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CP Design Criteria
Pre-requisites for the application of cathodic protection
Electrical continuity
Electrical isolation
Lightning and overvoltage protection
Coating
Selection of pipe trench backfill material
Buried casings for pipelines
Equipment for the reduction of a.c. interference
Equipment for the mitigation of d.c. interference
Electrical Continuity
Low longitudinal resistance of the pipeline and the components which may
increase the longitudinal resistance of the structure shall be short-circuited.
On non-welded pipelines, the electrical continuity shall be achieved on the
length to be protected by the installation of permanent bonds across the
high resistance mechanical connectors using reliable bond attachment
methods. The continuity of non-welded pipelines shall be checked by carrying
out resistance and potential measurements
When necessary, bonding may be carried out across isolating devices for
measurement or other purposes. If it is necessary that electrical continuity be
established permanently, this bonding should be done in a test station.
Electrical Isolation
Locations
Requirements for isolating joints
Internal corrosion risks at isolating joints
Contacts between metallic structures
Electrical Isolation
Monolithic (monoblock) IJ
DESCRIPTION
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PIN BRAZING
(O-RING)
Isolating flange,
Hexagonal nut,
Insulator ring,
Insulator sleeve,
Insulator disc,
Steel disc
Isolating sealing gasket,
Spark gap
These adverse effects on cathodic protection effectiveness are due to one or both of the following.
The resistance of local earth, with respect to remote earth, can be much lower than the resistance of
coating defects, which results in reduced CP current at the coating defect.
Zinc or galvanized steel potential can drift with time towards less negative potentials.
If earthing is being installed to mitigate the effect of a.c. voltages on the pipeline, the earthing locations should
be established through a specific study and detailed design.
NOTE 2
influences
EN 15280 and EN 50443 provide guidance on the corrosion and safety related with a.c.
casings that will remain after construction (length, material, coating if any);
types of pipeline bedding material;
bridge and tunnel crossings;
characteristics of a.c. and d.c. traction systems (e.g. sub-stations, operating
voltages);
characteristics of d.c. industrial plants;
any electrically operated equipment (e.g. emergency shut down valves).
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commissioning procedures,
operation and maintenance instructions
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Fusion-bonded epoxy
0,005
0,003
3-layer polyethylene
0,001
0,0003
3-layer polypropylene
0,001
0,0003
Liquid epoxy
0,008
0,01
0,008
0,01
Pipeline coating
jc = E/rco
jc
rCO
Type of coating
3PE or 3LPP
0,001 to 0,02
0,05 to 0,2
FBE
0,02 to 0,2
0,4 to 0,7
Coal tar or
bituminous
coating
0,2 to 0,3
0,3 to 0,8
Both temporary and permanent galvanic anodes shall be connected to the pipe only
via above ground facilities.