Zinc Ribbon Anodes - CP Applications

AC Mitigation | Cathodic Protection | Above Ground Storage Tanks
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PLATTLINE™ ZINC ANODES FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION

Applications • External areas of steel pipe, especially in difficult environments such as below grade in rocky and mountainous terrain, thawed zones in permafrost, etc. • Interior bottom areas of oil storage tanks where salt water settles out. • Exterior bottoms of oil storage tanks. • Interstitial spaces between old, corroded and new storage tank bottoms. • In the limited space between inner and outer casings of wells of various kinds. • For grounding steel tower footings of overhead power systems. • To provide cathodic protection as well as to dissipate induced A.C. current on coated steel pipe. • For personal safety, as well as corrosion protection. To ground valves and test stations of pipe lines which are subject to induced A.C. current and fault currents. ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC RIBBON ANODES:   TYPE I TYPE II Open Circuit Potential (-V)* 1.05 min 1.10 min. Closed Circuit Potential (-V)* 1.00 min. 1.05 min. Current Capacity (amp-hrs/lb) 372 372 Galvanic Efficiency (%) 95 90 Consumption-Actual (lb/amp•yr) 24.8 26.2
Features • High current output to volume ratio. • Plattline™ easily conforms to any cathode length or configuration. • There is no special equipment needed for installation. • Will not cause nor magnify stray currents. • Generally used in soils of 2000 ohm-cm or less with prepared gypsum-clay backfill. • However, Plattline™ can be used in soils with higher resistivity on well coated pipelines with low current requirements. • Because PlattlinerM is in a continuous ribbon form, there is an even distribution of current density to the cathode.
	For Cathodic Protection Zinc ribbon anodes provide a very simple, cost effective, maintenance-free method of corrosion control for buried or immersed metals such as iron, steel. aluminum, copper, etc. It is especially useful for unattended applications; those where other cathodic protection systems requiring monitoring and/or frequent maintenance cannot be possible. Plattline'M is an ideal primary or supplemental cathodic protection system. It can also be used as a temporary system prior to the installation of an impressed current system.

Product Data Sheet
Plattline™ zinc ribbon anodes are used in a variety of applications. They are used for cathodic protection on buried pipelines, for A.C. mitigation on pipelines, for sacrificial cathodic protection of secondary bottoms on above-ground storage tanks, for A.C. mitigation grounding mats and for other corrosion protection applications.

E-mail: plattline@plattbros.com

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