Application of Anticorrosive Techniques Compatible with the Environment to Engineering Education

Abstract

The media has shown the major problems caused by pipeline leaks; however, the contamination caused by storage tanks of fuel and chemicals is not always shown to the general public, especially when the holes are located on the bottom of the tank. Most of the time the groundwater contamination goes unnoticed and will only be confirmed much later when soil decontamination is impractical due to the high costs involved. Corrosion problems occurring in gas station tanks are one of the examples of the everyday discipline concerning corrosion belonging to the courses Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering of the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Fluminense Federal University), which aims to encompass anticorrosive techniques compatible with the environment through a program based on basic knowledge of corrosion and experiments. This work is an attempt to link and integrate the knowledge of corrosion and anticorrosive techniques for the benefit of the environment in order to develop a scientific-technical approach that includes ideas generated and the experiences gained in the teaching and researching of these techniques.