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Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
D KUANG AND YF CHENG Univers ity of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada
This work monlrors the local paten ial and solution p H under disbanded coating on a steel pipeline The ap-plied cathodiC protection (CP) can be shielded by coating disbondmen Wh ile the open holiday is at a CP po-tential and associated with an ele-vated solu ion pH the dlsbonded re-gion especially the disbondment bottom remains at the corrosion po-tential and the original solution pH
Disbondment of pipeline coatings can
occur by a number of mechanisms In
addition to poor urface preparation and
thermal cycling during pipeline operation
cathodic disbondment is an important
mechanism that results in lost adhesion
which usually slarts at a holiday Cathodic
protectio n (CP) at coating faults could ele-
vate the electrolyte pH at the holiday
through enhanced cathodic reduction of
dissolved oxygen or water2 The alkaliza-
tion of the local solution can weaken the
bond of the coating primer to the steel
causing coating disbondment
The shielding effect of coating disbond-
ment on CP penetration into the disbond-
ing crevice has been investigated Para-
metric effects such as solution resistivity
size of the holiday temperature CP poten-
tial and disbonding geometry have been
tested CP can be shielded from reaching
the disbonded crevice bottom There are
numerous environmental conditions that
can affect the CP shielding behavior
The steel under a disbonded coating
espeCially the disbondment bottom can
experience corrosion by anodic dissolu-
tion while the open holiday remains under
effective CP The separation of anodic and
cathodic reactions could facilitate the oc-
currence of localized corrosion which has
frequently been observed on cathodically
protected pipelines where the coating has
disbonded
Fusion-bonded epoxy (FBE) is a com-
monly used pipeline coating that is com-
patible with CP However there has been
limit ed work to investigate the shielding
effect of FBE induced by geometrical fac-
tors (ie disbonding from a holiday) on CP
as well as the time dependence of this ef-
fect This work attempted to determine the
CP shielding behavior under disbonded
FBE through in situ probing of local poten-
tial and solution pH distributions under
the coating The effects of CP potential as
well as the disbonding thickness and depth
were determined
Experimental Conditions Steel coupons and coating used in this
work were X65 pipeline steel and FBE re-
spectively The chemical composition of
the steel (w1) is 004 C 02 Si 15 Mn 00l1
P 0003 S 002 Mo and balance Fe Prior to
testing the steel surface was ground with
120240400 and 800 grit emery papers
foHowed by cleaning in distilled water and
methanol
Figure 1 shows a home-designed exper-
imental setup to simulate the crevice gen-
erated by coating disbondment The di-
mension of the steel plate was 200 by 25 by
40 MAY 2015 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO5
_ mm To prepare an arti lc ial di sbo nd-
ent the FBE membrane (200lm in thick-
ss) was applied on the steel urface using
dou bleshysided selfshyadhesie tape The gap
_tween FBE and the steel as defin ed as
e disbonding thickn es Tape with a
own thickness was lave red to establish
e desired gap which was verified with a
ating thickness gauge The FBE mem-
rane was appli ed to the tape which was
hen appli ed on the steel surface The tape
as removed to form artific ial FBE di s -
ndments over the steel The boundaries
[ the steelcoating assembh were sealed
Measurement ports
Steel
shy --~----~-----~----~----~-----~ Measurement ports
i th an epox) resin
A lOshymm diameter hole was opened on FIGURE 1 Schematic diagram of the experimental setup simulating a disbonding crevice under
e coating to simulate a holida with six coating and the potentialsolution pH measurements
shyD50 shy050 shyshyOmm Cal
shy055 shyshy- 30mm shy055
shyD60 shyshyshyshy60 mm shyD60 ~ 90mm
Gl shyD 65 __120mm Gl shyD65 () ()
gt
shyD70 150 mm
~ shy+shy180mm
() ()
gt
shyD70
~ shyD75 ~ shy075 co c shy080
y ~ C shyD80
~ ~ 0 c shy085 0 c shy085
shy090 shy090
shyD95 shy095
shy1 00 c~~---~~~ ~~ _~~--~~ shy100 o 10 20 30
lime (hl
shy050
shyD55
shyD60
shyD65Gl () () shyD70 gt
shyD75~ co shy080 c ~ 0 shyD85c
shy090
shyD95
shy100
shyshyOmm (bl ~ 30mm
shyshyshyshy60 mm ~ 90mm
__ 120mm
_ 150mm
shy+shy 180 mm~ ~
40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50 lime (hl
(elshyshyOmm __30mm
~ 60mm
shy90mm __ 120mm __ 150mm
shy+shy 180mm
0 10 20 30 40 50 exper- lime (hl
_e gen- FIGURE 2 Time dependence of the distributions of local potential under disbonded coating (disbonding thickness of 120 ~m) at varied disbonding shy he di- depths from the open holiday where the steel was either at corrosion potential (a) or at CP potentials of shy0875 V vs SCE (b) and shy0975 V vs SCE (c)
_ 25 by respectively
4 NO - ACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 41
shyshyshyshy shy
shyshyshy
shyshyshyshyshyshyshyshyshy===
COATINGS amp LININGS
120120 Ca) (b)shyshyOmm115 115 shyshyOmm
shyshy30mm shyshy30mmshy6shy60 mm ____ 60 mm110 110 shyTshy90 mm
~ 90mm105 105shyshy120mm shyshy120 mm shy+shy 150mm10 10 shy+shy 150mm shy+shy180 mm shy+shy 180 mm95 95
I Ia a9 0 90
80 80
X75 75 [IF70 IP
70
65 65
60 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
TIme (h) TIme (h)
TIme (h)
FIGURE l Time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under disbonded coatin9 (disbondin9 thickness of 120 tJm) at varied disbondin9 depths from the open holiday where the steel was either at corrosion potential (a) or at CP potentials of shy0875 V vs SCE (b) and shy0975 V vs SCE (c)
120 (c)
115
110
105
10 shyshyOmm shy- 30mm
95 shyshyshyAshyshy 60 mmI a
90
80
75 ~ 90mm
shy+shy 120 mm 70 shyshy+shy 150 mm
65 shyshy+shy180 mm
60 0 10 20 30 40 50
respectively
potentialpH microshyprobes installed at dis-
tances of 306090 120 150 and 180 mm
from the holiday The distance of the prob-
ing position to the open holiday was de-
fined as the disbonding depth
A nearshyneutral pH (75) bicarbonate so-
lution was used to simulate the electrolyte
trapped under the disbonded coating The
solution was 001 M sodium bicarbonate
(NaHCO) and was purged with 5 carbon
dioxide (COz)nitrogen (Nz) for 48 h prior to
the test
The corrosion potential of the steel in
the solution was measured as shy0755 V vs
saturated calomel electrode (SCE) Various
CP potentials were applied to the coated
steel through a Solartron 1280Ct electro-
Trade name
42 MAY 2015 MATERIALS PERFORMA NCE
chemical system using SCE as the refer-
ence electrode and the steel as the working
electrode All tests were conducted at 23 C
Results Figure 2 shows the time dependence of
the distributions of local potential under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 11m) at varied disbonding depths
from the open holiday where the steel was
either at corrosion potential or at CP po-
tentials of shy0875 V vs SCE and shy0975 V vs
SCE respectively It is seen that prior to CP
application the local potentials at all prob-
ing positions are N shy0755 V vs SCE which
is the corrosion potential ofX65 steel in the
test solution When the potential of shy0875
V vs SCE is applied the potential at the
holiday (ie 0 mm in the figure) is the ap-
plied CP value However the potential at
the position of 30 mm from the holiday is
less negative (ie shy0800 V vs SCE after 48
h of testing) With the increase in the dis-
bonding depth (ie the probing pOSition is
farther away from the holiday) the local
potential is less negative than that at the 30
mm position but the potential difference is
not distinguishable At the CP potential of
shy0975 V vs SCE the potential at the holi-
day is still the applied value but the local
potentials at the probing positions are
shifted less negatively With the increase in
disbonding depth the potential becomes
less negative The disbonding depth at the
local potential is not distinguishable as this
CP level is increased to 150 mm
Thus the applied CP can be shielded
from reaching the coating disbondment
NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
shyshyOmm (a)
shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mm ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ l50 mm ___ 180 mm
~ ~
~ -
~
shyamp shy
shy060shy060 shyshyOmm (b) shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mmshy065 shy065 ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ 150mmWW
() shy070() shy070 C)C) shy+shy 180 mm gtgt ~ shy075~ shy075 iiiiii
shy ~ c 0 shy080 shy080~
ClCl
shy085shy085
shy090shy090 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time lth) Time (h)
shy060 shyshyOmm (d --- 30 mm
-065 --6--60 mm --90 mm --+- 120mm
IJ -070 -+- 150 mm(J C) -+- 180mm
gt -075 ~ e g
-080laquogt (5 Cl
-085
-090 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 4 Distributions of local potential under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of -0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (a) 120 ~m (b) 240 IJm and (c) 360 ~m
With the increase in dis bonding depth to-
ward the disbondment bottom the CP
shielding is more apparent The shielding
effect can be mitigated by application of
more negative CP potentials
Figure 3 shows the time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 flm) at various disbonding depths where the steel was either at corrosion po-
tential or at CP potentials of -0875 and
-0975 V vs SCE respectively Prior to CP
application the solution pH is N7S the
value of the prepared solution at all prob-
ing positions Upon CP application the so-lution pH is elevated Moreover when the
CP potential is more negative the solution
pHis further elevated at individual probing
positions For exampleat the open holiday
NACE INTERNATI O NAL VO L 54 0 5
the steady-state solution pH is 85 at -0875
V vs SCE and 110 at -0975 V vs SCE
However the CP driven pH elevation be-
comes less obvious with the increasing
disbonding depth especially at the dis-
bondment bottom Figure 4 shows the distributions of local
potential under disbonded coating at var-
ied disbonding depths from the open holi-day where the CP potential of -0875 V vs
SCE is applied under various disbonding
thicknesses Identical to previous results
the CP is shielded from reaching the dis-
bondment Only at the open holiday the
measured value is the same as the applied CP potential Under the coating disbond-
ment the potential tends to be less nega-
tive Moreover with the increase in dis-
bonding thickness the CP shielding effect
becomes less significant For example at
the disbonding thickness of 120 flm thE
local potential at the probing position of3C
mm is -0810 V vs SCE When the dismiddotN
bonding thickness is increased to 240 an
360 flm the potentials at the same positior
are -0855 and -0865 V vs SCE respecmiddot
tively Therefore as the coating disbondmiddot ment becomes wider (ie with an increasec
disbonding thickness) the CP shielding ef
fect is less significant Figure 5 shows the distributions of solumiddot
tion pH under disbonded coating at variec
disbonding depths from the open holida)
where the CP potential of -0875 V vs SCI
is applied under various disbonding thick nesses The applied CP is able to elevatl
solution pH especially at the open hoJida) With the increasing disbonding depth thl
MATERIALS PE RFO RMANCE MAY 2015 4
shyshy
12 12 (al (bl-Omm -Omm
- 30mm -- 30mm ____ 60 mm11 11 ____ 60 mm ---- 90 mm ---- 90 mm __ 120mm __ 120mm
10 __ 150mm 10 __ 150mm ~ 180mm ~ 180mm
JJ c 9c 9
~
8 J 8 x
IIF r
7 7
6 6 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl Time (hl
12 (el
-Omm 30 mm11
---- 60 mm ---- 90 mm - ltII 120 mm10
150mm ~ 180mm
J c 9
---8
7
6 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 5 Distributions of solution pH under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of
-0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (al 120 ~m (bl 240 ~m and (cl 360 ~m
solution pH tends to be the value of the ment becomes wider the CP-enhanced pH tive shift of CP potential the enhancement originally prepared solution As the dis- elevation is more appreciable is more apparent Thus the solution pH is bonding thickness increases the CP- further elevated induced pH elevation becomes more obvi- Discussion When CP is applied on a coated steel ous even at the disbondment bottom For In deoxygenated near-neutral pH bicar- electrode containing a holiday the CP is
example at the disbonding thickness of 120 bonate solutions the anodic and cathodic primarily applied on the open holiday The
flm the solution pH at the disbondment reactions during corrosion of pipeline steel solution pH at the holiday is elevated with
bottom (ie 180 mm from the holiday) is are primarily the iron oxidation and reduc- the negative shift of CP potential as shown ~75 This indicates that the CP does not tion of water respectively In the absence of in Figure 3 The nonuniform distribution of penetrate into the disbondment bottom CP the steel corrodes at both the holiday solution pH from the open holiday to the
When the dis bonding thickness is in- and under the disbonded coating Upon CP disbondment indicates that the CP-creased to 240 and 360 flm the solution pH application the cathodic reaction is en- induced pH elevation is not fully realized
at the disbondment bottom is 79 and 81 hanced resulting in the generation of OH- under the disbonded coating
respectively Thus as the coating disbond- to elevate the solution pH With the nega- The measurements of the potential dis-
44 MAY 2015 M ATERIAL S PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
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Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
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D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45
_ mm To prepare an arti lc ial di sbo nd-
ent the FBE membrane (200lm in thick-
ss) was applied on the steel urface using
dou bleshysided selfshyadhesie tape The gap
_tween FBE and the steel as defin ed as
e disbonding thickn es Tape with a
own thickness was lave red to establish
e desired gap which was verified with a
ating thickness gauge The FBE mem-
rane was appli ed to the tape which was
hen appli ed on the steel surface The tape
as removed to form artific ial FBE di s -
ndments over the steel The boundaries
[ the steelcoating assembh were sealed
Measurement ports
Steel
shy --~----~-----~----~----~-----~ Measurement ports
i th an epox) resin
A lOshymm diameter hole was opened on FIGURE 1 Schematic diagram of the experimental setup simulating a disbonding crevice under
e coating to simulate a holida with six coating and the potentialsolution pH measurements
shyD50 shy050 shyshyOmm Cal
shy055 shyshy- 30mm shy055
shyD60 shyshyshyshy60 mm shyD60 ~ 90mm
Gl shyD 65 __120mm Gl shyD65 () ()
gt
shyD70 150 mm
~ shy+shy180mm
() ()
gt
shyD70
~ shyD75 ~ shy075 co c shy080
y ~ C shyD80
~ ~ 0 c shy085 0 c shy085
shy090 shy090
shyD95 shy095
shy1 00 c~~---~~~ ~~ _~~--~~ shy100 o 10 20 30
lime (hl
shy050
shyD55
shyD60
shyD65Gl () () shyD70 gt
shyD75~ co shy080 c ~ 0 shyD85c
shy090
shyD95
shy100
shyshyOmm (bl ~ 30mm
shyshyshyshy60 mm ~ 90mm
__ 120mm
_ 150mm
shy+shy 180 mm~ ~
40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50 lime (hl
(elshyshyOmm __30mm
~ 60mm
shy90mm __ 120mm __ 150mm
shy+shy 180mm
0 10 20 30 40 50 exper- lime (hl
_e gen- FIGURE 2 Time dependence of the distributions of local potential under disbonded coating (disbonding thickness of 120 ~m) at varied disbonding shy he di- depths from the open holiday where the steel was either at corrosion potential (a) or at CP potentials of shy0875 V vs SCE (b) and shy0975 V vs SCE (c)
_ 25 by respectively
4 NO - ACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 41
shyshyshyshy shy
shyshyshy
shyshyshyshyshyshyshyshyshy===
COATINGS amp LININGS
120120 Ca) (b)shyshyOmm115 115 shyshyOmm
shyshy30mm shyshy30mmshy6shy60 mm ____ 60 mm110 110 shyTshy90 mm
~ 90mm105 105shyshy120mm shyshy120 mm shy+shy 150mm10 10 shy+shy 150mm shy+shy180 mm shy+shy 180 mm95 95
I Ia a9 0 90
80 80
X75 75 [IF70 IP
70
65 65
60 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
TIme (h) TIme (h)
TIme (h)
FIGURE l Time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under disbonded coatin9 (disbondin9 thickness of 120 tJm) at varied disbondin9 depths from the open holiday where the steel was either at corrosion potential (a) or at CP potentials of shy0875 V vs SCE (b) and shy0975 V vs SCE (c)
120 (c)
115
110
105
10 shyshyOmm shy- 30mm
95 shyshyshyAshyshy 60 mmI a
90
80
75 ~ 90mm
shy+shy 120 mm 70 shyshy+shy 150 mm
65 shyshy+shy180 mm
60 0 10 20 30 40 50
respectively
potentialpH microshyprobes installed at dis-
tances of 306090 120 150 and 180 mm
from the holiday The distance of the prob-
ing position to the open holiday was de-
fined as the disbonding depth
A nearshyneutral pH (75) bicarbonate so-
lution was used to simulate the electrolyte
trapped under the disbonded coating The
solution was 001 M sodium bicarbonate
(NaHCO) and was purged with 5 carbon
dioxide (COz)nitrogen (Nz) for 48 h prior to
the test
The corrosion potential of the steel in
the solution was measured as shy0755 V vs
saturated calomel electrode (SCE) Various
CP potentials were applied to the coated
steel through a Solartron 1280Ct electro-
Trade name
42 MAY 2015 MATERIALS PERFORMA NCE
chemical system using SCE as the refer-
ence electrode and the steel as the working
electrode All tests were conducted at 23 C
Results Figure 2 shows the time dependence of
the distributions of local potential under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 11m) at varied disbonding depths
from the open holiday where the steel was
either at corrosion potential or at CP po-
tentials of shy0875 V vs SCE and shy0975 V vs
