Operations And Monitoring
Cathodic protection is a corrosion control technique that uses electrical current to prevent or slow down metal corrosion. It is an important part of maintaining water infrastructure, such as pipelines and bridges, as well as other types of infrastructure. In order for cathodic protection to work effectively, it must be properly monitored and maintained.
These are the different aspects of cathodic protection operations and monitoring.
Cathodic Protection Monitoring
Our team has experience in monitoring cathodic protection on the following types of structures:
- Reinforced concrete structures, including bridges, ports/harbours marinas, desalination and seawater cooling facilities, and earth retaining structures
- Submerged metallic structures, including foundations, ports/harbours and marinas, desalination and seawater cooling facilities, tunnels, earth retaining structures, pipelines, tanks, pumps, seawater intake, and screening equipment
- Buried metallic structures, including foundations, pipelines, tanks, tunnels and earth-retaining structures
Specialist Corrosion Monitoring
In addition to the operation and management of traditional CP systems, we have experience with the following:
- Managing Smart infrastructure using fully and semi-automated impressed current cathodic protection systems and corrosion monitoring systems
- DC Interaction assessment prior to and following implementation of control measures to demonstrate due diligence and risk management
- AC voltage and current density measurement on buried pipelines fitted with AC mitigation equipment
- Fault finding, facilitating replacement or renewal of faulty or obsolete equipment
