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Guidelines for Cathodic Protection Systems

The document discusses the use of polarized bonds for joint drainage and cathodic protection systems, emphasizing safety and adherence to local regulations. It also highlights the importance of monitoring joint cathodic protection devices through routine examinations and measurements. Additionally, it addresses the corrosion effects caused by alternating current, noting that while a.c. corrosion is rare, it can occur under specific conditions, particularly affecting aluminum.

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Guidelines for Cathodic Protection Systems

The document discusses the use of polarized bonds for joint drainage and cathodic protection systems, emphasizing safety and adherence to local regulations. It also highlights the importance of monitoring joint cathodic protection devices through routine examinations and measurements. Additionally, it addresses the corrosion effects caused by alternating current, noting that while a.c. corrosion is rare, it can occur under specific conditions, particularly affecting aluminum.

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C C I T T VOLUME*lX ** 4862591 0 5 5 0 8 5 9 I

Polarized bonds should be used:


a) for joint drainage and cathodic protection systems;
b) to prevent current flowing from a pipeline to telecommunication plant;
c) to protect against failure of the cathodic protection equipment.
Bonds should not be installed between buried structures and power supply cables and equipment unless it
is safe to do so in the event of a fault on the power supply system and it is in accordance with local and national
safety rules.

4 Monitoring the performance of joint cathodic protection devices

The performance of joint cathodic protection devices should be monitored by means of:
a) routine examination of protective devices and equipment:
b) routine measurements of interaction potential differences with the protection equipment switched on
and switched off at all the plants incorporated in the joint protection system, in compliance with local
accepted procedures.
When tests or changes are made on the joint cathodic protection system, the presence or agreement of the
representatives of operating agencies whose underground structures are incorporated in the joint protection system
is recommended.

Reference
[i] CCI'iT manual Outside plant technologies f o r public networks, ITU, Geneva, 1988.

Recommendation L.8

CORROSION CAUSED BY ALTERNATING CURRENT

(Geneva, 1976)

Laboratory experiments and the results of examinations of industrial installations show that stray
alternating currents can cause corrosion.
However, other experiments on lead to compare the effects of direct current and alternating current by
weight loss show that the corrosion effect due to a.c. is very slight compared with corrosion by d.c. A.C. corrosion
appears in the form of pitting.
The following points should nevertheless be noted:
- the corrosion, although rare, occurs more readily with frequencies below the usual mains frequency of
50 Hz or 60 Hz;
- rectification may occur due to the nature of the soil or to the presence at the surface of the metals of
oxides or polluting substances.
There is no practical way of finding out the current densities and the voltages at which corrosion occurs.
The individual pitting that is usual, the fact that anodic and cathodic reactions occur on the same surface of the
metals, and variations in the chemical characteristics of the environment make it impossible for any accurate
concept or definition of critical current density to be worked out at present.
It seems reasonable to suggest that a.c. at low voltage is not usually harmful to steel or lead but may
corrode aluminium in some cases.

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Volume IX - Rec. L.8
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