CorrosionPlus is your one-stop shop for corrosion engineering, cathodic protection, pipeline integrity management, non-destructive examination and failure analysis. Supported by technical personnel with PhD degrees in Materials and Corrosion and management team with MBA degrees, CorrosionPlus is well-qualified to assess and mitigate corrosion issues in a diverse range of industries, including oil/gas and water pipeline, refining industries, nuclear and fossil-fuel power generation, chemical processing, water and other utilities, transportation, electronics and semi-conductors, inorganic and organic coatings and biomedical industries. All of our activities are performed by or under the direct supervision of National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Corrosion/Cathodic Protection Specialists and/or Professional Engineers (PE).

Corrosion Investigation Expertise and Experience

• General or uniform corrosion
• Localized corrosion: pitting, crevice corrosion and fretting
• Atmospheric corrosion
• MIC corrosion - microbiologically influenced corrosion
• Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) and corrosion fatigue
• Hydrogen-induced embrittlement
• Environmental-assisted embrittlement
• Galvanic corrosion between dissimilar metals
• Selective leaching / corrosion
• Electrochemical and mechanical interaction: erosion-corrosion and corrosive wear
• Hot corrosion and high-temperature oxidation, carburization, and sulfidation
• Material characterization, selection and compatibility

Cathodic Protection Design, Materials, Construction and Testing

Your one-stop cathodic protection includes training, design and specifications, testing, trouble-shooting, materials, equipment, installation, estimating, project management, etc.  Our field cathodic protection experience includes the following:

• Soil testing
• Annual survey to meeting regulatory requirements
• Pre-design survey and design analysis
• Material selection and specifications
• Coating selection and specifications
• Galvanic anode system design and specifications
• Impressed current system design and specifications
• Rectifier and structure protection status monitoring
• Cathodic protection system commissioning
• Comprehensive cathodic protection testing: CIS, DCVG, ACVG, Pearson, etc
• DC interference investigation and mitigation
• AC and DC influence survey
• Corrosion related leak inspection and investigation
• Coating failure and coating application inspection
• Cost estimates for recommended remedial actions

Pipeline integrity management

• Pipeline integrity management plan development
• HCA identification and class location analysis
• Risk and threat assessment
• Integrity management assessment
• Repair and remediation
• Prevention and mitigation
• In-line inspection (ILI): plan and management
• Direct assessment: ECDA, ICDA and SCCDA
• Reporting and performance measurement
• Federal and state audit assistance

Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) Services

• Visual examination
• Atmospheric corrosion inspection
• Magnetic particle examination
• Liquid penetrant examination
• Ultrasonic examination (UT)
• Phased array UT
• Guided-wave UT
• Ground penetrating radar (GPR)
• Radiographic examination (X-ray or RT)
• In-situ hardness testing

Other services

• Evaluate engineered cathodic protection system
• Evaluate corrosion control system
• Failure analysis
• Bulk and surface chemical analysis
• Electrochemical and corrosion laboratories
• Fatigue and fracture evaluation
• Remaining life assessment
• Assess corrosivity of water and soil environment
• Soil & water laboratory analysis
• Failure analysis of metallic structure
• Expert witness and litigation support