Corrosion in heating and cooling water circuits - A field study

Oliver Opel; Marlies Wiegand; Karsten Neumann; Mani Zargari; Stefan Plesser

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.042

Corrosion in heating and cooling water circuits - A field study

Oliver Opel^*
, Marlies Wiegand
, Karsten Neumann
, Mani Zargari
, Stefan Plesser

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Corrosion and clogging are hidden hazards in various engineered systems dealing with water as storage or heat transfer medium. The related efficiency and serviceability losses may entail expensive remedial measures and costs up to the range of millions (e). Especially modern low-exergy installations are affected. They may suffer from oxygen ingress through capillary tubes, higher microbial activity due to moderate temperatures and increased vulnerability of complex components to particulate corrosion products. This field study presents in-situ investigations of chemical and microbial water quality and corrosion in pipes of different non-residential buildings. It identifies processes and recommends measures to prevent corrosion. Causes of corrosion and clogging were found to be i.a. related to operational errors.

Original language	English
Journal	Energy Procedia
Volume	155
Pages (from-to)	359-366
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1876-6102
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2018.11.042
Publication status	Published - 01.11.2018
Event	12th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, IRES 2018 - Dusseldorf, Germany Duration: 13.03.2018 → 15.03.2018 Conference number: 12 https://www.ises.org/webinars/354#:~:text=Registration%20online-,12th%20International%20Renewable%20Energy%20Storage%20Conference%20IRES%202018,2018%20at%20Messe%20D%C3%BCsseldorf%2C%20Germany.

Bibliographical note

This research has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy in the project EQM-Hydraulik (project no. 03ET1270B) which is gratefully acknowledged. Additionally, we thank our coworkers in the field Dr. Tanja Eggerichs and Tobias Otte for sampling and measurements as well as for their valuable input and we thank our partners: Blue Biolabs, Synavision, Union Investment, Wilo, IMI Hydronic Engineering.

Research areas and keywords

Asset protection
Corrosion in heating and cooling systems
Corrosion monitoring
Corrosion prevention
Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC)
Quality assurance
Technical building services
Energy research
Chemistry

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Energy(all)

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EQM:Hydraulik: Energie- und Qualitätsmanagement gegen Korrosion und Belagbildung in hydraulischen Systemen; Teilvorhaben: Untersuchung von Schadensbildern
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project manager, academic), Otte, T. (Project staff) & Eggerichs, T. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
01.01.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research

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