Evaluation of Epoxy Coating for Ballast Tanks under Thermal Cycling by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Evaluation of Epoxy Coating for Ballast Tanks under Thermal Cycling by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
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DOI:
10.2355/isijinternational.isijint-2016-228
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发表时间:
2016-11
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
H. Hayashibara;E. Tada;A. Nishikata
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作者:
H. Hayashibara;E. Tada;A. Nishikata
Commercial ships require good corrosion protection since they are exposed to severe corrosive environments. Organic coatings and cathodic protection are major tools for preventing the corrosion of ships. The water ballast tank (WBT) is one of the compartments that might be exposed to the most corrosive environment in a commercial cargo ship. The WBT is equipped to make an empty ship stable by filling it with sea water, and sea water in the WBT is discharged overboard during cargo loading. Thus, the WBT materials are subjected to both immersion in sea water and high relative humidity. The coated steels employed in the WBT are severely degraded at the back side of the upper deck and the back side of the heated liquid tank, which are exposed to higher temperatures.1) In addition, cathodic protection by a sacrificial anode is not available for the back side of the upper deck because it is not immersed in the ballast water during service periods. The WBT is also a part of the ship structure and plays an important role in the strength of the ship. Therefore, evaluating the protective performance of the WBT coating is necessary for maintaining structural Evaluation of Epoxy Coating for Ballast Tanks under Thermal Cycling by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy