AC Induced Corrosion of Underground Steel Pipelines. Faradaic Rectification under Cathodic Protection: II. Theoretical Approach with Electrolyte Resistance and Double Layer Capacitance for Bi-Tafelian Corrosion Mechanism

作者：Ibrahim Ibrahim; Meyer Michel; Takenouti Hisasi^*; Tribollet Bernard

来源：Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 2016, 27(3): 605-615.

DOI：10.5935/0103-5053.20150302

• electrolyte resistance
• double layer capacitance
• faradaic rectification
• nonlinearity
• digital simulation

AC corrosion enhancement of buried steel pipe is induced by high stray AC electromagnetic field and to the faradaic rectification due to non-linearity of current-potential characteristics. In Part I, this phenomenon was evaluated by neglecting the electrical resistance of soil electrolyte. In this part, we will examine when this resistance is no longer negligible. The mathematical model can be expressed by an ordinary nonlinear differential equation. In this part, the corrosion mechanism is modelled by two reactions obeying Tafel law, one for anodic dissolution of steel and another for cathodic process. This corrosion mechanism is valid when the corrosion current density is much higher than the diffusion limited current of dissolved oxygen. Compared with the system where the electrolyte resistance is negligible, the corrosion enhancement induced by AC signal is markedly attenuated because of the ohmic drop through the electrolyte resistance, and the double layer capacitance constitution a bypass circuit.

• 出版日期2016-3