SCE respectively It is seen that prior to CP
application the local potentials at all prob-
ing positions are N shy0755 V vs SCE which
is the corrosion potential ofX65 steel in the
test solution When the potential of shy0875
V vs SCE is applied the potential at the
holiday (ie 0 mm in the figure) is the ap-
plied CP value However the potential at
the position of 30 mm from the holiday is
less negative (ie shy0800 V vs SCE after 48
h of testing) With the increase in the dis-
bonding depth (ie the probing pOSition is
farther away from the holiday) the local
potential is less negative than that at the 30
mm position but the potential difference is
not distinguishable At the CP potential of
shy0975 V vs SCE the potential at the holi-
day is still the applied value but the local
potentials at the probing positions are
shifted less negatively With the increase in
disbonding depth the potential becomes
less negative The disbonding depth at the
local potential is not distinguishable as this
CP level is increased to 150 mm
Thus the applied CP can be shielded
from reaching the coating disbondment
NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
shyshyOmm (a)
shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mm ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ l50 mm ___ 180 mm
~ ~
~ -
~
shyamp shy
shy060shy060 shyshyOmm (b) shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mmshy065 shy065 ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ 150mmWW
() shy070() shy070 C)C) shy+shy 180 mm gtgt ~ shy075~ shy075 iiiiii
shy ~ c 0 shy080 shy080~
ClCl
shy085shy085
shy090shy090 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time lth) Time (h)
shy060 shyshyOmm (d --- 30 mm
-065 --6--60 mm --90 mm --+- 120mm
IJ -070 -+- 150 mm(J C) -+- 180mm
gt -075 ~ e g
-080laquogt (5 Cl
-085
-090 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 4 Distributions of local potential under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of -0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (a) 120 ~m (b) 240 IJm and (c) 360 ~m
With the increase in dis bonding depth to-
ward the disbondment bottom the CP
shielding is more apparent The shielding
effect can be mitigated by application of
more negative CP potentials
Figure 3 shows the time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 flm) at various disbonding depths where the steel was either at corrosion po-
tential or at CP potentials of -0875 and
-0975 V vs SCE respectively Prior to CP
application the solution pH is N7S the
value of the prepared solution at all prob-
ing positions Upon CP application the so-lution pH is elevated Moreover when the
CP potential is more negative the solution
pHis further elevated at individual probing
positions For exampleat the open holiday
NACE INTERNATI O NAL VO L 54 0 5
the steady-state solution pH is 85 at -0875
V vs SCE and 110 at -0975 V vs SCE
However the CP driven pH elevation be-
comes less obvious with the increasing
disbonding depth especially at the dis-
bondment bottom Figure 4 shows the distributions of local
potential under disbonded coating at var-
ied disbonding depths from the open holi-day where the CP potential of -0875 V vs
SCE is applied under various disbonding
thicknesses Identical to previous results
the CP is shielded from reaching the dis-
bondment Only at the open holiday the
measured value is the same as the applied CP potential Under the coating disbond-
ment the potential tends to be less nega-
tive Moreover with the increase in dis-
bonding thickness the CP shielding effect
becomes less significant For example at
the disbonding thickness of 120 flm thE
local potential at the probing position of3C
mm is -0810 V vs SCE When the dismiddotN
bonding thickness is increased to 240 an
360 flm the potentials at the same positior
are -0855 and -0865 V vs SCE respecmiddot
tively Therefore as the coating disbondmiddot ment becomes wider (ie with an increasec
disbonding thickness) the CP shielding ef
fect is less significant Figure 5 shows the distributions of solumiddot
tion pH under disbonded coating at variec
disbonding depths from the open holida)
where the CP potential of -0875 V vs SCI
is applied under various disbonding thick nesses The applied CP is able to elevatl
solution pH especially at the open hoJida) With the increasing disbonding depth thl
MATERIALS PE RFO RMANCE MAY 2015 4
shyshy
12 12 (al (bl-Omm -Omm
- 30mm -- 30mm ____ 60 mm11 11 ____ 60 mm ---- 90 mm ---- 90 mm __ 120mm __ 120mm
10 __ 150mm 10 __ 150mm ~ 180mm ~ 180mm
JJ c 9c 9
~
8 J 8 x
IIF r
7 7
6 6 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl Time (hl
12 (el
-Omm 30 mm11
---- 60 mm ---- 90 mm - ltII 120 mm10
150mm ~ 180mm
J c 9
---8
7
6 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 5 Distributions of solution pH under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of
-0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (al 120 ~m (bl 240 ~m and (cl 360 ~m
solution pH tends to be the value of the ment becomes wider the CP-enhanced pH tive shift of CP potential the enhancement originally prepared solution As the dis- elevation is more appreciable is more apparent Thus the solution pH is bonding thickness increases the CP- further elevated induced pH elevation becomes more obvi- Discussion When CP is applied on a coated steel ous even at the disbondment bottom For In deoxygenated near-neutral pH bicar- electrode containing a holiday the CP is
example at the disbonding thickness of 120 bonate solutions the anodic and cathodic primarily applied on the open holiday The
flm the solution pH at the disbondment reactions during corrosion of pipeline steel solution pH at the holiday is elevated with
bottom (ie 180 mm from the holiday) is are primarily the iron oxidation and reduc- the negative shift of CP potential as shown ~75 This indicates that the CP does not tion of water respectively In the absence of in Figure 3 The nonuniform distribution of penetrate into the disbondment bottom CP the steel corrodes at both the holiday solution pH from the open holiday to the
