THE DESIGN OF CATHODIC PROTECTION GROUNDBED SYSTEMS FOR USE IN DESERT SOILS

Abstract

The rapid rise of Kuwait, Fig. 1, into the front ranks of the oil exporting nations could not have been accomplished without a massive investment in those facets of production — the oil wells, processing plants, pipelines and storage facilities; considered in another context it may be said that a vast tonnage of steelwork lies buried within the ground and thus subject to corrosion. One of the principal causes of corrosion are the solvable salts present in the soil and variations in their concentrations, when bridged subterraneously by a pipeline or swell casing (say), cause geological batteries to be set up with a concomitant flow of corroding current. It must not be thought that these conditions do not exist in the desert regions.

Citation

Watts, F.S. (1974), "THE DESIGN OF CATHODIC PROTECTION GROUNDBED SYSTEMS FOR USE IN DESERT SOILS", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 21 No. 9, pp. 12-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb006959