Cathodic protection of water tanks and boilers, internal

Internal Cathodic Protection of Water Tanks and Boilers... 

Internal cathodic protection of water tanks and boilers is most economical if it is taken care of at the design stage. It can, however, be installed at a later stage as a rehabilitation measure to halt the progress of corrosion. Tanks and boilers in ships were described in Section 17.4. Further applications of internal protection are dealt with in Chapter 21. 

Cathodic protection equipment has been used very successfully in water tanks and HW and steam boilers as anticorrosion devices for 100 years or more. Such equipment comes in many shapes and sizes, and comprises a sacrificial anode of either zinc or magnesium alloy, either bolted directly to a suitable internal water-wetted (cathodic) metal surface, or self-contained by enclosing the anode with a suitable cathode (such as a silver plated base metal). Usually several devices are required for any boiler, more for larger units and less for smaller ones, and these require replacement every one to two years. 

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