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| Prevention and Control of Corrosion in Pipelines using monkey sugarcane (Costus afar) Juice in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria |
Preye Kingsley Nimame, Raymond Alex Ekemube, James Imawaigha Amgba
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Abstract:
- This study is aimed at evaluating the physiochemical parameters of soil with their impact in corroding pipelines using a weight loss analysis method and deducing preventive measures using monkey sugarcane (Costus afar) juice as green yard inhibitor. Low carbon steel was cut to coupons size and one set covered with the monkey sugarcane (Costus afar) juice and the other set without the said juice and all buried in three different samples of soil all gotten for test from the Niger delta region. Results obtained were the fast rate of corrosion of carbon steel in different soil medium without inhibitor such as swampy soil, clay soil, sandy-loamy soil and comparing it with the inhibitors efficiency having a magnitude such as swampy soil, sandy-loamy soil, clay soil, all computed using a corrosion rate model and inhibition efficiency model to achieve results. In conclusion, the results obtained clearly demonstrates the significance of monkey sugarcane (Costus afar) juice in preventing and controlling pipeline corrosion to the barest minimum if applied adequately.
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