Telluric current considerations in the cp design for the maritimes and northeast pipeline

NACE - International Corrosion Conference Series

Volumn 2001-March, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Rix, B C ^a   Boteler, D H ^b  

^a Corrosion Service Company Limited ^*  (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cathodic protection; Geomagnetic disturbances; Potential control; Telluric currents

Indexed keywords

CATHODIC PROTECTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FASTENERS; FLANGES; GEOMAGNETISM; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

COATING RESISTANCE; COMPUTER MODELING; GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCE; LARGE GEOMAGNETIC DISTURBANCES; PIPE-TO-SOIL POTENTIAL; POTENTIAL CONTROL; POTENTIAL-CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS; TELLURIC CURRENTS;

PIPELINES;

EID: 0009877340     PISSN: 03614409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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