Applied Modern Corrosion Techniques Testing, Monitoring, Protection and Prevention

Introduction

This comprehensive corrosion course consists of several modules covering virtually every aspect of corrosion. The course is structured in a flexible modular format so that beginners will establish a strong foothold from the basic modules dealing with the necessary concepts and principles before taking advanced topics, while advanced participants will be able to go through specific modules of their interest. The smooth integration of the modules provides an excellent avenue for corrosion practitioners, designers, technical managers, inspection and maintenance engineers, technicians, quality control personnel and those involved in failure analysis to update their appreciation of corrosion and the awareness of the emerging technologies for corrosion control, prevention, testing, and monitoring.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Have a good background on metallurgy and ferrous metals
• Become familiar with the classification and heat treatment of steels
• Know the basics of corrosion chemistry
• Be familiar with the main corrosion mechanisms occurring in oil and gas production and processing systems
• Recognize the different types of damage caused by corrosion
• Get deeper into materials selection for corrosion prevention
• Discuss different forms of corrosion (mechanisms, recognition, and prevention)
• Know some advantages and disadvantages of the various corrosion monitoring methods
• Know corrosion monitoring, choices of metallurgy, and prevention
• Be familiar with current corrosion control techniques will be reviewed, along with current methods
• Be familiar with modern corrosion testing, protection, and monitoring techniques
• Increase awareness on the different damage and failure mechanisms and be familiar with the methods of failure prevention and inspection

Target Audience

• Materials Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Mechanical Engineers
• Chemical Engineers
• Corrosion field personnel
• Inspection personnel
• Technicians and supervisors
• Senior engineers and managers will gain by developing their interpretive skills in data analysis
• Engineers and technical staff whose responsibilities include the reduction of corrosion and the prevention of failure either at the design stage or during operation of the facility
• Technologists, technicians, and engineers who wish to gain in depth overall knowledge of corrosion and corrosion control
• Corrosion practitioners who may want to update their knowledge in a particular area
• Personnel responsible for metallurgy, corrosion, or the prevention of failures in plant and equipment
• Corrosion engineers and technicians

Corrosion & Metallurgy Outline

The course covers the following topics:

Module 1: Theory and Principles of Aqueous Corrosion

• Introduction
• Electrical concepts relevant to corrosion
• Matters of Substance
• Chemical and electrochemical concepts
• Why does a metal corrode?
• How does a metal corrode? - Kinetics of corrosion

Module 2: Different Forms of Corrosion (Mechanisms, Recognition and Prevention)

• Uniform corrosion
• Galvanic corrosion
• Dealloying and Graphitisation
• Crevice corrosion
• Pitting corrosion
• Intergranular stress corrosion cracking, weld decay, and knife-line attack
• Exfoliation
• Filiform corrosion
• Microbiologically-Influenced Corrosion (MIC)
• Environment-sensitive cracking
• Hydrogen Damage
• Corrosion fatigue
• Fretting
• Erosion corrosion, impingement attack, and cavitations
• Stray current corrosion

Module 3: Design and Materials Selection for Corrosion Prevention

• Design guidelines for corrosion prevention
• Corrosion resistance properties of stainless steels and super-duplex stainless steels
• The corrosion resistance of other common materials
• The corrosion resistance of non-metallic materials
• Current development and future trend

 Module 4: Corrosion Protection by Coatings

• Metallic coatings
• Organic coatings and Paints
• Composite coatings
• Organic coatings and cathodic protection
• Current development and future trend

Module 5:  Corrosion Testing and Monitoring

• Type and classification of corrosion testing
• The nature of the corrosion process
• Conventional methods
• Electrochemical methods
• Principal online corrosion monitoring techniques
• Other methods of corrosion testing and monitoring
• Current development and future trend