The piping system of a nuclear plant has a very complex configuration and interacts with existing grounding system, storage tanks and even concrete foundation of buildings. The design and maintenance of CP systems of such underground structure is a real challenge and it is difficult to control the CP configuration right the first time resulting expensive trial and error procedures in the field.
Elsyca's modeling technology overcomes CP design uncertainties and provides quantitative information on pipe corrosion risk. A 3D model of the buried infrastructure is built and the protection level of the individual pipe under cathodic protection is simulated. Hot-spots are visualized and mitigation solutions are elaborated in the model. The model provides also the current density distribution along the pipeline for calculating corrosion rates which is very valuable for ranking piping system in a risk category.