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SYNOPSIS
INTRODUCTION
Effect of Temperature:
Figures 3 shows the variation of corrosion rate with temperature
for brine at carbon dioxide partial pressures of 0.27,0.45 and 0.79 MPa.
It can be seen that at a given carbon dioxide partial pressure, the
corrosion rate increases with temperature over the entire range of
temperatures studied. For example, for brine at a carbon dioxide partial
pressure of 0.45 MPa, the corrosion rate increases from 9.9 to 14.1
mm/year with increase in temperature from 40 to 60 C, then increases
at a lower rate from 14.1 to 16.3 mm/year as the temperature is
increased from 60 to 70 C and then again increases at a much higher
rate from 16.3 to 46 mm/year with increase in temperature from 70 to 90
C. This is not seen in the results obtained by de Waard and Milliams
(1975) and Vuppu and Jepson (1994) for brine under full pipe flow
conditions who found that the corrosion rate reaches a maximum at a
temperature between 60 to 70 C and then decreases thereafter with
increase in temperature. They also showed from the morphological
studies of the coupon surfaces that formation of protective iron
carbonate scales occurs at 60 C.
The lower rates of corrosion in the temperature range of 60 to 70
C could be attributed to the distribution of the corrosion products at the
pipe wall. However, the higher rates of corrosion in the temperature
range 70 to 90 C, under slug flow conditions could be due to the
removal of the protective layer of corrosion products at these higher
temperatures as shown by Vuppu and Jepson (1994). Also,
morphological studies of the coupon samples using Scanning Electron
Microscopy, indicate that the average thickness of the corrosion product
layer on the slug flow coupons is lower than that in full pipe flow
coupons. This suggests the possible stripping away of the poorly
adherent layers of corrosion products due to high levels of shear and
turbulence at the bottom of the pipe under slug flow conditions.
When oil is present, the corrosion rate increases almost linearly
with temperature as shown in Figure 4, for the temperature range of 40
to 80 C. For example, for a water cut of 60% at a carbon dioxide partial
pressure of 0.79 MPa, the corrosion rate increases from 8 to 25
mm/year with increase in temperature from 40 to 60 C and then
increases from 25 to 42 mm/year with further increase in temperature
from 60 to 80 C.
CONCLUSIONS
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