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CHAPTER 7 Mitigation – Internal Corrosion

Table 7.19 Criteria for Determining the Availability of Corrosion Inhibitors22
Item Ainh.time [ 0.95 Ainh.time [ 0.99 Ainh.time > 0.99

Inhibitor demonstrated as U U U
suitable for the application
Inhibitor injection pumps Standard High reliability High reliability
Back up pumps x U U
Check that pump is Daily manual check Automated alarm Automated alarm
operating
Pump planned maintenance Annual Annual May be required more often
Inhibitor tank levels Daily manual check Automated alarm Automated alarm
Report on inhibitor used (or Monthly Weekly Daily
report on compliance with
key performance indicators)
to responsible corrosion
engineer
Quarterly manual check on U U U
pump injection rate
No flow alarm (zero x U U
differential pressure across a
critical component, or in line
flow meters)
Liquid samples for analysis Monthly Monthly May be required more often
of residual inhibitor levels
and water chemistry
Corrosion monitoring system Response time such that total Response time such that total Response time is less than
response time number of events x time to number of events x time to inhibitor persistency
respond is < 18 days respond is < 4 days
At least annual manual On line electrical resistance On line fast response
corrosion measurements (ER) probes; response time monitoring systems;
 Typical choices for 1e4 days and daily inhibitor response time 1e24 hrs and
corrosion monitoring injection concentration 6 hourly inhibitor injection
equipment and system concentration
response times
Comprehensive review of Desirable Required Required
uninhibited events
Persistency taken into x x U
account
Allowed days of uninhibited 18 4 0e4
events per year (inhibitor
system downtime, taking
account of the persistency)
Shut in if inhibition system Effectively never an issue Possibly U
goes down for greater than a
defined period of time
Check for worst case Effectively never an issue Possibly U
corrosion in shutdown
conditions
Identify Operations U U U
Technician with
responsibility for the
inhibition injection system
Corrosion Engineering Monthly review Weekly review Daily review
Involvement
Key Performance Indicators U U U
set for Operations
Technicians and Corrosion
Engineers

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