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CAREER OPTIONS IN CORROSION

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  CAREER OPTIONS IN CORROSION The first time I studied corrosion was in 2009. The last 14 years have taught me one important thing - The path of a career in corrosion is not as straightforward as we are led to believe. Whether we are starting as a student of corrosion, or are entering the field after working as a non-corrosion person, there is always some career pathway that we are not aware of. There are research projects, certifications , audits, inspections , etc. EveryEng gave me the opportunity to share my learnings about the possible options in the field of corrosion . If you are someone who is starting or wants to switch to/between corrosion and its related fields, here is a short presentation for you! https://www.everyeng.com/mentor/course/view/3559864f 😀 Happy learning! 😀
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What is Risk Based Inspection, PoF, and CoF?

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Risk Based Inspection API 580 - API 581 RBI is an often-used word in inspection.  RBI stands for Risk Based Inspection.  RBI tries to answer the following questions - 1. Which part should I expect first?  2. Which part is the most critical? 3. How should I start inspecting it first? 4. Where is the highest risk of failure?  5. Where is the order of risk? PoF is Probability of Failure . This is answered by the following questions - 1. How likely is the failure to occur? 2. How frequently will the failure occur? 3. Is there an approximate time to failure or the number of failures per time? CoF is Consequence of failure Consequence defines how dangerous the failure will be to the resources around it. This implies the following questions - 1. What kind of failure will it be? 2. Will it damage the components? 3. Will it be harmful to human life? 4. Will it affect/contaminate the environment? The risk is calculated as follows - Risk =  PoF x CoF The number designated ...
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Cathodic protection snapshot

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Name of technique Cathodic protection Use Prevent corrosion Complement protection given by coatings Definition A technique where an ionic current towards the structure from the electrolyte is used to counter the corrosion current flowing out of the structure. CP criteria CP potential of -850 mV vs. CSE An instant off potential of at least -850 mV vs CSE A minimum 100 mV polarization post instant off CP measurement techniques Soil resistivity CIPS DCVG Line current Factors affecting CP requirements pH velocity ionic type ionic concentration temperature Issues with CP Stray current corrosion Insufficient CP potential Insufficient CP current Electrical shorting I will discuss all these with examples in this major course, where you can prepare for the basics for your certification course! Check out the introductory video for the brand new course and click on the link to access! https://corrospective.com/courses/basics-of-cathodic-protection-cp-in-oil-and-gas-industry Practice your CP knowl...
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