Erosion corrosion control of 6061 aluminum alloy in multi-phase jet impingement conditions with eco-friendly green inhibitor

M. Lavanya, V. Ramachandra Murthy, Padmalatha Rao*

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Abstract

Erosion corrosion performance of 6061 aluminum alloy in simulated sea water slurry was investigated under multi-phase jet impingement conditions. The main objective of the work is to study erosion–corrosion of a material with engineering application and mitigate it using eco- friendly green inhibitor. Experiments were performed with the sand concentration of 0.3% and 0.3 μm size. The effect of temperature and flow rate on the performance of inhibitor was explored. Electrochemical methods were adopted for erosion-corrosion measurements. Experiments revealed that starch could mitigate erosion-corrosion with a maximum reduction efficiency of 58% at temperature of 303 K and flow rate of 4 L·min–1. Inhibition efficiency decreased with increase in flowrate and temperature. EIS spectrum demonstrated that the corrosion process in the presence on inhibitor was both charge transfer and mass transfer controlled. A key role of hydrodynamics in the performance of corrosion inhibitor was confirmed by the present study.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)340-347
Number of pages8
JournalChinese Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume28
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-02-2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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