CATHODIC PROTECTION DIVISION

PREPARED BY :

ABINASH PADHY
NDTCCS
HISTORY OF NDTCCS IN CATHODIC
PROTECTION

• NDT Corrosion Control Services (NDTCCS) is a fully owned Saudi Company

operating since 1975. NDT & CCS is one of the subsidiary company of well known
Abdullah Al-Shuwayer group. Recently major share of NDT CCS has been acquired
by Investcorp Bank, a leading financial GCC institution as part of strategic partnership
between Abdullah Al-Shuwayer group and Investcorp

• NDTCCS offers Cathodic Protection & NDT Services (Conventional & Advanced).

• Our Cathodic Protection solutions can prevent corrosion in new structures and
mitigate corrosion in existing structures for pipelines, refineries, above and
underground storage tanks for every industrial market including offshore and marine,
which includes Feasibility studies, site surveys, system design,intereference control
systems, installation supervision, system commissioning and maintenance. We also
supply wide range of CP materials such as Transformer rectifiers, ICCP Anodes &
SACP anodes, Junction boxes, remote monitoring systems etc.
CATHODIC PROTECTION SERVICES

CATHODIC PROTECTION
CATHOSIC PROTECTION CATHODIC PROTECTION
INSTALLATION FOR
PRE-DESIGN SURVEY DESIGN ENGINEERING
ONSHORE & OFFSHORE

CATHODIC PROTECTION
CATHODIC PROTECTION CATHODIC PROTECTION
SYSTEM MONITORING
SURVEYS MATERIAL SUPPLY
AND MAINTENANCE
 WHY CATHODIC PROTECTION

 Corrosion costs money.

 The only successful and cheapest way of saving deterioration of metals

from corrosion.

 No coating is 100% perfect so cathodic protection used in conjunction

with coatings to prevent metals from corrosion.
DIAGRAMS DEPICTING
CORROSION
 WHAT IS CATHODIC PROTECTION

• Cathodic protection is a method for reducing the corrosion rate that can
be applied to buried and submerged metallic structures

• Making the structure cathode of a macroscopic corrosion cell by

impressing current onto the structure from an external electrode called
Anode.
 HOW DOES IT WORK?

• Cathodic protection current is impressed from an external cathodic

protection anode through the electrolyte to the metal and reduces
the potential difference between anodic and cathodic sites.
TYPES OF CATHODIC PROTECTION
SYSTEMS

CATHODIC
PROTECTION

SACP ICCP
SACRIFICIAL ANODE CATHODIC
PROTECTION SYSTEM

Test Station

Flow of Current through Electrolyte

Sacrificial Anode

Structure
IMPRESS CURRENT CATHODIC
PROTECTION SYSTEM
CURRENT DISTRIBUTION
 TRANSFORMER RECTIFIER

• AC input
Voltage, Single/ three phase,
Frequency

• DC maximum output Amp, Volt

• Air Cooled: with sun-shade

Oil Cooled: with thermometer

• Location: according to area

classification
• Explosion proof (hazardous area)
• Non-explosion proof (non-
hazardous area
IMPRESS CURRENT ANODES

Si-Fe

COMMON ICCP
Si-Cr-Fe MMO
ANODES

PLATINISED
 Solid Titanium
Core

Titanium
Substrate
with a Copper
Core

Titanium
Tubular

Titanium
MMO Substrate Mesh
Coating Titanium
Substrate
Ribbon
 GRAPHITE ANODES

PLATINIZED ANODE
IMPRESS CURRENT ANODES ARE SOMETIMES PACKAGED WITH THE
CARBONACEOUS BACKFILL
 SACRIFICIAL ANODES

ALUMINIUM

MAGENSIUM ZINC

SACP
ANODES
ALUMINIUM ANODES
ZINC ANODE

MAGNESIUM ANODES BACKFILLED MAGNESIUL ANODES

INSTALLATION OF ICCP SYSTEM

 TYPES OF GROUND-BED

DEEP-WELL HORIZONTAL DITRIBUTED

GB SHALLOW GB ANODES
DEEP WEEL GROUNDBED

 One or more anodes installed vertically

at a nominal depth of 15 meter (50 ft.)
or more below the earth’s surface in a
drilled hole for the purpose of
supplying cathodic protection for an
underground or submerged metallic
structure.

Non-metallic
vent tube
 CARBON BACKFILL

 TO MAINTAIN THE STABILITY OF THE

DRILLED HOLE

 TO SERVE AS THE PRIMARY ANODIC

REACTION SURFACE

 TO LOWER THE RESISTANCE TO EARTH

OF THE SYSTEM
 SHALLOW BED GROUND BED

DEPTH- 3 TO 5 MTR
DISTRIBUTED GROUND BED
ANODE CONNECTION

CABLES FROM
ANODE
GROUND BED

POSITIVE
JUNCTION BOX

MAIN CABLE TO
+VE
TERMINALOF TR
CP OF ABOVE GROUND NEW TANKS
UNDERTANK WATERING SYSTEM
PVC Watering Pipe

Tank

To T/R

ICCP Anode Grit

Compacted Soil
DISTRIBUTED ANODE CP FOR TANKS
CP FOR WELL CASINGS
CP OF TANK INTERNALS

Hanging
ICCP
anode
PVC Support ICCP anode
CP FOR OFFSHORE JACKETS
CATHODIC PROTECTION CRITERIA
Potential vs. Cu/CuSO4 Description
mV

-600 Intense Corrosion

-700 Free Corrosion

-800 Some Protection

-900 Zone of Cathodic Protection

-1000 Some Over-Protection

-1100 Increased Over-Protection

Sever Over-Protection
-1200 Problems
CATHODIC PROTECTION MONITORING
 Structure to electrolyte Potential measured with a Reference Electrode

 For soil – Copper Copper Sulfate

 For Sea Water – Silver Silver Chloride

 Electrode Placement-
i. For Pipelines- on the line @ every 1-2 km
ii. For Tanks – Under the tank
Perforated PVC Pipe Installed for Reference
Electrode Placement

AVO

Tank

Perforated PVC Pipe Filled

CSE with Water
POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF OFFSHORE
STRUCTURES

Diver with Portable

Reference Electrode
 POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT OF WELL
CASINGS
Pipe to soil potential
- mV

Un protected
- 850 mV Min. protection level area
well
TP
TP-1 TP-2 TP-3 TP-3 TP-4

Buried pipeline ( 1.2 meter deep)

Well casing
8000 feet deep

The criterion most widely used on pipelines is based on measurements

of potential differences between the pipeline and its environment
.
ie: more negative than ( - 850 mv) reference to Cu/Cu So4 cell

What about the potential

at any point ?
MONITORING TEST POSTS

Flush – to – ground
 CABLE CONNECTIONS

Prior to welding :
The coating must be removed at
welding point ( 5x5 cm square )
Metal surface to be polished and
cleaned
 Pins & Ferrules
Pin Brazing Unit

Lug

Pistol / Gun Grinder

 ELECTRICAL ISOLATION

Structure to be protected
should be electrically isolated
from the structures which do
not require protection
Thank you