Abstract
Background Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) extracted from waste activated sludge (WAS) have previously shown its potential in corrosion inhibition. The aim of this study is to design a synthetic EPS formulation as a surrogate of natural WAS EPS to overcome the corrosion inhibition inconsistency in WAS EPS. The adsorption behavior of the designed inhibitor was studied by kinetic and thermodynamic analyses. Methods Synthetic EPS is a bio-inspired material that was formulated based on the most typical chemical compositions of natural WAS EPS, that is, proteins, carbohydrates, humic substances, nucleic acids, and uronic acids, which was not optimized for corrosion inhibition performance. It is a mixture of glutamic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, humic acid, thymine, and alginic acid. Its corrosion inhibition performance was tested with carbon steel in 3.64% NaCl saturated with CO2, using the potentiodynamic polarization scanning technique. The resulted electrochemical parameters were used to evaluate the empirical corrosion kinetic and thermodynamic adsorption parameters. Results Addition of synthetic EPS showed significant decrease in corrosion rate as compared to the control. The inhibition efficiency improved with increasing inhibitor concentration and temperature. The optimum performance was 94% with 204 mg/L of inhibitor applied at 70 °C (343 K). The inhibition performance was controlled by both the concentration of inhibitor and temperature. Chemisorption of the inhibitor molecules contributed to the overall inhibition performance, reducing the contact of metal with the corrosive environment, thus, slowing down the overall corrosion rate.
Highlights
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are the metabolic products produced by most microorganisms
It is worth noting that the significance of operation and economics of the synthetic EPS as an oil field corrosion inhibitor formulation is included in the “Discussion” section
Synthetic EPS is a surrogate of biomass-based corrosion inhibitor inspired by sources with varied chemical compositions to overcome the composition inconsistency in biomass that can cause unreliable corrosion inhibition performance
Summary
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are the metabolic products produced by most microorganisms. A previous study (Go et al, 2019; Go, Holmes & Hernandez, 2019) showed the potential of EPS extracted from waste activated sludge (WAS) of wastewater treatment operations as a green corrosion inhibitor for CO2 corrosion. Methods: Synthetic EPS is a bio-inspired material that was formulated based on the most typical chemical compositions of natural WAS EPS, that is, proteins, carbohydrates, humic substances, nucleic acids, and uronic acids, which was not optimized for corrosion inhibition performance. It is a mixture of glutamic acid, carboxymethylcellulose, humic acid, thymine, and alginic acid. Chemisorption of the inhibitor molecules contributed to the overall inhibition performance, reducing the contact of metal with the corrosive environment, slowing down the overall corrosion rate
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