Carbon Dioxide Corrosion in Steel Pipes

Application ID: 17255


Carbon dioxide in aqueous solution is highly corrosive and can cause significant damage to steel designs. Such conditions arise in pipes used in a variety of applications, especially within the petrochemical industry.

In this tutorial example, turbulent flows consisting of carbon dioxide and water corrode the steel surface of pipes. The corrosion is influenced by the temperature and pH.

This model uses the Corrosion Module to investigate the species concentrations corrosion rate at different temperatures and pH levels.

This model example illustrates applications of this type that would nominally be built using the following products: