{"id":21959,"date":"2023-01-03T12:04:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T11:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/?page_id=19927"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:58:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T10:58:23","slug":"passive-and-active-cathodic-protection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/en\/about-us\/expertise\/cathodic-protection\/passive-and-active-cathodic-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Passive and active cathodic protection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Cathodic protection<\/strong> is an <strong>electrolytic corrosion prevention technique <\/strong>that is applied to metal components that are in contact with electrically conductive environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essentially, this involves running a direct current between an electrode \u2013 <strong>the anode <\/strong>\u2013 and the surface of the component to be protected \u2013 the <strong>cathode<\/strong>. The current lowers the electric potential of the metal surface such that it significantly slows down corrosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depending on the technology used, it is possible to implement <strong>passive<\/strong> <strong>cathodic protection<\/strong> with coatings and inhibitors, or <strong>active<\/strong> <strong>cathodic protection using sacrificial anodes or impressed current<\/strong> to counteract faults and gaps in the coating caused during installation or by deterioration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After they are commissioned, these systems must be <strong>monitored<\/strong> to assess their effectiveness and to carry out any maintenance, if required. To this end, <strong>cathodic protection measuring points<\/strong> are identified on the distribution, transport, and storage networks during the design stage. By acquiring the tube-to-ground potentials of the pipeline to be protected, <strong>manual checks<\/strong> can be scheduled on the measuring points. These can be replaced or <strong>supplemented by the installation of electronic devices capable of continuously acquiring the potentials and sending them to a data collection centre<\/strong> that automatically analyses the parameters and, where required, fulfils the network remote control obligations by means of <strong>alarm signals<\/strong> that allow the anomaly to be identified and quickly resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG-1536x803.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fiorentini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Expertise_ProtezioneCatodicaENG-EXPPAG.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Cathodic protection applied to metal pipes<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on the technology used, it is possible to implement passive cathodic protection with coatings and inhibitors, or active cathodic protection using sacrificial anodes or impressed current to counteract faults and gaps in the coating caused during installation or by deterioration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":19925,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-expertise-post.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21959","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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