Proteção catódica: práticas adotadas em uma empresa de navegação

Abstract

Corrosion of steel in vessels generates a great expense for the shipowner. An effective system to prevent this corrosion, reduces costs, improves operational safety, prevents polutionand loss of life. To guarantee the efficiency and effectiveness of the system, a monitoring program that allows access must be adopted, coupled with this, training of all employees involved with the system, makes the results expected by the shipowner viable. Through bibliographic studies, the present work will show the components of the cathodic protection system, used on Transpetro´s vessels, including the use of management software.