Numerical Simulation of Galvanic Corrosion of TP2Y Copper Pipes Coupled with Steel Pipes in a Seawater Pipe Systems of Ships

doi:10.11902/1005.4537.2021.044

Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection

2022, Vol. 42

Issue (2): 200-210 DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2021.044

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Numerical Simulation of Galvanic Corrosion of TP2Y Copper Pipes Coupled with Steel Pipes in a Seawater Pipe Systems of Ships

WANG Bingqin¹, ZHANG Xiaolian², YONG Xingyue¹(

), ZHOU Huan³, GAO Xinhua³

^1.State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composite Materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
^2.Marine Chemical Research Institute, Qingdao 266071, China
^3.Hina Ship Development and Design Center, Wuhan 430064, China

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Abstract

The galvanic corrosion behavior of TP2Y copper pipes coupled with #20 steel pipes in static and flowing 3.5% (mass fraction) NaCl solutions was numerically simulated by means of COMSOL Multiphysics software, while taking the flow field, concentration field and electrochemical dynamics process into consideration, aiming to predict the tendency of galvanic corrosion. The results showed that TP2Y pipes acted as the cathode and #20 steel pipes were the anode when TP2Y pipes were coupled with #20 steel pipes. The corrosion length of #20 steel pipes was dependent on the pipe diameter, flow rate and time. The length of the potential change of the coupled pipes increased gradually with pipe diameters, and that the inner surface potential of the coupled pipes increased with flow rate compared with that under stagnant condition. At the same time, the inner surface potentials of the copper (TP2Y) pipes and #20 steel pipes became negative and positive at the coupling position, respectively. The current density was up to the Max. at the coupling position. Under stagnant condition, the inner surface potentials of the copper (TP2Y) pipes and #20 steel pipes became negative, and did not change until 48 h later. the maximum corroded thickness at the flange of #20 steel would be up to about 8.87 μm, and the corrosion length would be about 800 mm in 30 d.

Key words: different metallic pipes galvanic corrosion numerical simulation potential distribution current density distribution corrosion prediction

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WANG Bingqin, ZHANG Xiaolian, YONG Xingyue, ZHOU Huan, GAO Xinhua. Numerical Simulation of Galvanic Corrosion of TP2Y Copper Pipes Coupled with Steel Pipes in a Seawater Pipe Systems of Ships. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2022, 42(2): 200-210.

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φ	Γ	S
u	$μ e f f$	$- ∂ p ∂ x + ∂ ∂ x (μ e f f ∂ u ∂ x) + ∂ ∂ y (μ e f f ∂ u ∂ x)$
v	$μ e f f$	$- ∂ p ∂ y + ∂ ∂ x (μ e f f ∂ u ∂ y) + ∂ ∂ y (μ e f f ∂ v ∂ y)$
K	$μ + μ t σ k$	$G - ρ ε$
ε	$μ + μ t σ ε$	$ε K C 1 G - C 2 ρ ε$
$μ e f f = μ + μ t$ $μ t = ρ C μ K 2 ε$ $G = μ t 2 ∂ u ∂ x 2 + ∂ v ∂ y 2 + ∂ u ∂ y + ∂ v ∂ x 2$ $C μ = 0.09, C 1 = 1.44, C 2 = 1.92, σ k = 1.0, σ ε = 1.3$

Table 1 Values of Γ and S in Eq. (1)^[15]

Fig.1 Schematic diagram of grids

Fig.2 Potential distributions of inner surface of TP2Y pipe coupled with steel pipes by insulating way with v=0 m/s (a) and v=1 m/s (b) and influence of flow velocity on the potential distributions of the inner surface of copper/steel under insulation conditions (c)

Fig.3 Effects of pipe diameters on the potential distributions (a~d) and current density (e~h) of the inner surface for TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes: (a, e) DN=25 mm, (b, f) DN=50 mm, (c, g) DN=80 mm, (d, h) DN=100 mm

Fig.4 Influences of pipe diameters on the potentials (a) and current density (b) of the inner surface of TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes

Fig.5 Effects of flow rates on potential distributions (a~d) and current density (e~h) of the inner surface for TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes: (a, e) v=1 m/s, (b, f) v=3 m/s, (c, g) v=5 m/s, (d, h) v=10 m/s

Fig.6 Influence of flow rates on the potential (a) and current density (b) of the inner surface for TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes

Fig.7 Effects of pipe diameters on the potential distributions (a~d) and current density (e~h) of the inner surface for TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes under 3 m/s flow: (a, e) DN=25 mm, (b, f) DN=50 mm, (c, g) DN=80 mm, (d, h) DN=100 mm

Fig.8 Influences of pipe diameters on the potential (a) and current density (b) of the inner surface of TP2Y pipes directly coupled with # 20 steel pipes under 3 m/s flow

Fig.9 Effect of time on the potential distributions (a~d) and potential (e) of the inner surface for TP2Y pipes directly coupled with #20 steel pipes for 12 h (a), 24 h (b), 48 h (c) and 72 h (d)

Fig.10 Effect of time on the corrosion depth for #20 steel pipes (DN50) coupled directly with TP2Y pipes

Fig.11 Polarization curves of TP2Y/#20 steel in a 3.5% NaCl solution

Fig.12 Comparison of the experimental data with the numerical results

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