TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Corrosion Control Inside Water-filled Steel Fire Sprinkler Piping
JO  - Journal of fire protection engineering
A1  - Christ, B. W.
SP  - 105
EP  - 130
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - This article is a guide for sprinkler contractors, facilities managers, and their technical advisors who sometimes have to deal with the consequences of iron-water corrosion inside pressurized, low-carbon steel fire protection systems that contain water. The consequences include: (1) pinhole leaks and (2) build-up of insoluble corrosion residues on the interior pipe wall that increases pipe friction losses. A reference is made to sections of the National Fire Codes/NFPA 13 that address pipe materials, protection of steel piping against corrosion, and pipe friction losses. Electrochemical metal-water corrosion processes that can occur inside pressurized, low-carbon steel fire protection systems that contain water are discussed, as is microbiologically influenced corrosion. Corrosion control measures arising from the electrochemical science underlying both metal-water corrosion and microbiologically influenced corrosion are suggested.<p />
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SN  - 1042-3915
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1042391506055413
ID  - ref1
ER  -