When the dis bonding thickness is in- and under the disbonded coating Upon CP disbondment indicates that the CP-creased to 240 and 360 flm the solution pH application the cathodic reaction is en- induced pH elevation is not fully realized
at the disbondment bottom is 79 and 81 hanced resulting in the generation of OH- under the disbonded coating
respectively Thus as the coating disbond- to elevate the solution pH With the nega- The measurements of the potential dis-
44 MAY 2015 M ATERIAL S PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
9 IVI Baker Jr Integrity Management Pro-
gramshyStress Corrosion Cracking Studies
Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
8 Department ofTransportation 2004
D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45
shyshyshyshy shy
shyshyshy
shyshyshyshyshyshyshyshyshy===
COATINGS amp LININGS
120120 Ca) (b)shyshyOmm115 115 shyshyOmm
shyshy30mm shyshy30mmshy6shy60 mm ____ 60 mm110 110 shyTshy90 mm
~ 90mm105 105shyshy120mm shyshy120 mm shy+shy 150mm10 10 shy+shy 150mm shy+shy180 mm shy+shy 180 mm95 95
I Ia a9 0 90
80 80
X75 75 [IF70 IP
70
65 65
60 60 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
TIme (h) TIme (h)
TIme (h)
FIGURE l Time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under disbonded coatin9 (disbondin9 thickness of 120 tJm) at varied disbondin9 depths from the open holiday where the steel was either at corrosion potential (a) or at CP potentials of shy0875 V vs SCE (b) and shy0975 V vs SCE (c)
120 (c)
115
110
105
10 shyshyOmm shy- 30mm
95 shyshyshyAshyshy 60 mmI a
90
80
75 ~ 90mm
shy+shy 120 mm 70 shyshy+shy 150 mm
65 shyshy+shy180 mm
60 0 10 20 30 40 50
respectively
potentialpH microshyprobes installed at dis-
tances of 306090 120 150 and 180 mm
from the holiday The distance of the prob-
ing position to the open holiday was de-
fined as the disbonding depth
A nearshyneutral pH (75) bicarbonate so-
lution was used to simulate the electrolyte
trapped under the disbonded coating The
solution was 001 M sodium bicarbonate
(NaHCO) and was purged with 5 carbon
dioxide (COz)nitrogen (Nz) for 48 h prior to
the test
The corrosion potential of the steel in
the solution was measured as shy0755 V vs
saturated calomel electrode (SCE) Various
CP potentials were applied to the coated
steel through a Solartron 1280Ct electro-
Trade name
42 MAY 2015 MATERIALS PERFORMA NCE
chemical system using SCE as the refer-
ence electrode and the steel as the working
electrode All tests were conducted at 23 C
Results Figure 2 shows the time dependence of
the distributions of local potential under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 11m) at varied disbonding depths
from the open holiday where the steel was
either at corrosion potential or at CP po-
tentials of shy0875 V vs SCE and shy0975 V vs
SCE respectively It is seen that prior to CP
application the local potentials at all prob-
ing positions are N shy0755 V vs SCE which
is the corrosion potential ofX65 steel in the
test solution When the potential of shy0875
V vs SCE is applied the potential at the
holiday (ie 0 mm in the figure) is the ap-
plied CP value However the potential at
the position of 30 mm from the holiday is
less negative (ie shy0800 V vs SCE after 48
h of testing) With the increase in the dis-
bonding depth (ie the probing pOSition is
farther away from the holiday) the local
potential is less negative than that at the 30
mm position but the potential difference is
not distinguishable At the CP potential of
shy0975 V vs SCE the potential at the holi-
day is still the applied value but the local
potentials at the probing positions are
shifted less negatively With the increase in
disbonding depth the potential becomes
less negative The disbonding depth at the
local potential is not distinguishable as this
CP level is increased to 150 mm
Thus the applied CP can be shielded
from reaching the coating disbondment
NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
shyshyOmm (a)
shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mm ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ l50 mm ___ 180 mm
~ ~
~ -
~
shyamp shy
shy060shy060 shyshyOmm (b) shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mmshy065 shy065 ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ 150mmWW
() shy070() shy070 C)C) shy+shy 180 mm gtgt ~ shy075~ shy075 iiiiii
shy ~ c 0 shy080 shy080~
ClCl
shy085shy085
shy090shy090 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time lth) Time (h)
shy060 shyshyOmm (d --- 30 mm
-065 --6--60 mm --90 mm --+- 120mm
IJ -070 -+- 150 mm(J C) -+- 180mm
gt -075 ~ e g
-080laquogt (5 Cl
-085
-090 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 4 Distributions of local potential under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of -0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (a) 120 ~m (b) 240 IJm and (c) 360 ~m
With the increase in dis bonding depth to-
ward the disbondment bottom the CP
shielding is more apparent The shielding
effect can be mitigated by application of
more negative CP potentials
Figure 3 shows the time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 flm) at various disbonding depths where the steel was either at corrosion po-
tential or at CP potentials of -0875 and
-0975 V vs SCE respectively Prior to CP
application the solution pH is N7S the
value of the prepared solution at all prob-
ing positions Upon CP application the so-lution pH is elevated Moreover when the
CP potential is more negative the solution
pHis further elevated at individual probing
positions For exampleat the open holiday
NACE INTERNATI O NAL VO L 54 0 5
the steady-state solution pH is 85 at -0875
V vs SCE and 110 at -0975 V vs SCE
However the CP driven pH elevation be-
comes less obvious with the increasing
disbonding depth especially at the dis-
