Members of the BEASY team have been busy on the conference circuit this summer presenting some of the latest developments and applications of the BEASY corrosion modelling software. |
 Modelling of Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Anode Arrangements for Storage Tank Bottoms
Bob Adey recently presented a paper at the 31st Computers and Information in Engineering Conference in Washington DC.
In a special session on Advances in Understanding and Modelling of Corrosion organised by Virginia DeGiorgi, Bob described some recent work on the optimisation of storage tank bottom ICCP systems.
A copy of his presentation is available here |
Optimising a SACP System using Simulation, to Achieve Uniform Anode Life and Protection Potential
At the Eurocorr conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Tim Froome presented a paper based on some recent engineering services projects where modelling had been used to optimize the cathodic protection systems protecting Oil and Gas offshore structures.
The optimisation process firstly involves simulation of an initial SACP system design, applied to a model of the structure (thereby capturing the real -often complex- geometry and the distribution of coated and uncoated areas). Performance of the initial design can then be assessed against criteria of, for example, most positive allowed potentials and remaining mass at start, middle and end of design life. The model inherently allows for the change in the distribution of current demand across the structure as coating breakdown factors change with time; how each individual anode on the structure behaves in response to the areas of metal drawing current (both wetted and buried) and the anode layout; and changes to the anode size with time. The result of such assessments can then be used to guide the selection of the next trial SACP system design, which typically involves changing the position (or possibly the size/ quantity) of the anodes in order to optimize the layout, with the objective of ensuring that remaining anode lives are broadly equalized.
Please click here for a copy of Tim's presentation. |
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Tim Froome will be presenting "The Role of Computer Modelling In the Design, Optimisation and Operation of CP Systems" at the 1st NACE Jubail Industrial Forum this month. He will discuss three case studies on how computer modelling can be used to ensure the integrity, reliability and operation of structures and plant. |
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Training
Hands-on courses which provide training to maximize the benefits from BEASY's corrosion software, will be held in the US and UK as follows:
* US Corrosion & CP course - October 18th-20th 2011 & May 8th-10th 2012
* UK Corrosion & CP course - November 15th-17th 2011 & March 21st to 23rd 2012
For further information about BEASY, please visit our website: www.beasy.com or email us at info@beasy.com |
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Recent Newsletters
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Corrosion Related Signature Prediction
Tom Curtin from BEASY's office in Massachusetts presented a paper at the recent MARELEC conference entitled "Evaluating effects of roll on corrosion-related UEP using simulation". The paper describes some recent developments in BEASY's Signature Management software which is used to predict the corrosion related electric and magnetic signatures of Naval vessels.
For a copy of the paper, please click here
For more information about BEASY's use in Signature Modelling, please click here |
| For an overview of BEASY's Corrosion Manager software for Galvanic Corrosion Of Vehicle Structures, please click here |
