Abstract

Corrosion in the marine environment is a complex and expensive form of damage. It is commonly studied by the deployment of coupons that reflect the marine corrosion a structure will experience, thus allowing design and maintenance prevention strategies to be developed accordingly. This study stems from the lack of information in the literature regarding the profiling of corrosion with respect to marine depth in the North Sea where important wind farm developments have been undertaken. To address such issue a field experiment has been designed and carried out in the vicinity of the Westermost Rough Windfarm in the North Sea. The field experiment consists of deploying steel S355 coupons below the tidal area and capturing the effects of corrosion, the mass loss from which the corrosion rate is derived and the chemical products that makes up the rust with water depth. The study involves proper planning and logistics to ensure that the field experiment survives the rough conditions of the North Sea for a duration of 111 days. A high corrosion rate of 0.83 mm/year has been observed in this experiment. This paper goes into the details of the deployment blueprint employed and the analyses of the coupons to provide a conclusive observation and modelling of corrosion with respect to water depth under free or open sea water corrosion condition.

Highlights

  • Marine corrosion is a complex process, especially for steel structures

  • Some of the residual material that and orientation cannot be fully traced due to the breaking effect), discussed more thoroughly from thoroughly from the observations, and compared to other experiments or industry standards mainly had fallen off from each coupon was placed in a test tube for further chemical analysis

  • Some of the residual material that had fallen off from each coupon was placed in a test tube for further chemical analysis

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Introduction

Marine corrosion is a complex process, especially for steel structures. There are various interactions between the metal matrix and the marine environment which alter the corrosion. This interaction is affected by several factors such as the temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH and salinity being flagged as the most important ones. The metals used for structural purposes for ships, offshore wind turbines (OWT), and oil and gas platforms have evolved substantially in terms of the strength of the materials. Their corrosion resistance needs to be assessed

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