bondment bottom Figure 4 shows the distributions of local
potential under disbonded coating at var-
ied disbonding depths from the open holi-day where the CP potential of -0875 V vs
SCE is applied under various disbonding
thicknesses Identical to previous results
the CP is shielded from reaching the dis-
bondment Only at the open holiday the
measured value is the same as the applied CP potential Under the coating disbond-
ment the potential tends to be less nega-
tive Moreover with the increase in dis-
bonding thickness the CP shielding effect
becomes less significant For example at
the disbonding thickness of 120 flm thE
local potential at the probing position of3C
mm is -0810 V vs SCE When the dismiddotN
bonding thickness is increased to 240 an
360 flm the potentials at the same positior
are -0855 and -0865 V vs SCE respecmiddot
tively Therefore as the coating disbondmiddot ment becomes wider (ie with an increasec
disbonding thickness) the CP shielding ef
fect is less significant Figure 5 shows the distributions of solumiddot
tion pH under disbonded coating at variec
disbonding depths from the open holida)
where the CP potential of -0875 V vs SCI
is applied under various disbonding thick nesses The applied CP is able to elevatl
solution pH especially at the open hoJida) With the increasing disbonding depth thl
MATERIALS PE RFO RMANCE MAY 2015 4
shyshy
12 12 (al (bl-Omm -Omm
- 30mm -- 30mm ____ 60 mm11 11 ____ 60 mm ---- 90 mm ---- 90 mm __ 120mm __ 120mm
10 __ 150mm 10 __ 150mm ~ 180mm ~ 180mm
JJ c 9c 9
~
8 J 8 x
IIF r
7 7
6 6 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl Time (hl
12 (el
-Omm 30 mm11
---- 60 mm ---- 90 mm - ltII 120 mm10
150mm ~ 180mm
J c 9
---8
7
6 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 5 Distributions of solution pH under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of
-0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (al 120 ~m (bl 240 ~m and (cl 360 ~m
solution pH tends to be the value of the ment becomes wider the CP-enhanced pH tive shift of CP potential the enhancement originally prepared solution As the dis- elevation is more appreciable is more apparent Thus the solution pH is bonding thickness increases the CP- further elevated induced pH elevation becomes more obvi- Discussion When CP is applied on a coated steel ous even at the disbondment bottom For In deoxygenated near-neutral pH bicar- electrode containing a holiday the CP is
example at the disbonding thickness of 120 bonate solutions the anodic and cathodic primarily applied on the open holiday The
flm the solution pH at the disbondment reactions during corrosion of pipeline steel solution pH at the holiday is elevated with
bottom (ie 180 mm from the holiday) is are primarily the iron oxidation and reduc- the negative shift of CP potential as shown ~75 This indicates that the CP does not tion of water respectively In the absence of in Figure 3 The nonuniform distribution of penetrate into the disbondment bottom CP the steel corrodes at both the holiday solution pH from the open holiday to the
When the dis bonding thickness is in- and under the disbonded coating Upon CP disbondment indicates that the CP-creased to 240 and 360 flm the solution pH application the cathodic reaction is en- induced pH elevation is not fully realized
at the disbondment bottom is 79 and 81 hanced resulting in the generation of OH- under the disbonded coating
respectively Thus as the coating disbond- to elevate the solution pH With the nega- The measurements of the potential dis-
44 MAY 2015 M ATERIAL S PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
9 IVI Baker Jr Integrity Management Pro-
gramshyStress Corrosion Cracking Studies
Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
8 Department ofTransportation 2004
D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45
shyshyOmm (a)
shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mm ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ l50 mm ___ 180 mm
~ ~
~ -
~
shyamp shy
shy060shy060 shyshyOmm (b) shyshy30 mm shyshy6shyshy 60 mmshy065 shy065 ~ 90mm
shyshy+shy 120mm ___ 150mmWW
() shy070() shy070 C)C) shy+shy 180 mm gtgt ~ shy075~ shy075 iiiiii
shy ~ c 0 shy080 shy080~
ClCl
shy085shy085
shy090shy090 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time lth) Time (h)
shy060 shyshyOmm (d --- 30 mm
-065 --6--60 mm --90 mm --+- 120mm
IJ -070 -+- 150 mm(J C) -+- 180mm
gt -075 ~ e g
-080laquogt (5 Cl
-085
-090 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 4 Distributions of local potential under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of -0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (a) 120 ~m (b) 240 IJm and (c) 360 ~m
With the increase in dis bonding depth to-
ward the disbondment bottom the CP
shielding is more apparent The shielding
effect can be mitigated by application of
more negative CP potentials
Figure 3 shows the time dependence of the distributions of local solution pH under
disbonded coating (disbonding thickness
of 120 flm) at various disbonding depths where the steel was either at corrosion po-
tential or at CP potentials of -0875 and
-0975 V vs SCE respectively Prior to CP
application the solution pH is N7S the
value of the prepared solution at all prob-
ing positions Upon CP application the so-lution pH is elevated Moreover when the
CP potential is more negative the solution
pHis further elevated at individual probing
positions For exampleat the open holiday
NACE INTERNATI O NAL VO L 54 0 5
the steady-state solution pH is 85 at -0875
V vs SCE and 110 at -0975 V vs SCE
However the CP driven pH elevation be-
comes less obvious with the increasing
disbonding depth especially at the dis-
bondment bottom Figure 4 shows the distributions of local
potential under disbonded coating at var-
ied disbonding depths from the open holi-day where the CP potential of -0875 V vs
SCE is applied under various disbonding
thicknesses Identical to previous results
