Bookmark and Share October 2007  Real-time corrosion monitoring
Integrating corrosion data with other process variables:
Existing programs on the control system can assess, identify key
plant relationships  Fast Forward    • The annual cost of
corrosion in the U.S. is about $300 billion.   • Corrosion in
process environments has a number of influencing factors.   •
Live corrosion appraisal maximizes availability of the plant
assets. By Russell Kane and Keith Briegel     To many chemical
plant and process engineers, corrosion is simply a routine part
of plant operations and a cost of doing business. When a plant
problem arises, a corrosion specialist gets the call. Upon
solving the problem, the plant operates more or less as before,
until the next episode occurs. However, the major impact of
corrosion to the business lies in costs associated with lost
production, health, safety and environmental issues, and legal
liabilities.  New technology can help minimize serious corrosion
damage to plant process equipmen