PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR CO2 CORROSION ENGINEERING IN WET NATURAL GAS

THE NACE ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CORROSION SHOW, PAPER 577, 1993
C. DE WAARD AND U. LOTZ, D. E. WILLIAMS

Temperature 37.4 C
Pressure 2.8 bar
CO2 2.11 %mole
pCO2 0.059 bar
Basic Corrosion Rate 0.29 mm/year

Effect of Total Pressure

Fsystem 0.99
fCO2 0.059 bar

Effect of High Temperature Protective Films

Velocity 10.0 m/s

Fscale 1.00 (1993 Model)
Fscale 1.00 (1995 Model)
Scaling Temperature 129.7 C (Maximum corrosion rate)

Effect of pH

pH(water+CO2) 4.48 (1993 Model)

pH(water+CO2) 4.58 (1995 Model)
pHsat 4.48 (Assuming pHsat = pH(water+CO2)
FpH 1.00 for corrosion rate at steady state)

Effect of Glycol

%w Glycol 0.00 %w
Fglyc 1.00

Static Corrosion - 1993 Model

Static Corrosion Rate 0.29 mm/year

Dynamic Corrosion - 1993 Model

Liquid Flowrate 7.4 m3/d
Liquid Velocity 1.24 m/s Line Diameter 0.10 m
Hydraulic Diameter 0.0096 m (Liquid Depth)/Radius 0.15
Mass Transfer Rate 1.76E-07 mm/yr Liquid Velocity 0.0115 m/s
Reaction Rate 1.006 mm/yr Hydraulic Diameter 0.0096 m
Viscosity 6.89E-07 m2/s no se est considerando clculo dinmico, slo esttico.
Dymanic Corrosion Rate 0.316 mm/yr Diffusion Coefficient 4.51E-09
[H2CO3] 1.47E-03

Dynamic Corrosion - 1995 Model

Liquid Flowrate 7.4 m3/d
Liquid Velocity 1.24 m/s Line Diameter 0.0972 m
Hydraulic Diameter 0.0096 m (Liquid Depth)/Radius 0.15
Mass Transfer Rate 0.44 mm/yr Liquid Velocity 0.0115 m/s
Reaction Rate 4.10 mm/yr Hydraulic Diameter 0.0096 m

Dymanic Corrosion Rate 0.394 mm/yr

Corrosion Rate Average 0.303 mm/yr

1993 Model (Without Inhibitor)

Corrosion Rate Average 0.342 mm/yr

1995 Model (Without Inhibitor)

Corrosion Rate With Inhibitor

Inhibitor Efficiency 95.00 %

Corrosion Rate 0.10 mm/yr (with inhibitor)

Corrosion Rate Average 0.110 mm/yr

1993 Model (With Inhibitor)

Corrosion Rate Average 0.112 mm/yr

1995 Model (With Inhibitor)

Corrosion Rate Average 0.110 mm/y

Static Corrosion (With Inhibitor)

Corrosion Allowance

Design Life Fixed 20.0 years

Corrosion Allowance (1993) 6.06 mm (without inhibitor) Se asume sobreeespesor de corrosin de 3.2 mm
Corrosion Allowance (1995) 6.84 mm (without inhibitor)
Corrosion Allowance (stat) 5.81 mm (without inhibitor)
Corrosion Allowance (1993) 2.20 mm (with inhibitor)
Corrosion Allowance (1995) 2.24 mm (with inhibitor)
Corrosion Allowance (stat) 2.19 mm (with inhibitor)

Corrosion Allowance Selected 3.20 mm

Design Life Calculated (1993) 29.0 year with inhibitor
Design Life Calculated (1995) 28.5 year with inhibitor
Design Life Calculated (stat) 29.2 year with inhibitor