Project will investigate methodologies for measuring and monitoring hydrogen for safety in advance high strength linepipe steel applications for use in offshore operations as well as onshore uses.
This project is an extension of research completed by the Colorado School of Mines in December 2005 on the assessment of magnetism effects on hydrogen cracking for thick walled pipelines (see Project No. 487). That project found that under laboratory conditions, high-strength steel was susceptible to corrosion and hydrogen cracking at hydrogen saturation levels under magnetism.
Project 522 develops the methodology for field testing equipment that can determine a pipeline's susceptibility to hydrogen cracking depending on the level of hydrogen content. The final report regarding the studies scope of work and findings is located in the Reports section below.