Description
Micorr (Corrosion Monitoring)
Mobile In-Situ Corrosion (MiCorr) Monitoring Services
Introduction
MICORR is an invention from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) with collaboration with Petrogroup Sdn Bhd as a solution relates to corrosion measurement system onsite, particularly a mobile corrosion measurement system to determine the fluid corrosivity from process stream
Problem Statement
Fluid corrosivity determination in laboratory setup is less accurate due to:
- Stable and representative fluid are difficult to obtain at site + logistic
- Simulated fluids produce in laboratory may lack of important species
- Difficult to simulate field condition (pressure and temperature)
- Not suitable for corrosion inhibitor optimization
What MiCorr Can Offer
- Quick on-line real-time measurement for electrochemical properties of corroding surface (LPR corrosion rate), pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the actual pipeline
- Capable of holding the pressure, temperature while preserving the water chemistry of process fluids from the pipeline
- Flexible and mobile equipment for easy onshore/offshore field deployment
Potential Application
- Identify potential corrosion problems in systems where no regular long term monitoring is available
- Provision of data to establish corrosion mechanism and corrosion control options
- Check availability of chemicals, inhibitor partitioning and distribution
- Testing of chemicals
- Optimization of existing chemical treatment programs, i.e. dose rates
- Provision of data for corrosion rate modelling
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