because corrosion occurs under
the insulation, preventing detailed inspection without the costly and time
consuming task of insulation removal.
There are non-destructive testing and evaluation methods available that can
indicate issues without the removal of pipe insulation and include ultrasonic and
radiographic techniques. These methods can indicate pipe wall thickness change
however they cannot be relied upon to give detailed or definitive corrosion loss
data.
three stages of experimental work are needed on the typical offshore steel/
insulation couple of low temperature carbon steel (LTCS) under
thermal insulation.
Stage 1. A field test to capture long term data on CUI in harsh
marine environments. This stage of experimentation is conducted
in a natural environment on the coast of Newfoundland.
Stage 2. A laboratory test to characterize CUI to determine factor
interaction and affects.
Stage 3. A laboratory test to simulate and accelerate CUI using
data collected during the first year of experimentation in the
natural setting (Stage 1).

Methodology:
The goal of this work is to understand what effect time, temperature (internal and
external pipe), chlorine content, time of wetness (TOW1) and possible reinsulation
have on the corrosion behaviour of low temperature carbon steel (LTCS) under
insulation.
Low temperature carbon steels are used in applications that require
sustained toughness at temperatures as low as _50 _C
A typical coating system is included as a factor in the experimental design allowing
for comparison of protected and unprotected systems.