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Leveraging Geospatial Corrosion Data to Facilitate Smart Decision-Making in Municipal Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Management

Product Number: 51324-20370-SG

Author: Wenxuan Dong

Publication Date: 2024

$40.00

Municipal water and wastewater infrastructure face persistent corrosion challenges, leading to pipeline failures and asset degradation. This paper introduces a comprehensive approach for smart decision-making, integrating geospatially-referenced corrosion data, including soil resistivity, stray current, and pipe break history. The experimental work involves data collection and analysis from various municipalities, resulting in a visual representation of corrosion risk. Case studies demonstrate the approach's effectiveness in optimizing resource allocation and corrosion control strategies. Expected conclusions highlight improved infrastructure performance, cost-efficiency, and sustainability.

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Lessons Learned from Offshore Coating Programs

Product Number: 51317--9226-SG

ISBN: 9226 2017 CP

Author: Michael Yee

Publication Date: 2017

$20.00

This paper will cover the background of increasing regulations and audits, the reasons why many coatings and fireproofing systems prematurely fail, and also the solutions that may help address these issues that many operators face today.

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Lessons Learned from Dehumidification Specifications, Good and Bad

Product Number: 51219-215-SG

Author: Don J. Schnell

Publication Date: 2019

$20.00

There have been specifications written for the use of dehumidification during surface preparation and coatings since the early nineties. These early specs keyed in on parameters that were believed to get the job done and reflected the limited knowledge and experience of a very new industry. Since then, dehumidification has become much more widely accepted and specifications exist for pipes, above ground storage tanks, ships and containments.

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Lessons Learned for Painting Over Hot-Dip Galvanizing

Product Number: 51217-048-SG

Author: Kevin Irving

Publication Date: 2017

$20.00

This paper provides an introduction to the hot-dip galvanization process as an effective and important coating option and the necessary surface preparation steps for successful painting over hot-drip galvanized steel, also known as a duplex system. Proper practices and procedures must be used to prepare new and weathered zinc-coated surfaces on after-fabrication steel products for painting to improve the bond of paint to the zinc surface and provide long-term protection against corrosion.

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Lessons Learned During 10 Years of ECDA Application

Product Number: 51315-5601-SG

ISBN: 5601 2015 CP

Author: Sorin Segall

Publication Date: 2015

$20.00

This paper summarizes the results of ten years of External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) application on more than 100 projects and includes a number of important lessons learned during the process.

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Learning to Specify Vinyl Ester Linings for FGD Applications

Product Number: 41208-456-SG

Author: Jeffrey Stewart

Publication Date: 2008

$20.00

Vinyl Ester based lining systems are a proven commodity as a corrosion control technology in Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Systems . The problem is they have proven to be alternatively successful or unsuccessful. The “how to” of receiving a good system is in learning the way a lining system works and the correct methods of application, so that a proper specification can be prepared.

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Learning from Failure: The Key to Advancements in Metallurgy and Corrosion

Product Number: 51324-21152-SG

Author: Anil Kumar Chikkam; Aaron Ulmer; Edward Larkin; Mehrooz Zamanzadeh

Publication Date: 2024

$40.00

In the field of metallurgy and corrosion, it is of paramount importance to acknowledge that no failure should ever be underestimated or dismissed as trivial. Each failure carries its own unique narrative and offers invaluable insights into the underlying causes and potential risks. This paper emphasizes the utmost significance of understanding and analyzing metallurgical failures, irrespective of their perceived severity. By meticulously examining every failure as an individual case, substantial lessons can be derived, leading to advancements in designs, materials, and manufacturing processes. Through meticulous investigations and the application of failure analysis techniques, the intricate stories concealed within each failure can be unraveled. These comprehensive analyses provide crucial information for identifying root causes and establishing preventive measures. The paper presents compelling case studies that exemplify the consequences arising from insufficient knowledge on material selection, neglecting stress raisers, mishandling of materials, and the absence of robust inspection plans. These failures range from production losses to fatal incidents, underscoring the criticality of learning from past experiences and implementing proactive measures to avert such occurrences.

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Leak Mitigation of Dynamic Cracks in Concrete

Product Number: 41216-982-SG

Author: Charlie Lerman

Publication Date: 2016

$20.00

Concrete will crack – that is a fact. When cracks appear, they are dynamic or static, and structural or non-structural. If the crack is static, non-structural, and does not leak, epoxies are great to restore design strength. However, since concrete constantly shrinks, expands, and often leaks, the use of a flexible polyurethane resin to permanently seal active leaks is the optimum choice to create a leak-free environment.

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Lead: Still Heavy After All These Years

Product Number: 41209-493-SG

Author: Chris Lovelace

Publication Date: 2009

$20.00

The topic of lead is as relevant today as it has ever been.

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Lead Stabilizing Additives: From Theory to Implementation

Product Number: 41207-329-SG

Author: Theodore Hopwood II, Victor Pallotta, Donald E. Evans

Publication Date: 2007

$20.00

This presentation will report up-to-date findings of field trials, with a focus on the operational and equipment modifications required to successfully implement waste minimization and stabilization objectives.

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Lead Contractor Approval Process for Louisiana

Product Number: 41209-467-SG

Author: Kathryn Berry

Publication Date: 2009

$20.00

Lead Contractor Letter of Approval Application LPF-2ci for Commercial and Industrial Lead Removal

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Laying the Foundation for an Engineered and Integrated Approach to Pipeline External Corrosion Protection

Product Number: 51322-17962-SG

Author: Keith Parker, Trey Johnston, Dale Lindemuth, Alfonso Garcia, Stephen B. Gibson

Publication Date: 2022

$20.00

Enbridge is proposing to develop a program that utilizes state-of-the-art technologies and proven inspection methods to prescribe interventions related to external corrosion mitigation using a predictive, integrated approach. This new program embraces complex problems by collecting, analyzing, and integrating environmental, pipeline integrity, and corrosion control data to predict external corrosion risk with sound engineering models (mechanistic, reliability and risk) to anticipate, prevent, and contain unexpected events.

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Latest Developments with Solvent-Free Epoxy Coatings

Product Number: 41205-213-SG

Author: Michael Winter

Publication Date: 2005

$20.00

Regulations limiting Volatile Organic Content (VOC) have led to increased interest in solvent-free epoxy coatings, but the use of these coatings can give significant performance advantages and not just environmental compliance.

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Laser Scanning to Evaluate Pipeline Joint (Girth) Weld Quality And Coatability

Product Number: MECC23-19887-SG

Author: Aman Rastogi; Bryan Kirchmer

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Carbon steel pipelines are widely used in the oil and gas industry as a fast and secured means for transportation of hydrocarbons, water and other fluids from their source to the destination. Pipelines are routed through varying environments such as land, sea, deserts, sabkha, marshy areas, which exposes the external surfaces of the pipelines to corrosive environment. These pipelines are often used for transportation of different fluids, which are generally corrosive due to their chemical composition.

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Laser Cleaning For Surface Preparation For Pre-Weld And Pre-Bonding Applications

Product Number: 51322-18182-SG

Author: Tyler O’Neill

Publication Date: 2022

$20.00

Laser cleaning has been an effective tool in manufacturing and industrial applications for over 20 years. Cleaning, as well as cutting and welding, has shown vast improvements in repeatability and precision with the use of laser technology [4]. Previous bonding techniques such as mechanical fixturing and welding can be inconsistent and cause issues like increased structural weight, decreased structural integrity, galvanic corrosion, and many more potential failures [5]. Laser cleaning may propose a viable option for adhering materials to reduce weight and increase repeatability. Welding practices continue to develop to reduce both weld thickness and porosity. Porosity in welds is typically caused from failure to prepare the surface adequately [1]. Failures in both welding applications and adhesive bonding applications can be reduced with the use of laser technology.

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Large-Scale Pilot Test Leads to Successful Coating Specification and Application in a Major Wastewater Rehabilitation Facility

Product Number: 51323-19033-SG

Author: David Adams, Michael Donne

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) in Newark, New Jersey is one of the most extensive modern wastewater facilities in the Eastern United States and is the sixth largest in the country. Established in 1902, PVSC began operating the Newark Bay Treatment Plant in 1924 to mitigate pollution in the Passaic River. The sprawling facility contains miles of access roads, utility tunnels, sewers, storm drains, and process pipes.

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Ladder Safety - Protecting Workers from a Complex Hazard

Product Number: 51217-051-SG

Author: Stanford T. Liang

Publication Date: 2017

$20.00

It is well known that fall hazards are one of the most common causes of accidents, injuries and death in the workplace including industrial painting projects. Many of these falls occur when using ladders. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for example, in 2009 20% of fatal falls in all workplaces were from ladders. OSHA estimates that there are 24,882 injures, with nearly half of those injuries serious enough to result in lost work time, and 36 fatalities every year.

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Lack-of-Fusion-like Root Flaws in Stainless Steel Welds

Product Number: 51317--9111-SG

ISBN: 9111 2017 CP

Author: Kasra Sotoudeh

Publication Date: 2017

$20.00

This paper describes lack-of-fusion-like flaws, which can be formed at weld toes, particularly in pipe butt welds in duplex grades of stainless steel. Some adverse microstructural and geometrical effects associated with those flaws are characterized on actual joints.

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Laboratory Testing To Investigate If Coated Pipelines Are Safe For Transportation Of Hydrogen Gas

Product Number: 51322-17832-SG

Author: Amal Al-Borno, Jeffrey Rogozinski, Jigar K. Mistry, Yuan Li, Moavin Islam

Publication Date: 2022

$20.00

Governments and energy companies are increasingly looking at hydrogen as an alternative to fossil fuels, and it is considered that without hydrogen the world cannot aim to be a net zero carbon economy by 2050. Consequently, hydrogen is currently enjoying unprecedented political and business momentum, with the number of policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. Combustion of hydrogen does not produce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, particulates, sulfur oxides or ground level ozone. Thus, hydrogen offers ways to decarbonize a range of sectors, as well as help improve air quality and strengthen energy security.

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Laboratory Testing Of Corrosion Resistant Alloys In Deep Geothermal Well Environment

Product Number: 51321-16693-SG

Author: Bente Cecilie Krogh; Bård Nyhus; Hans Husby

Publication Date: 2021

$20.00

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Laboratory Testing of Candidate Coating Systems for Protecting A 490 Bolts in One World Trade Center Construction

Product Number: 41210-529-SG

Author: John Bullard, William D. Corbett

Publication Date: 2010

$20.00

The construction of the new One World Trade Center (WTC) in New York includes exposed steel members and bolted splice plates. Accordingly, surface preparation and coating system selection for the bolt/washer/nut assemblies for the bolted connections was critical, since the splice plates would be visible. There was little published information on surface preparation and coating requirements for ASTM A 490 black bolts.

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Laboratory Testing in Leachate Environments to Understand Stress Corrosion Cracking on an Insulated Above Ground Pipeline

Product Number: 51319-13438-SG

Author: Kevin Ralston

Publication Date: 2019

$20.00

A comprehensive metallurgical investigation of multiple externally-initiated in-service leaks on an above-ground insulated oil emulsion pipeline concluded that the likely crack-initiating mechanism was stress corrosion cracking (SCC). However the SCC investigated herein occurred on an above-ground pipeline which necessitated a closer evaluation of the mechanisms and assumptions that are commonly associated with classically identified pipeline SCC. As such it was not clear to what extent the classic mechanistic principles of SCC identified on below ground pipelines were applicable to the current instance of SCC if at all. A root cause analysis (RCA) was used to identify the likely contributors to the SCC from stress environment and materials perspectives as it pertains to this carbon steel pipeline. As part of the RCA testing and chemical analyses were performed to reproduce the cracking in a laboratory environment. The purpose of the laboratory testing was to (1) reproduce the external cracking found in the pipeline and (2) evaluate the effects of insulation source electrolyte concentration and temperature on the SCC behavior of pipe steel in laboratory-produced leachates. Testing primarily consisted of cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP) tests and slow-strain rate (SSR) testing using leachates solutions made from pipe insulation. This paper outlines key findings from the laboratory testing and a current understanding of the primary environmental contributors given that SCC on above-ground insulated pipelines is not commonly identified.

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Laboratory Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of A Phosphonate-type Scale Inhibitor

Product Number: 51323-18784-SG

Author: Shaohua Chen, Tianping Huang, Tao Chen

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

Scaling is an important factor affecting oilfield production. The main reasons for scale formation are usually either the mixing of incompatible waters in production flow systems, for example, a formation of brine and seawater injected for maintaining downhole pressure, or changing the
reservoir conditions such as temperature, pressure, and brine pH, among others1,2. Carbonate scaling is dependent upon the equilibrium between bicarbonate, carbonate, and carbon dioxide relative to changes in the temperature and pressure3,4. Scale can deposit on almost any surface,
so that, once a scale layer is formed, it will continue to become thicker unless treated. Scale can block pore throats in the near-well bore region or in the well itself, causing formation damage and loss of well productivity.

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Laboratory Study of Internal Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Concerns Related to Offshore Monopile Structures

Product Number: 51323-18894-SG

Author: Suresh Divi, Adam Rowe, Dan Efird

Publication Date: 2023

$20.00

There have been several studies and publications over the past decade that clearly illustrate how initial assumptions about monopile interiors being perfectly sealed compartments were not correct in practice. Oxygen ingress through various points in the monopile contributes to persistent internal corrosion, and planned inspections are also opportunities to introduce fresh oxygen into the monopile. The replenishment of oxygen has been found to continue the corrosion reaction between the monopile wall and entrapped water.

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