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When Undercover Agents Can’t Stand the Heat” The CIA and the Nether World of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a costly and complex problem for industry to contend with successfully. This paper describes a suite of accelerated laboratory tests undertaken in part to evaluate some of the claims made for engineered coatings touted to possess high heat resistance to 400°C and simultaneous anticorrosion properties. 

Product Number: 41212-694-SG
Author: Mike O’Donoghue, Vijay Datta, Adrian Andrews, Sean Adlem , Matthew Giardina,Nicole de Varennes, Bill Johnson
Publication Date: 2012
Industry: Coatings
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Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a costly and complex problem for industry to contend with successfully. This paper describes a suite of accelerated laboratory tests undertaken in part to evaluate some of the claims made for engineered coatings touted to possess high heat resistance to 400°C and simultaneous anticorrosion properties. Thermal spray aluminum (TSA) was used as the benchmark to assess the coating performance of three liquid applied coatings in cyclic temperature and corrosive microenvironments. All four coatings were applied to carbon steel pipe. The liquid-applied coatings consisted of a titanium modified inorganic copolymer (TMIC), and two materials based upon modified silicone technology. The coated and insulated pipe was heated to temperatures  from 90°C to 445°C. Investigations were carried out (a) to evaluate the resistance of the coatings to CUI Cyclic conditions at 95°C to 445°C, followed by cyclic immersion in a salt solution and heating at 200°C, (b) on a repair patch of the TMIC on TSA, (c) to compare and contrast the performance of the coatings using EIS  (Electrochemical Impedance  Spectroscopy), and (d) using optical microscopy and SEM (scanning  electron  microscopy) to investigate the porosity of each coating system as a function of temperature at 100°C, 200°C,300°C,  and 400°C. In light of select case histories and the present accelerated laboratory studies, the importance of the CIA will be manifested in the undercover realm of CUI - not as in the case of the Central Intelligence Agency, but rather in the realm of “Coatings in Action”.

Corrosion under insulation (CUI) is a costly and complex problem for industry to contend with successfully. This paper describes a suite of accelerated laboratory tests undertaken in part to evaluate some of the claims made for engineered coatings touted to possess high heat resistance to 400°C and simultaneous anticorrosion properties. Thermal spray aluminum (TSA) was used as the benchmark to assess the coating performance of three liquid applied coatings in cyclic temperature and corrosive microenvironments. All four coatings were applied to carbon steel pipe. The liquid-applied coatings consisted of a titanium modified inorganic copolymer (TMIC), and two materials based upon modified silicone technology. The coated and insulated pipe was heated to temperatures  from 90°C to 445°C. Investigations were carried out (a) to evaluate the resistance of the coatings to CUI Cyclic conditions at 95°C to 445°C, followed by cyclic immersion in a salt solution and heating at 200°C, (b) on a repair patch of the TMIC on TSA, (c) to compare and contrast the performance of the coatings using EIS  (Electrochemical Impedance  Spectroscopy), and (d) using optical microscopy and SEM (scanning  electron  microscopy) to investigate the porosity of each coating system as a function of temperature at 100°C, 200°C,300°C,  and 400°C. In light of select case histories and the present accelerated laboratory studies, the importance of the CIA will be manifested in the undercover realm of CUI - not as in the case of the Central Intelligence Agency, but rather in the realm of “Coatings in Action”.

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