Cathodic Protection Engineering

By Prof. V. S. Raja | IIT Bombay

Learners enrolled: 498

Course on Introduction to Corrosion Science and Engineering is offered by several academic institutions, including IITs, NITs, colleges affiliated to various universities. But a specialized course on “Cathodic Protection Engineering” is not being offered by any of these institutions excepting IIT Bombay. The course is important as cathodic protection is one of the most important means of controlling corrosion of buried metallic structures and India is embarking on building large pipeline network. Notably, this course will be valuable to personnel with mechanical, civil, electrical engineering back ground are involved in design, commissioning and maintenance of pipelines who do not have any formal training in cathodic protection. This course was developed by the instructor and is being taught to M. Tech corrosion science and engineering. The instructor has been offering this course to PG students over the last 15 years This could well be useful for the industry personnel.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Primarily for PG, but UG can also register for course. Industry professional will benefit. Because cathodic protection is a multidisciplinary subject, engineers across the discipline might be interested to learn.

PREREQUISITES : A course on introduction to corrosion is desirable but not mandatory

INDUSTRIES SUPPORT : All industries employing buried pipelines and tanks and majorly Oil and Gas Industries

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	4 weeks
Category :	Metallurgy and Material science & Mining Engineering Materials Joining
Credit Points :	1
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	24 Jan 2022
End Date :	18 Feb 2022
Enrollment Ends :	07 Feb 2022
Exam Date :	27 Mar 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1:Various types of corrosion in buried structures, electrochemical concepts in cathodic protection, various forms of corrosion, worked out examples

Week 2:Criteria for cathodic protection, pipeline survey, monitoring and assessment, anode ground bed selection, worked out examples

Week 3:Cathodic protection of tanks, ships, off-shore structures, anodes, worked out examples for calculation of anode requirements, stray current corrosion and its control

Week 4:Coatings and rectifier selection, internal corrosion of oil and gas steel pipelines, anodic protection engineering

Books and references

1. Peabody’s Control of Pipeline Corrosion, NACE International, TX, 2018

2. John Morgan, Cathodic protection, NACE International, TX, 1987

3. Pritula, V.A.,Cathodic protection of pipelines and storage tanks, Her majesty's stationary office, London 1954

4. Berkeley, K.G.C and Padmanabhan, S., Cathodic protection of reinforced steels in concrete,butter worths 1990,London.

5. Applegate, l. M., Cathodic protection McGraw Hil, 1960, l

Instructor bio

Prof. V. S. Raja

IIT Bombay

Taught several courses related to corrosion over the last 32 years. Published a book on Corrosion Failure Analysis: basics, Case Studies and Solutions Edited a book on Stress Corrosion Cracking: Theory and Practice. Passionate about teaching, recipient of the Prof. SP. Sukhatme award for excellence in teaching

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 27 March 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 3 assignments out of the total 4 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Bombay.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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