A simplified mathematical model of the main pipeline cathodic protection

 
V.Lukovich
 

I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of the NAS of Ukraine, Omeliana Pritsaka str.,3, Kyiv, 03142, Ukraine
Mathematical Models and Computing Experiment in Material Science - Kiev: Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science NASU, 2013, #15
http://www.materials.kiev.ua/article/781

Abstract

The potential at a given point outside the insulation surface of the pipeline depends on the current density essentially in the vicinity of this point. This dependence decreases rapidly with distance from the point. The proposed mathematical model takes into account this feature.


CATHODIC PROTECTION, CURRENT DENSITY, POTENTIAL ON THE INSULATION SURFACE, SIMPLIFIED MATHEMATICAL MODEL, TRANSITION RESISTANCE