Iranian Researchers Invent Solar Cathodic Protection to Fight Corrosion in Oil, Gas Pipelines
Mehdi Hakimi, the managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company located in the Science and Technology Park of Islamic Azad University, told ANA on the sidelines of the ELECOMP exhibition in Tehran, “In this company, we have successfully produced a product called ‘Solar Cathodic Protection’.”
“Corrosion in pipelines can be prevented by using solar cathodic protection," he said, adding that the product can be used for water, oil and gas transmission pipelines, various petrochemical and oil tanks that corrode over time.
Hakimi pointed out that in cathodic protection methods, electricity is injected into the cathode and anode of pipelines and tanks.
“There are usually pipelines in the desert, and it is difficult to supply electricity to them in those areas, So, we built a small independent solar power plant together with the control equipment in the mentioned remote areas to produce the needed electricity for the pipelines in specified current and voltage,” he added.
The managing director of the Iranian knowledge-based company also said that utilizing the solar power production unit in the place will make us no longer dependent on the electricity grid.
“In addition to moving towrard power independency, this product will cause the costs to decrease considerably.”
According to him, the first solar cathodic protection project was carried out in 2013 in one of the phases of Asaluyeh gas field.
“The users can put a SIM card on the product and this device will alert users and operators of system failures and any other defects. A monitoring system is also designed in this product, which facilitates using it for users,” he added.
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