ipcm® Protective Coatings n. 26 - June 2018

PROTECTIVE COATINGS | ANALYSIS

PROTECTING UNDERGROUND PIPELINES AGAINST CORROSION AND ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE La protezione delle condotte interrate dalla corrosione e dalle interferenze elettriche

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An underground pipeline under construction. Condotta interrata durante la fase di costruzione.

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nderground steel pipelines for the transport gas, oil, petroleum products, minerals, and water can present serious problems due to the occurrence of corrosion and of electrical and electromagnetic interferences. They often run for hundreds of kilometres through cities, villages, streams, rivers, plantations, roads, roadways, hills, valleys, high voltage electric transmission lines, and electrified railway lines.

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e condotte interrate in acciaio utilizzate per il trasporto di gas, petrolio, prodotti petroliferi, minerali e acqua presentano gravi problematiche dovute all’insorgere della corrosione, alle interferenze elettriche e a quelle elettromagnetiche. Molto spesso queste condotte si sviluppano per centinaia di chilometri, attraversando città, villaggi, torrenti, fiumi, piantagioni, strade, carreggiate, colline, valli, linee di trasmissione elettrica ad alta tensione e linee ferro-

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ipcm® Protective Coatings n. 26 - June 2018

Published on Jun 25, 2018

ipcm® International Paint&Coating Magazine

Although protecting onshore assets against corrosion can be difficult, doing the same on offshore structures is a real challenge, which can cost up to fifteen times more than maintenance at the factory. The technology offered to counteract the effects of offshore and marine corrosion is increasingly evolved. This issue of ipcm®_Protective Coatings – distributed at the trade fairs SMM and WindEnergy in Hamburg, Euronaval in Paris, Eurocorr in Krakow, and ONS in Stavanger – presents a special report about offshore and marine coatings and their main innovations. This issue of ipcm®_Protective Coatings inaugurates also a new section that will collect exclusive interviews, comparisons, projects, and activities devoted to environmental, social, and economic sustainability, commonly defined as a practice that «meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs».