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required to stabilize the towers by transfer-
Underground corrosion of structures ring the structural loads to the under-
supporting power transmission and distri- ground environment. They must be
bution (T&D) lines is the primary cause of designed to resist movements such as set-
in-service equipment degradation. Each tlement, uplift, and lateral displacement.1
year, utility companies allocate increased Among different types of foundations,
corrosion mitigation budgets to refurbish a steel grillage foundations are the preferred
large population of aging and corroded choice for four-legged lattice towers when
structures. Accordingly, effective and footing conditions allow their application.
economically feasible corrosion mitigation Grillage foundations include a horizontal
techniques, such as cathodic protection grillage base plate constructed from struc-
(CP) systems specifically designed for T&D tural steel (usually galvanized angles,
structures, are in great demand. beams, and channels), and some vertical
Q CP
m Mag =
Q Mag ×E×U
(2)
identical galvanized foundations in the 5 AASHTO T288, “Standard Method of Test for systems. His industrial experience includes
same soil environment depends on their Determining Minimum Laboratory Soil Re- corrosion inspection and corrosion risk
sistivity” (Washington, DC: AASHTO). mitigation in power and telecom utility
age and the quality of the remaining galva- structures, with emphasize on risk analysis
nized coating. 6 ASTM G57, “Standard Test Method for Field and field surveys.
Highly distributed anodes improve the Measurement of Soil Resistivity Using the
Wenner Four-Electrode Method” (West Con- M. ZAMANZADEH (Dr. Zee), FNACE, has
performance of a CP system, but the higher over 30 years of experience in failure
shohocken, PA: ASTM).
construction costs should be considered. analysis, corrosion risk assessment/
7 NACE CP3 Course Manual, “Cathodic Pro- management, materials selection, CP, and
tection Technologist” (Houston, TX: NACE, coatings. He has worked in the oil and gas
References and electric power utility industries
2014).
1 “Management of Transmission Line Struc- throughout his career and has resolved/
8 V. E. Perez, “Soil Corrosion Behavior of Hot- provided a wide range of materials and
ture Foundations,” Electric Power Research
Dipped Galvanized Steel in Infrastructure corrosion engineering solutions for these
Institute, Report 1013783, 2007. industries. He holds four certifications
Applications” (Ph.D. thesis, University of
2 IEEE Standard 691-2001, “IEEE Guide for from NACE International that include
British Columbia, 2014). Materials Selection and Design Specialist,
Transmission Structure Foundation Design
9 ASTM B843, “Standard Specification for C o r ro s i o n S p e c i a l i s t , a n d C o a t i n g
and Testing” (New York, NY: IEEE, 2001). Specialist. He is the author of over 60
Magnesium Alloy Anodes for Cathodic Pro-
3 NACE SP0169, “Control of External Corro- technical papers and currently holds 34
tection” (West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM).
sion on Underground or Submerged Metallic patents in materials, some of which are
being produced by major manufacturers.
Piping Systems” (Houston, TX: NACE Inter- P. TAHERI, a member of NACE International
national). and ASME, is the director of engineering
at Matergenics Engineering, Ltd. He has a
4 ASTM G187, “Standard Test Method for
Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and is an
Measurement of Soil Resistivity Using the expert in testing, characterization, and
Two-Electrode Soil Box Method” (West modeling of electrochemical systems Editor’s note: Learn more about cathodic
Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International). including CP systems and battery storage protection for steel structures buried in soil in
this new Materials Performance quarterly
special feature, “The Science Behind It.” Now
that you’ve read the MP article about protect-
ing underground steel grillage power transmis-
THANK YOU
sion tower foundations, explore the science
behind the corrosion problem, which is
presented in these related CORROSION
articles:
W.J. Schwerdtfeger, O.N. McDorman, “Potential
and Current Requirements for the Ca-
thodic Protection of Steel in Soils,”
Corrosion 8, 11 (1952): pp. 391-399. http://
corrosionjournal.org/doi/abs/10.5006/
0010-9312-8.11.391
A.W. Peabody, “Use of Magnesium for Cathodic
Protection of Pipe Lines in High Resistivity
Soil,” Corrosion 15, 9 (1959): pp. 65-70.
http://corrosionjournal.org/doi/abs/
10.5006/0010-9312-15.9.65
M.T. Walsh, A.A. Sagüés, “Steel Corrosion in
Submerged Concrete Structures—Part 1:
Field Observations and Corrosion Distri-
bution Modeling,” Corrosion 72, 4 (2016):
pp. 518-533. http://corrosionjournal.org/
doi/abs/10.5006/1945
at CORROSION Conference & Expo tem for a Buried Pipe Segment Surrounded
by a Load Relieving U-Shaped Vault,”
Corrosion 59, 11 (2003): pp. 1,019-1,028.