the CP is shielded from reaching the dis-
bondment Only at the open holiday the
measured value is the same as the applied CP potential Under the coating disbond-
ment the potential tends to be less nega-
tive Moreover with the increase in dis-
bonding thickness the CP shielding effect
becomes less significant For example at
the disbonding thickness of 120 flm thE
local potential at the probing position of3C
mm is -0810 V vs SCE When the dismiddotN
bonding thickness is increased to 240 an
360 flm the potentials at the same positior
are -0855 and -0865 V vs SCE respecmiddot
tively Therefore as the coating disbondmiddot ment becomes wider (ie with an increasec
disbonding thickness) the CP shielding ef
fect is less significant Figure 5 shows the distributions of solumiddot
tion pH under disbonded coating at variec
disbonding depths from the open holida)
where the CP potential of -0875 V vs SCI
is applied under various disbonding thick nesses The applied CP is able to elevatl
solution pH especially at the open hoJida) With the increasing disbonding depth thl
MATERIALS PE RFO RMANCE MAY 2015 4
shyshy
12 12 (al (bl-Omm -Omm
- 30mm -- 30mm ____ 60 mm11 11 ____ 60 mm ---- 90 mm ---- 90 mm __ 120mm __ 120mm
10 __ 150mm 10 __ 150mm ~ 180mm ~ 180mm
JJ c 9c 9
~
8 J 8 x
IIF r
7 7
6 6 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl Time (hl
12 (el
-Omm 30 mm11
---- 60 mm ---- 90 mm - ltII 120 mm10
150mm ~ 180mm
J c 9
---8
7
6 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 5 Distributions of solution pH under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of
-0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (al 120 ~m (bl 240 ~m and (cl 360 ~m
solution pH tends to be the value of the ment becomes wider the CP-enhanced pH tive shift of CP potential the enhancement originally prepared solution As the dis- elevation is more appreciable is more apparent Thus the solution pH is bonding thickness increases the CP- further elevated induced pH elevation becomes more obvi- Discussion When CP is applied on a coated steel ous even at the disbondment bottom For In deoxygenated near-neutral pH bicar- electrode containing a holiday the CP is
example at the disbonding thickness of 120 bonate solutions the anodic and cathodic primarily applied on the open holiday The
flm the solution pH at the disbondment reactions during corrosion of pipeline steel solution pH at the holiday is elevated with
bottom (ie 180 mm from the holiday) is are primarily the iron oxidation and reduc- the negative shift of CP potential as shown ~75 This indicates that the CP does not tion of water respectively In the absence of in Figure 3 The nonuniform distribution of penetrate into the disbondment bottom CP the steel corrodes at both the holiday solution pH from the open holiday to the
When the dis bonding thickness is in- and under the disbonded coating Upon CP disbondment indicates that the CP-creased to 240 and 360 flm the solution pH application the cathodic reaction is en- induced pH elevation is not fully realized
at the disbondment bottom is 79 and 81 hanced resulting in the generation of OH- under the disbonded coating
respectively Thus as the coating disbond- to elevate the solution pH With the nega- The measurements of the potential dis-
44 MAY 2015 M ATERIAL S PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
9 IVI Baker Jr Integrity Management Pro-
gramshyStress Corrosion Cracking Studies
Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
8 Department ofTransportation 2004
D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45
shyshy
12 12 (al (bl-Omm -Omm
- 30mm -- 30mm ____ 60 mm11 11 ____ 60 mm ---- 90 mm ---- 90 mm __ 120mm __ 120mm
10 __ 150mm 10 __ 150mm ~ 180mm ~ 180mm
JJ c 9c 9
~
8 J 8 x
IIF r
7 7
6 6 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl Time (hl
12 (el
-Omm 30 mm11
---- 60 mm ---- 90 mm - ltII 120 mm10
150mm ~ 180mm
J c 9
---8
7
6 0 10 20 30 40 50
Time (hl
FIGURE 5 Distributions of solution pH under disbonded coating at varied disbonding depths from the open holiday where the CP potential of
-0875 V vs 5CE is applied under various disbonding thicknesses (al 120 ~m (bl 240 ~m and (cl 360 ~m
solution pH tends to be the value of the ment becomes wider the CP-enhanced pH tive shift of CP potential the enhancement originally prepared solution As the dis- elevation is more appreciable is more apparent Thus the solution pH is bonding thickness increases the CP- further elevated induced pH elevation becomes more obvi- Discussion When CP is applied on a coated steel ous even at the disbondment bottom For In deoxygenated near-neutral pH bicar- electrode containing a holiday the CP is
example at the disbonding thickness of 120 bonate solutions the anodic and cathodic primarily applied on the open holiday The
flm the solution pH at the disbondment reactions during corrosion of pipeline steel solution pH at the holiday is elevated with
bottom (ie 180 mm from the holiday) is are primarily the iron oxidation and reduc- the negative shift of CP potential as shown ~75 This indicates that the CP does not tion of water respectively In the absence of in Figure 3 The nonuniform distribution of penetrate into the disbondment bottom CP the steel corrodes at both the holiday solution pH from the open holiday to the
When the dis bonding thickness is in- and under the disbonded coating Upon CP disbondment indicates that the CP-creased to 240 and 360 flm the solution pH application the cathodic reaction is en- induced pH elevation is not fully realized
at the disbondment bottom is 79 and 81 hanced resulting in the generation of OH- under the disbonded coating
respectively Thus as the coating disbond- to elevate the solution pH With the nega- The measurements of the potential dis-
44 MAY 2015 M ATERIAL S PERFORMANCE NACE INTERNATIONAL VOL 54 NO 5
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
9 IVI Baker Jr Integrity Management Pro-
gramshyStress Corrosion Cracking Studies
Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
8 Department ofTransportation 2004
D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45
50
Probing Potential and Solution pH under Disbonded Coating on Pipelines
shy he CP shieldirg =
iepends not 0
Jisbonding geo t
also o n the cond
e t rapped solutio er
oating
shyr ibution from the holid a~ to
oondment bottom indicate tha th
P is shielded at least p r tJaJl~ un e di bonded coating (Figure 2) The en-
als are consistent with the pH u ~ _ 1
be disbonding thickne of J_0 un only
he open holiday is under full Ppo en~ ith the increasing distance from the holl-
d y (ie the increasing disbondin_ dep
shyhe local potential tends to e I nega e until the steadyshystate corrosion potential -
reached Due to the shie ldi n g e([ed the eel under the disbonded C031io_ L not
under CP The potential re ord al 0 indi -
cate that in order to cathodically protec
the steel under coating di bondment lhe CP potential must be suffi cienL negatiye
However hydrogen evolution must aJ 0 be
considered
The shielding effect of c a i n_ di bond-
nent on CP permeation is af ~ cted by the
disbanding thickness as shown in irures 4
and 5 The measurements of bo th local po-
tential and solution pH und middot r d i b onded
coating show that the CP shieldin a tends to
be mitigated when the disbonding lhick-
1ess is increased and the potentials under
disbonded coating approach tho e at t he
open holiday Moreover the pH elenltion
under disbondment is more apparent
Thus the geometrical factor 0 the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding
The CP shielding by disbanded coating
is primarily attributed to the blocking ef-
fect of coating disbondment on CP current
Under narrow disbonding gaps the di stri-
bution ofCP current is highIv nonuniform
at the open holiday and under the dis-
banded coating This effect is further en-
hanced by limited diffusion of conductive
NACE INTERN ATIONAL VOL 5 C
ionic species through the thin solution
layer trapped under the coating Thus al-
though the open holiday is under full CP
the disbonded region is shielded from CP
either partially or completely Vith the in-
crease in disbonding thickness the distri-
bution of CP current can be improved
around the holiday The increased solution
volume under the wider coating disbond-
ment enhances the diffusion of species fa-
cilitating the CP permeation into the dis-
bondment Thus the CP shielding effect
depends not only on the disbonding geom-
etry but also on the conductivity of the
trapped solution under coating
The CP shielding by coating disbond-
ment can result in cathodic polarization of
shy eel at the holiday while the steel at the
di bondment bottom can be at its corro-
ion potential depending on the disbond-
In thickness and applied CP The potential
dif erence produces separate anode and
cathode sites The cathodic reaction occurs
at the holiday and the anodic reaction at
th e disbondment bottom The disbond-
ment can become full of corrosion product
hi h is difficult to diffuse through further
increasing the blocking effect on CP per-
meation This is the key mechanism result-
ing in localized corrosion on pipelines that
are under CP This phenomenon has been
demonstrated by frequent field experiences
that extensive corrosion pits are found
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
Conclusions CP can be shielded by coating disbond-
ment With the increase in disbonding
depth toward the disbondment bottom the
shielding effect is more apparent The CP
shielding can be mitigated by more nega-
tive CP potentials
The geometrical factor of the coating
disbondment plays an essential role in CP
shielding When the disbondment becomes
wider the shielding effect is mitigated
The CP shielding can result in separate
anodic and cathodic reactions which
occur at the disbondment bottom and the
open holiday respectively This is the key
mechanism that causes localized corrosion
under disbonded coating on a cathodically
protected pipeline
References eG iIlunger Corrosion Prevention by Protec-
tive Coatings 2nd ed (Houston TX NACE
International 1999)
2 JJ Perdomo I Song Chemical and Electromiddot
chemical Conditions on Steel Under Dis-
bonded Coatings The Effect of Applied
Potential Solution Resistivity Crevice
Thickness and Holiday Size Corros Sci 42
(2000) pp 1389shy1415
3 DT Chin Current Distribution and Electromiddot
chemical Environment in a Cathodically Pro-
tected Crevice Corrosion 55 (1999) pp 229-
237
4 Ae Toncre N Ahmad Cathodic Protection
in Crevices Under Disbonded Coatings IP
19 (1980) pp 39shy43
5 X Chen XG Li CW Du YF Cheng Effect
of Cathodic Protection on Corrosion of Pipe-
line Steel Under Di sbonded Coating Corras
Sci 51 (2009) pp 2242shy2245
6 TR Jack G Van Boven M Wilmott RL
Sutherby RG Worthingham Cathodic Pro-
tection Potential Penetration Under Dis-
bonded Pipeline Coating kIP 33 (1994) pp
17shy21
7 A Fu Y Cheng Characterization of Corro-
sion of X65 Pipeline Steel Under Disbonded
Coating by Scanning Kelvin Probe Corros
Sci 51 (2009) pp 914shy920
8 A Fu YF Cheng Characterization of the
Permeability of a High Performance Com-
posite Coating to Cathodic Protection and
its Implications on Pipeline Integrity Prog
Organ Coal 72 (2011) pp 423shy428
9 IVI Baker Jr Integrity Management Pro-
gramshyStress Corrosion Cracking Studies
Final Report Office of Pipeline Safety TTO-
8 Department ofTransportation 2004
D KUANG is a PhD student at the Univer-sity of Calgary MEB 2500 University Dr NW Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada eshymail dkuangucalgaryca His research interest is pipeline corrosion and coating disbondment under alternating current in-terference
YF CHENG is a professor and Canada Research Chair in Pipeline Engineering at the University of Calgary eshymail fcheng ucalgaryca He is an internationally re-puted researcher in pipeline corrosion NP
MATERIALS PERFORMANCE MAY 2015 45