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http://dx.doi.org/10.7842/kigas.2016.20.4.50

A Study on the Amendments of the Cathodic Protection Criteria Considering IR Drops  

Ryou, Young-don (Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Lee, Jin-han (Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Jo, Young-do (Korea Gas Safety Corporation)
Kim, Jin-Jun (Hoseo University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas / v.20, no.4, 2016 , pp. 50-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to the urban gas business legislation, cathodic protection systems should be applied for buried steel gas pipelines to prevent corrosion. In advanced countries including United States, the criteria for Cathodic Protection Potential is at least -850mV with respect to a saturated copper/copper sulfate electrode(CSE) when the CP applied, and the IR drops must be considered for valid interpretation. However, the IR drop through the pipe to soil boundary has been neglected in Korea. According to KGS code, a reference electrode must be placed in proximity to gas pipelines possible when measuring the CP potential. In this study, we have installed several solid reference electrodes around the buried pipeline(1.2m depth), lower surface(0.5m depth), and the surface individually in order to measure the CP potentials through the each reference electrode and find out the IR drops according to the location of each reference electrode. We have found the IR drop is the greatest when measuring the CP potential through the electrode placed on the ground and the IR drop is the smallest through the electrode installed near pipeline. Therefore, we have suggested the solid reference electrode should be installed as close as possible to buried pipeline in order to measure the correct CP potential without IR drop. We have also suggested the amendment of CP criteria considering IR drop.
Keywords
Cathodic Protection System; Solid Reference Electrode; IR drop; On Potential; Off Potential;
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