Induced Currents in Pipelines

Virginia Mabel Silbergleit

CONICET, Instituto del Gas y del Petroleo, Facultad Ingenier?a, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

DOI: 10.4236/eng.2015.75018                

Abstract

Changes in the geomagnetic field produce ground induced currents that can have impacts on artificial systems such as pipelines. According to these, geomagnetic perturbations observed during June 2005 are studied. The data measured on the Ottawa River Valley pipeline verify the appearance of induced currents greater than 700 mA and additional potential values larger than ?850 V that can produce additional corrosive effects.

Keywords

Storm, Induced Currents, Pipelines

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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