Abstract
As the gradual emergence of alternating current (AC) electrified rail transit system in urban areas, buried gas pipeline adjacent to the system will be seriously corroded by induced alternating stray current. These buried gas pipelines are at serious risk of electrochemical corrosion, which leads to safety and environmental threaten. In order to study the distribution of alternating stray current corrosion on pipeline surface on a larger spatial scale, this paper conducted numerical simulation and experimental validation of alternating stray current corrosion of buried gas pipeline. In the numerical simulation model, coupling between different physical fields are realized through the relationship between current density of pipe-to-soil interface, electrolyte, and electrodes. Proposed numerical method based on coupled multi-physics in this paper are in good agreement with experimental results under different influencing factors. A novel evaluation index was proposed to assess the corrosion risk within different zones on the pipeline surface. Results show that corrosion distribution is greatly influenced by spatial interaction between buried pipeline and rail transit system including crossing angle and parallel distance. Besides, alternating stray current corrosion on buried gas pipeline are proved to be both affected by dynamic characteristics due to AC fluctuation and operation mode of locomotive.
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