Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology
Solving Corrosion Problems in the World's Energy Supply Lines
Researchers at the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology (ICMT) have the unique capability to tackle one of today’s biggest challenges: preserving the integrity of major energy supply lines. Corrosion in oil and gas production and transportation infrastructure can cause catastrophic failure, environmental devastation and has large economic consequences.
Experts at ICMT partner with the world’s leading oil and gas, chemical, and engineering companies to predict and resolve their corrosion problems to help keep oil and gas production and transportation efficient, reliable, and safe. Through a unique combination of basic and applied research, and solution-based development, our engineers and technologists create for good.
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ResearchOur studies of pipeline flow systems and chemical processes involving common corrosive elements helps maintain pipeline integrity and protect the environment from catastrophic pipeline failure.
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PeopleLed by Dr. Srdjan Nesic, we operate six large project teams comprised of doctoral and master’s candidates, postdoctoral researchers, project engineers and techs, and undergrad students.
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Facilities & InstrumentationOur $5 million lab facility features the unique capacity to generate a variety of flow regimes to simulate complex corrosion environments seen in real pipelines.
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SponsorsThe support of our strategic partners is critical to ensuring that our research in multiphase flow design and corrosion prediction continues.
ICMT News
Roundtable Discussion and Two Corrosion Journal Articles Available for Review
A two-part series on Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2 was published in the July 2024 edition of the Corrosion Journal. These two open access articles are currently available for download and review.
On July 10, Winston Revie, an associate editor for CORROSION journal, led a roundtable discussion about the recently released two-part paper series which was based in three labs around the world. The seven authors are the following Negar Moradighadi (ICMT, Ohio University); Huiru Wang (ICMT, Ohio University); Luntao Wang (ICMT, Ohio University Université PSL, CNRS); Antoine Seyeux (Université PSL, CNRS); Alain Pailleret (Sorbonne Université, CNRS); Philippe Marcus (Université PSL, CNRS); Srdjan Nesic (ICMT, Ohio University).
The background and the descriptions of the research provided during the roundtable discussion provide an in-depth understanding of the journal papers:
- Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2—Part I: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements
- Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2—Part II: Time of Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 3D Mapping
Recent Publications
2024
- Effect of Oil-Water Intermittent Wetting on Corrosion Inhibition of Carbon Steel in CO2 Environment, Y. He, X. Wang, L. Paolinelli, D. Young, M. Mohamed-Said, S. Singer, Corrosion, Vol. 80, No. 8, pp.796-807, 2024
https://doi.org/10.5006/4575 - Effect of formic acid on aqueous corrosion mechanisms of mild steel, S. Ayyagari, M. Eslami, F. Madani Sani, Y-S. Choi, B. Brown, S. Nesic, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 503, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.144863 - Mechanism and Rate Law for High-Temperature Carboxylic Acid Corrosion of Steels, I. Patel, G. Bota, P. Jin, and D. Young, Energy Fuels, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01284
- Efficiency of Volatile Corrosion Inhibitors in the Presence of n-Heptane: An Experimental and Molecular Simulation Study, M. Eslami, S. Sharma, D. Young, and M. Singer, Corrosion, Vol. 80, No. 6, pp.615-629, 2024 https://doi.org/10.5006/4531
- Temperature Dependence of Adsorption and Effectiveness for a Pyrimidinium-Type Corrosion Inhibitor on Mild Steel, Y. He, S. Ren, X. Wang, D. Young, M. Mohamed-Said, B. Santos, M. Serenario, and M. Singer, Corrosion, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp.177-186, 2024 https://doi.org/10.5006/4346
- A critical review of models for density, viscosity, and diffusivity in aqueous sodium chloride solutions, F. Madani Sani, and S. Nesic, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 477, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.143766
- Effect of formic acid (HCOOH) on the corrosion protectiveness of magnetite (Fe3O4) at elevated temperature, M. Eslami, Y-S Choi, S. Nesic, and R. Breining, Corrosion Science, Vol. 229, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2024.111868
2023
- Electrochemical Study of Corrosion Inhibition During Oil/Water Intermittent Wetting, Y. He, X. Wang, D. Young, M. Mohamed-Said, S. Ren, and M. Singer, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2023, Vol. 170, No. 11, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad09f6
- Impact of Residual Cementite on Inhibition of CO2 Corrosion of Mild Steel, S. Ren, X. Wang, D. Young, M. Mohamed-Said, B. Santos, Y. He, and M. Singer, Corrosion Science, Vol. 222, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2023.111382
- Inhibition of Localized Corrosion Propagation on Carbon Steel: a Potentiostatic Study, B. Santos, M. Serenario, X. Wang, D. Young, M. Singer, M. Mohamed-Said, S. Ren, and Y. He, Corrosion, Vol. 79, No. 8, pp. 935-943, 2023 https://doi.org/10.5006/4344
- Effect of Flow on the Corrosion Behavior of Pipeline Steel in Supercritical CO2 Environments with Impurities Solutions, Y-S Choi, M. Colahan, and S. Nesic, Corrosion, Vol. 79, No. 5, pp. 497-508, 2023 https://doi.org/10.5006/4199
- Calculation of Cathodic Limiting Current Density in Weak Acids: Part I. Aqueous CO2 Solutions, S. Nesic, and F. Madani Sani, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 170, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/acb4e5
- Adsorption mechanism of quaternary ammonium corrosion inhibitor on carbon steel surface using ToF-SIMS and XPS, L. Wang, H. Wang, A. Seyeux, S. Zanna, A. Parilleret, and S. Nesic, Corrosion Science, Vol. 213, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2022.110952
- Effect of a Small Amount of Cr and Mo on Aqueous CO2 Corrosion of Low-Alloyed Steel and Formation of Protective FeCO3 in Near-Saturation Condidtions, K. Kondo, Y-S Choi, and S. Nesic, Corrosion, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp.97-110, 2023 https://doi.org/10.5006/4100