Technical – Australasian Corrosion Association

Third Generation Polysiloxane Technology

ACA Monday, September 6, 2021

The ACA's Oil and Gas Technical Group was thrilled to Host Peter Bock for a presentation on Third Generation Polysiloxane Technology. Third Generation Polysiloxane (TGPS) ambient curing CUI mitigation coatings have been used in the petrochemical and processing industries for over five…

CP Shielding and Corrosion Under Disbonded Coatings

Event Support Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Presenter Facundo Varela, also known as Bob, is a research fellow at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University. His completed PhD project focused on new electrochemical methods for monitoring localised corrosion under cathodic protection. As a research fellow, he is…

ICCP Simulation of GACP System

Event Support Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Presenter Rajko Vukcevic is an independent CP researcher and innovator. He was involved in design and development of electronics systems and equipment for ICCP used in marine, concrete and pipeline applications, for 15+ years in Australia. He has 35+ years of electronics…

Remote Monitoring at SA Water

Event Support Monday, August 9, 2021

Presenter Ramon Salazar is a Senior Materials Engineer at South Australian Water Corporation. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the corrosion control field, focusing on cathodic protection, concrete degradation and non-metallic materials. He is currently the chairman of the South…

AEC Welcome and Remote Eart and CP Designs

Event Support Monday, August 9, 2021

Presenter Dr Bruce Ackland is a Corrosion and Cathodic Protection Scientist, he obtained a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics at Monash University in 1979 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1984, also at Monash University in the Department of Materials…

Lab Investigation of Electrolysis Effects on a 164 Year Old Pipe

Event Support Monday, August 9, 2021

Presenter Candice Blackney is currently a Senior Engineer in Corrosion Management at Greater Western Water. She specialises in the cathodic protection of pipelines and has an interest in sewer corrosion too. She has been involved in the corrosion industry for exactly 11…

Hydrogen Embrittlement of Pipelines and Possible CP Effects

Event Support Friday, August 6, 2021

Presenter Mike Yongjun Tan is a Professor in Applied Electrochemistry and Corrosion Technologies at Deakin University in Australia. He is also a Research Program Leader of the Energy Pipelines Cooperative Research Centre. Dr Tan’s principal teaching and research interests are in corrosion…

Revised NSWEC Guide for the Measurement of Electrolysis Corrosion Interference

Event Support Friday, August 6, 2021

Presenter Jim Hickey is the Electrolysis Engineering Officer at Ausgrid. Jim has over 36 years’ experience with Energy Authorities covering electrical testing, earthing design and assessment and electrolysis corrosion fields. Jim is also the Chairperson for the NSW Electrolysis Committee and is…

Application Of Multi-Electrode Arrays To Improve The Understanding Of Corrosion Caused By Microbes And Deposits

Event Support Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Presenter E.M. Suarez is a Ph.D. candidate at Curtin Corrosion Centre (CCC), Curtin University. She is a Microbiologist with experience in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC), Under-deposit Corrosion (UDC), corrosion inhibition, environmental biotechnology, oil and gas biotechnology and microbiology associated with bioremediation processes.

Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Is A Threat To Pipeline Integrity Management?

Event Support Friday, July 30, 2021

With the growing gas industry, gas pipelines have been developed rapidly in terms of safety, economy, efficient and on time delivery. Most of the gas pipeline have seen their design life and its reliability is at risk due to metal degradation. Such…