Cathodic Protection Systems

Introduction

Corrosion is one of the major causes of ageing the industrial infrastructures. Maintaining the ageing infrastructure such as underground pipelines is a challenge to industries worldwide. Understanding why and how cathodic protection works or fails can help to formulate appropriate strategies in managing the pipeline corrosion problems. Understanding cathodic protection mechanism and how to control corrosion can lead to a remarkable improvement in the operation cost of piping and static equipment.

Proclad Academy’s Cathodic Protection Systems training course is designed to provide the participants with basic understanding of the technology related to cathodic protection, and best practices in designing, operating and maintaining cathodic protection of underground pipelines. This training course also covers typical designs of cathodic protection system, cathodic protection materials, potential measurements, monitoring and maintenance.

The key features of Proclad Academy’s Cathodic Protection Systems training course are:

• The principles of corrosion mechanism
• The role of cathodic protection in corrosion control
• Components used in cathodic protection
• Testing & maintenance of typical cathodic protection systems

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of Proclad Academy’s Cathodic Protection Systems training course, the participants will:

• Gain theoretical basis and practical ability necessary to operate and maintain Cathodic Protection systems in the oil and gas surface production facilities
• Understand basic principles of corrosion and applications of galvanic and impressed current cathodic protection systems
• Understand the field equipment used to monitor cathodic protection systems and how they work
• Understand various factors that impact the performance of cathodic protection systems
• Learn about essential cathodic protection monitoring techniques to ensure effective operation
• Learn to increase productivity by avoiding costly shutdowns thus reducing the cost of the overall corrosion control program
• Understand the site testing requirements needed to design cathodic protection systems
• Be able to calculate current requirements based on coating efficiency and current density;
• Understand the steps in designing a sacrificial anode system
• Understand the steps in designing an impressed current system
• Understand how to calculate the number of anodes needed in both sacrificial anode and impressed current systems
• Learn how to calculate system life expectancy for sacrificial anode systems
• Understand how to calculate rectifier voltage for impressed current systems

Target Audience

Proclad Academy’s Cathodic Protection Systems training course is intended for engineers and other construction professionals with a current or prospective need to understand the fundamentals of protecting underground structures such as tanks and pipelines from corrosion using sacrificial anode and impressed current cathodic protection systems. This training course is also suitable for electrical technicians, maintenance planners, and supervisors with operation and maintenance responsibilities in industrial plants.

Training Methodology

Proclad Academy’s practical and results-oriented Cathodic Protection Systems training course combines sound engineering principles, methods and applicable standards. It incorporates short inspiring lectures with structured lessons from the learning manual; captivating PowerPoint slides with videos to enhance learning; ongoing discussions with action planning; ample time for Q&A; training activities to reinforce key concepts within a fun learning environment.

Course Outline