Corrosion of low carbon steel by microorganisms from the 'pigging' operation debris in water injection pipelines

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-109

  Cote, Claudia ^a   Rosas, Omar ^a   Sztyler, Magdalena ^b   Doma, Jemimah ^b   Beech, Iwona ^b   Basseguy, Régine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobic biocorrosion; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Gel electrophoresis; Low carbon steel; Pigging debris

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEBRIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS INDUSTRY; IRON COMPOUNDS; MASS TRANSFER; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PHASE INTERFACES; PIPELINE CORROSION; SEAWATER CORROSION; STEEL CORROSION; STEEL TESTING; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE TRANSFER PHENOMENA; CORROSION OF LOW-CARBON STEELS; CORROSION POTENTIALS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA;

LOW CARBON STEEL;

CARBON; SEA WATER; STEEL; WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PIGGING OPERATION DEBRIS; PIPELINE; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIALES;

ANAEROBIC BIOCORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LOW CARBON STEEL; PIGGING DEBRIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CORROSION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; SEAWATER; STEEL;

EID: 84895929598     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: 1878562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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