Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment

Steel pipelines subjected to corrosion at any time when placed in adverse environments. Marine sediments are corrosive in nature and can allow severe damage to steel facilities underneath. There had been incidents to indicate the potential of oil and gas pipelines that carry hazardous materials to c...

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Main Authors: Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir, Yahaya, Nordin, Muthusamy, Khairunisa, Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza
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Published: Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2021
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author Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir
Yahaya, Nordin
Muthusamy, Khairunisa
Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza
author_facet Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir
Yahaya, Nordin
Muthusamy, Khairunisa
Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza
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description Steel pipelines subjected to corrosion at any time when placed in adverse environments. Marine sediments are corrosive in nature and can allow severe damage to steel facilities underneath. There had been incidents to indicate the potential of oil and gas pipelines that carry hazardous materials to cause financial damage, environmental issues and pollution. This paper studies the behaviour of corrosion in pipelines steel when placed in seabed sediment environment. Simula-tions on sediment of different characteristics have been carried out to examine their effects on steel coupons buried in them. Consequently, the corrosion rate of the steel specimens were determined via weight loss technique. The results show that metal weight loss increases as the duration of exposure to seabed sediment environment becomes longer. The corrosion order for types of sediment existing in seabed simulated environment is found as follows, fine sand < medium sand < clay < coarse sand. In conclusion, the indoor simulation of seabed sediment can be conducted and is found relatively reliable to explain some corrosion phenomena for a short period studies.
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spelling utm.eprints-976112022-10-25T09:35:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/97611/ Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir Yahaya, Nordin Muthusamy, Khairunisa Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Steel pipelines subjected to corrosion at any time when placed in adverse environments. Marine sediments are corrosive in nature and can allow severe damage to steel facilities underneath. There had been incidents to indicate the potential of oil and gas pipelines that carry hazardous materials to cause financial damage, environmental issues and pollution. This paper studies the behaviour of corrosion in pipelines steel when placed in seabed sediment environment. Simula-tions on sediment of different characteristics have been carried out to examine their effects on steel coupons buried in them. Consequently, the corrosion rate of the steel specimens were determined via weight loss technique. The results show that metal weight loss increases as the duration of exposure to seabed sediment environment becomes longer. The corrosion order for types of sediment existing in seabed simulated environment is found as follows, fine sand < medium sand < clay < coarse sand. In conclusion, the indoor simulation of seabed sediment can be conducted and is found relatively reliable to explain some corrosion phenomena for a short period studies. Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2021 Article PeerReviewed Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir and Yahaya, Nordin and Muthusamy, Khairunisa and Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza (2021) Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment. Malaysian Construction Research Journal, 13 (SI13). pp. 94-102. ISSN 1985-3807 NA
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Budiea, Ahmed Mokhtar Albshir
Yahaya, Nordin
Muthusamy, Khairunisa
Mokhatar, Shahrul Niza
Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title_full Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title_fullStr Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title_full_unstemmed Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title_short Corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
title_sort corrosion of steel under simulated condition of offshore seabed sediment
topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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