Cathodic Protection

Prepared by: Khaled Hassan

Corrosion

 Corrosion is an electrochemical process in which a

current leaves a structure at the anode site, passes
through an electrolyte, and re-enters the structure at the
cathode site. For example, one small section of a
pipeline may be anodic because it is in a soil with low
resistivity compared with the rest of the line.
Corrosion

 Current flows because of a potential difference between

the anode and cathode.

 That is, the anode potential is more negative than the

cathode potential, and this difference is the driving force
for the corrosion current.

 The total system anode, cathode, electrolyte, and metallic

connection between anode and cathode in the pipeline is
termed a corrosion cell.
Corrosion Cell
Cathodic Protection Definition
 Cathodic protection (CP) is a technique to control the
corrosion of a metal surface by making that surface the
cathode of an electrochemical cell.

 CP is usually considered as secondary protection while

wrapping and coating are the primary ones.

 There are two types of CP

─ Sacrificial (galvanic) anode type
─ Current impressed type
Sacrificial (Galvanic) Type
Impressed Current Type
Mg Anode Packing
Disc Anodes
Titanium Ribbon Anode
Advantage & Disadvantage of Galvanic Type

 Advantage
─ External power source is not required
─ Lower installation costs
─ Lower maintenance costs
─ Minor interferences with other structures

 Disadvantage
─ Limited driving potential
─ Current output from individual anodes is limited
─ Anodes are effective in limited range respecting soil resistivity
Advantage and disadvantage of ICCP

 Advantage
─ Greater driving potential
─ Higher Current output from Individual anodes
─ Adjustable current output

 Disadvantage
─ External power source is required
─ Higher installation costs
─ Higher maintenance costs
─ Possible interferences with other structures
Application examples
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