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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2015.24.4.333

Corrosion Rate of Structural Pipes for Greenhouse  

Yun, Sung-Wook (Institute of Agriculture & Life Science, Gyeongsang National University)
Choi, Man Kwon (Protected Horticulture Research Institute, NIHHS, RDA)
Lee, Si Young (Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Moon, Sung Dong (Dept. of Industrial & Management Eng. Kangwon National University)
Yoon, Yong Cheol (Dept. of Agricultural Eng., Gyeongsang National Univ.(Institute of Agriculture and Life Science))
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.24, no.4, 2015 , pp. 333-340 More about this Journal
Abstract
Because soils in reclaimed lands nearby coastal areas have much higher salinity and moisture content than soils in inland area, parts of greenhouses embedded in such soils are exposed to highly corrosive environments. Owing to the accelerated corrosion of galvanized steel pipes for substrucrture and structure of greenhouses in saline environments, repair and reinforcement technologies and efficient maintenance and management for the construction materials in such facilities are required. In this study, we measured the corrosion rates of the parts used for greenhouse construction that are exposed to the saline environment to obtain a basic database for the establishment of maintenance and reinforcement standards for greenhouse construction in reclaimed lands with soils with high salinity. All the test pipes were exposed to soil and water environments with 0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5% salinity during the observation period of 480 days. At the end of the observation period, salinity-dependent differences of corrosion rate between black-surface corrosion and relatively regular corrosion were clearly manifested in a visual assessment. For the soils in rice paddies, the corrosion growth rate increased with salinity (0.008, 0.027, 0.036, and $0.043mm{\cdot}yr^{-1}$ at 0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5% salinity, respectively). The results for the soils in agricultural fields are 0.0002, 0.039, 0.040, and $0.039mm{\cdot}yr^{-1}$ at 0, 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5% salinity, respectively. The higher corrosion rate of rice-paddy soil was associated with the relatively high proportion of fine particles in it, reflecting the general tendency of soils with evenly distributed fine particles. Hence, it was concluded that thorough measures should be taken to counteract pipe corrosion, given that besides high salinity, the soils in reclaimed lands are expected to have a higher proportion of fine particles than those in inland rice paddies and agricultural fields.
Keywords
paddy; reclaimed land; salinity; service life; steel and square pipe; upland;
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