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A Surface Science Approach Towards Understanding and Mitigating Fouling and Corrosion in Crude Oil Refinery Units
DownloadFall 2021
This research presents a detailed investigation of corrosion and organic fouling on several important metallurgies in a broad range of crude oils. Throughout a refinery, fouling of metallic heat-transfer surfaces is a ubiquitous, costly, and complex phenomena, made increasingly challenging by...
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Addressing Diameter Non-uniformity in the Melt Spinning of Asphaltenes-Derived Carbon Fibres
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Asphaltenes offer a cheap alternative to the predominant precursor currently used in the manufacture of carbon fibres. Melt spinning is typically employed for transforming asphaltenes into a fibrous form but faces two challenges: inconsistent or poor spinnability and a large diameter variation in...
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Fall 2015
The present research has been done with the intent of evaluating the corrosion resistance and cracking susceptibility of some commercial candidate alloys that can be potentially used in Gen-IV supercritical water reactor (SCWR). The mechanism of the crack initiation in austenitic alloys exposed...
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Spring 2013
As the Supercritical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR) shows a promising future, the corrosion behavior of candidate materials has attracted great interest. In this study, experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the corrosion behavior of the ferritic-martensitic steels designed for the use...
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Creation and Characterization of Ceramic/Polymer Bi-Continuous Composite Material for Hot-Bitumen Pipeline Coating
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Current composite materials base their capabilities from the dispersion of discrete reinforcing materials throughout a matrix. This method places too much reliance on the surface bond between matrix and reinforcing phase. By employing two continuous, interpenetrating materials, it is theorized...
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Developing a Predictive Model of Near-Neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracking of Underground Pipelines
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Near neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracking (NNpHSCC) on underground oil and gas pipelines is an issue facing industry today. Determining where NNpHSCC is likely to occur and grow is an important aspect to developing an Integrity Management Program. This work focused on developing a predictive...
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Effect of Mechanical Loading Conditions on Near-neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracking (NNpHSCC) Initiation and Early-stage Growth for Bent Pipeline
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Near-neutral pH Stress Corrosion Cracking (NNpHSCC) continues causing failures of steel pipelines despite the use of preventative measures such as protective coating and cathodic protection. In pipelines with bends, the issue is more profound as stress is concentrated around the bends and the...
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Spring 2023
The susceptibility of pipeline steel to hydrogen induced degradation is closely related to the interaction between hydrogen and some microstructural features of the steel such as precipitates, inclusions, phase type and grain size. These microstructural features can act as hydrogen traps...
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Effects of Oxide Additions on the Corrosion Behaviour of Cr2O3 Based Ceramics in High Temperature Supercritical Water Environment
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This investigation is aimed at developing ceramic materials applied in supercritical water, which is being considered as coolant for one of the next generation nuclear reactors. Cr2O3, a primary protective film on stainless steels, was found to be unstable in SCW due to the formation of soluble...
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Investigation of Corrosion and Crack Morphology Behavior under Disbonded Coatings on Pipelines
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Coating disbondment on pipelines is a common phenomenon that leads to exposure of the pipeline metal to the surrounding soil and ground water solutions. The exposure of pipelines to those corrosive environments is associated with development of corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) on the...