TY - CONF A1 - Eichler, Thorsten A1 - Isecke, Bernd A1 - Klein, H.-H. T1 - Application of thermal sprayed zinc anode for CP of a multi-storey-car-park T2 - EUROCORR 2009 - Corrosion from the nanoscale to the plant T2 - EUROCORR 2009 CY - Nice, France DA - 2009-09-06 KW - Cathodic protection KW - Thermal sprayed zinc KW - Multi-storey-car-park KW - Service life PY - 2009 IS - Paper 7862 SP - 1 EP - 14 AN - OPUS4-20237 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Eichler, Thorsten A1 - Isecke, Bernd A1 - Wilsch, Gerd ED - Forde, M.C. T1 - Investigations on the secondary protection mechanisms in cathodic protection applications T2 - Structural faults & repair 2012 - 14th International conference and exhibition (Proceedings) N2 - A joint research project was accomplished by ibac and BAM with the aim to develop a numerical model of cathodic protection (CP) of reinforced concrete with a special focus on CP of the rear reinforcement layer. The model was intended to include the effects of chemical alterations within the concrete and the steel concrete interface, which are induced by long-term application of CP. The investigations presented in this paper focus on the migration of chloride ions due to small electric fields as applied during cathodic protection of steel in reinforced concrete structures and its impact on polarisation characteristics. A comparatively new method, laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), was used to determine chloride profiles on laboratory specimens in order to investigate one of several model parameters to describe cathodic protection of the rear reinforcement of reinforced concrete structures. These investigations are described elsewhere, [1]. The paper focuses on long term polarisation tests and their impact on the charge depending cathodic polarisation behaviour of laboratory specimens. T2 - Structural faults & repair 2012 - 14th International conference and exhibition CY - Edinburgh, Scotland DA - 2012-07-03 KW - Concrete KW - Cathodic protection KW - Chloride migration KW - Corrosion KW - Steel in concrete PY - 2012 SN - 0-947664-71-7 SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - Engineering Technics Press AN - OPUS4-26413 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Helm, C. A1 - Eichler, Thorsten A1 - Raupach, M. A1 - Isecke, Bernd T1 - Time dependency of current and potential distribution during the cathodic protection of RC structures T2 - EUROCORR 2011 - Developing solutions for the global challenge N2 - Cathodic protection (CP) is a common method for rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures suffering from Chloride induced corrosion. A sufficient protection of the corroding rebar can be ensured by use of several protection criteria. The use of these assessment criteria, in particular the so called 100 mV-criterion, can lead to erroneous resuits for certain unconventional arrangements of rebar and cp anode. Therefore a joint research project of the Institute for Building Materials Research, RWTH-Aachen University, Germany, (ibac) and the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, Germany, (BAM) has been set up to determine the applicability of CP under arbitrary geometrical conditions. A special focus was set on the applicability of surface applied anode Systems for protection of the reinforcement of structures opposite to the accessible side (e.g. outer side of tunnel Shell, Bridge deck protected from inside a box girder) In this paper, the impact of the time dependent changes of the Polarisation behaviour of the rebar on the current and potential distribution is shown by means of parametric studies using the FEM method. T2 - EUROCORR 2011 - Developing solutions for the global challenge CY - Stockholm, Sweden DA - 04.09.2011 KW - Cathodic protection KW - Long time effects of cathodic polarisation KW - FEM-modelling KW - Steel in concrete PY - 2011 SP - 1 EP - 11 AN - OPUS4-25326 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Isecke, Bernd A1 - Eichler, Thorsten A1 - Burkert, Andreas T1 - Investigations on the repassivation of carbon steel in consequence of cathodic polarization T2 - EUROCORR 2007 - Progress by corrosion control N2 - Pitting corrosion of carbon steel and iron in chloride containing alkaline environment is already well investigated, although a couple of questions are not clarified satisfactorily. The critical chloride content for steel in concrete and the critical chloride to hydroxide ion ratio for steel in alkaline solutions is still a major concern, considering chloride induced corrosion problems of steel in concrete. Another not satisfactorily clarified point is the repassivation of carbon steel in consequence of cathodic polarization. In the recent literature some indications are shown that repassivation occurs after a certain time of polarization. GLASS [4-9] and PEDEFERRI [1-3] draw the conclusion that the ennoblement of open circuit potentials (OCP) indicates re-passivation effects due to cathodic polarization. SAGÜÉS [10] carried out potentiodynamic repassivation tests and draws the conclusion that the repassivation potential Er is nearly independent of the solution composition, but influenced by severity of corrosion attack and is in the potential range from - 0.8 V to - 0.4 V vs. Saturated Calomel Electrode (SCE). The transferability of SAGÜÉS’ results to questions concerning cathodic protection (cp) is questionable, as potentiodynamic polarization tests (PPT) give no information on changes induced by long time polarization. Therefore, the investigations discussed in this paper aim to clarify, to what extend the re-passivation of carbon steel due to cathodic polarization occurs, and if the ennoblement of OCP is a sufficient indication for repassivation. In a first step the corrosion state of five nominal equal test specimens was determined by electrochemical techniques, i.e. electrochemical noise measurements (ENM) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). After determining the initial corrosion state by evaluating the charge transfer resistance and the polarization resistance respectively as well as evaluating potential and current noise signals, the specimens were polarized cathodically. Impedance data were recorded previous to, during and after polarization. The impedance data were evaluated by equivalent circuit fitting with special attention to charge transfer resistances and diffusion properties. The results show that reduction of oxides and oxygen diffusion during cathodic polarization has strong impact on the system’s behavior. T2 - EUROCORR 2007 CY - Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany DA - 2007-09-09 KW - Concrete KW - Carbon steel KW - Cathodic protection KW - Re-passivation KW - Pitting corrosion PY - 2007 N1 - Serientitel: EFC-Event – Series title: EFC-Event IS - 289 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - DECHEMA CY - Frankfurt am Main AN - OPUS4-15822 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -