Course Overview
You will be able to:
- Design sacrificial and impressed current systems.
- Calculate current requirements and anode life.
- Measure potentials to verify protection criteria.
- Troubleshoot overprotection and stray-current issues.
Curriculum
Fundamental Concepts
- What is cathodic protection?
- Free corrosion
- Effect of applying current on a corroding surface
- Charge transport in electrolytes
- Measuring potentials
- Cathodic protection systems
Core Cathodic Protection Concepts
- Ohmic effects
- Electrochemical reactions near protected structures
- Thermodynamic perspective & protection criteria
- Overprotection
- Potential transients
- Off‑potential measurements
Current Distribution & Potential Gradients
- Potential gradients in the environment
- Remotely placed anodes
- Stray currents corrosion
- Potential decay along long structures