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Corrosion rate determination of pipelines using innovative tools and methodology (2020-1.1.2-PIACI-KFI-2021-00222)
Project ID: 2020-1.1.2-PIACI-KFI-2021-00222
Project description:
The internal corrosion of the pipelines, tanks and reactors used in the chemical, oil, gas and nuclear industry is a serious problem causing safety, life and environmental protection and financial and business issues. The internal corrosion caused by different aggressive components involves not only the slow and - consequently - scheduled wear (which is a severe expense load in the concerned industries), but also can induce leaks and spills (“loss of containment”), resulting frequently in fire, explosion and severe environmental catastrophes which are unschedulable. Therefore, it is imperative to strive for the available best, most efficient and most reliable corrosion protection technology. The follow-up of the industrial corrosion processes is carried out by means of the corrosion monitoring technologies. These technologies, applied presently, face two common severe difficulties: (I.) in high resistance media they can detect only slow variations accurately and (II.) they do not measure directly the corrosion rate of the structure material but that of the built-in electrodes.
In the course of the project the following achievements will be completed:
- A special, multichannel AD-DA converter, applicable for the determination of the corrosion rate both in the low-medium and in the high resistance systems, complete with the required sensors and other hardware-software parts.
- A corrosion monitoring technology with the special industrial instruments for the measurement of the corrosion rate of the structural materials in the low-medium resistivity systems.
- A corrosion monitoring technology with the special industrial instruments for the measurement of the corrosion rate in the high resistivity systems.
- A telemetric interface for data communication in industrial environments.
- A Calibration Equipment applicable for the calibration of the two monitoring technologies and for the comparison with competing technologies.
The results of the development can be sold in the world market of the chemical, oil and gas, power generation and nuclear industries, with avanced features, in a very competitive technical position.
Project duration: 31.09.2020 – 31.08.2023
Total project cost: 1 187 632 400 HUF
Support for University of Pannonia: 119 750 400 HUF
Consortium leader: ARBOT Mechatronika Műszaki Fejlesztő és Kereskedelmi Kft.
Consortium partners: ECOOL Kereskedelmi, Szolgáltató és Szaktanácsadó Kft., Pannon Egyetem, STEEL-VENT EGER Ipari, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft.
Professional leader: Dr. Kristóf Tamás
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Project manager: Szolga Szilárd
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