A Study on Cathodic Protection Current Density on Rebar in Onshore Concrete Structure of Persian Gulf

2013 ◽  
Vol 850-851 ◽  
pp. 270-273
Author(s):  
Ya Ping Wang ◽  
Da Jing Fang ◽  
Jun Huang ◽  
Er Bu Shen
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Cathodic Protection ◽  
Persian Gulf ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Marine Corrosion ◽  
Impressed Current ◽  
Corrosion Of Steel ◽  
Control Corrosion

The service life of reinforced concrete structure has been greatly influenced by corrosion of steel, however, impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) system is able to control corrosion of steel, especially which is corroded by chloride along the coast areas. In this work protection current and related technical parameter in both intake and outfall structure has been investigated in the seawater cooling structure along the coast area of Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabia. The most suitable protection current density provided by ICCP system is 5mA/m2for reinforced concrete structure in the severe marine corrosion area in Middle East.

scholarly journals Cathodic protection in reinforced concrete structures affected by macrocell corrosion: a discussion about the significance of the protection criteria

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephane Laurens ◽  
Raoul Francois
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Cathodic Protection ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Polarization Current ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Concrete Wall ◽  
Depolarization Current ◽  
Impressed Current ◽  
Macrocell Corrosion ◽  
Control Corrosion

Cathodic protection is a technique that has been used to control corrosion and increase the service life of reinforced concrete structure. Standards as EN ISO 12696 give protection criteria for both impressed current and sacrificial anodes techniques, based on potential value or decay during a depolarization sequence. The polarization (current ON) and depolarization (current OFF) is experimentally studied on a corroded concrete wall thanks to six references electrodes and compared to a time-dependent modelling using FEM software COMSOL Multiphysics. Both experimental and numerical results show significant differences in the time response according to electrode location. This conclusion indicates that the concept of protection criteria defined by the standards is not suitable to assess the efficiency of cathodic protection applied to reinforced concrete structure.

Test and Study on Impact of Corrosion on Bond Force between Steel and Concrete

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 176-181
Author(s):  
Xian Feng He ◽  
Shou Gang Zhao ◽  
Yuan Bao Leng
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Steel Corrosion ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Bond Force ◽  
Steel Bars ◽  
Protection Layer ◽  
Corrosion Of Steel ◽  
The Impact

The corrosion of steel will have a bad impact on the safety of reinforced concrete structure. In severe cases, it may even be disastrous. In order to understand the impact of steel corrosion on the structure, tests are carried out to study corrosion and expansion rules of steel bars as well as the impact rules of corrosion on bond force between steel and concrete. The results show that wet and salty environment will result in steel corrosion; relatively minor corrosion will not cause expansion cracks of protection layers; when steel rust to a certain extent, it will cause cracks along the protection layer; when there exists minor corrosion in steel and the protection layer does not have expansion cracks, the bond force is still large and rapidly decreases as the corrosion rate increases.

Effect of Interrupting Electricity Period on Electrochemical Chloride Extraction of Reinforced Concrete

2015 ◽  
Vol 754-755 ◽  
pp. 342-347
Author(s):  
Mien Van Tran ◽  
Dong Viet Phuong Tran ◽  
Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Chloride Concentration ◽  
Steel Reinforcement ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Half Cell ◽  
Cell Potential ◽  
Electrochemical Chloride Extraction

Electrochemical chloride extraction – ECE is an effective method to rehabilitate reinforced concrete structure, which has been corroded. This study investigated concentration of chloride remained in concrete and half-cell potential of the steel reinforcement after ECE using interrupting period of electricity current. Efficiency of ECE using Ca (OH)2was surveyed with two current density of 0.5 and 1A/m2. In this study, ECE treatment was proceeded intermittently in approximately 8 weeks. Results pointed out that chloride concentration decreased to 30 – 60% significantly, especially at in the vicinity of reinforcing steel. Simultaneously, half-cell potential of the steel reinforcement after 4 weeks halted treatment stabilizes in low-corrosion rate.

scholarly journals Alternative methodology for linear polarization resistance assessment of reinforced concrete structure

2018 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 06009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Samson ◽  
Fabrice Deby ◽  
Jean-Luc Garciaz ◽  
Jean-Louis Perrin
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Corrosion Rate ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Linear Polarization ◽  
Concrete Structure ◽  
Polarization Resistance ◽  
Concrete Cover ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Linear Polarization Resistance ◽  
Steel Rebar

For reinforced concrete structures, several corrosion detection methods exist: concrete resistivity, half-cell potential or linear polarization resistance (LPR) measurement. The LPR value can be linked to the corrosion rate thanks the Stern-Geary equation if strong hypotheses are made. Existing commercial devices use a guard ring to canalize the current on specific steel rebar area and assume that the steel rebar is uniformly polarized. However, recent works reveal that the top part of the steel rebar, right under the counter electrode, is the most polarized point. The particular point is referred as the point of interest (PI). This works belongs to the DIAMOND project which aims to produce a new corrosion rate measurement device. Comsol® software was used to model the influence of concrete cover, resistivity and injected current on the current density at the PI. Moreover, a significant influence of the steel rebars diameter was also demonstrated. Two types of abacus are built. The first one links to polarization measured on the surface to the polarization on the rebar at the PI. The second links the ratio between the current density at the PI and the density of injected current to concrete cover and steel rebar diameter. The Stern-Geary equation can now be used at the PI without using the approximation of a uniformly polarized rebar. The corrosion state of reinforced concrete structure can be controlled more precisely. The methodology is then applied on two concrete slabs in which three metal bars are embedded at different concrete covers. The first slab is prepared with ordinary concrete while the second contain chloride to artificially activate the corrosion process. The results reveal that the rebars embedded on the first slab are not corroding (icorr ≤0.2 μΑ/cm2) while the second rebar are corroding (icorr>0.2 μΑ/cm2).

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