Technical Note: A Rotating Cylinder Electrode For Corrosion Studies Under Controlled Heat Transfer Conditions Available to Purchase

The rotating cylinder electrode (RCE) has found a wide variety of applications in the investigation of corrosion processes under flow conditions,^1-4  especially when a naturally turbulent flow regime must be simulated. Such studies are of industrial importance and allow modeling and quantification of corrosion rates, when the process is limited by the rate of mass transfer. However, many corrosion situations in turbulent systems in industry occur in the presence of a heat flux, e.g., in the heating stages associated with steam raising, chemical processing, and oil and gas recovery. Under these conditions, the corrosion process is likely to be effected by the combined action of heat and mass transfer. In the past, corrosion studies under controlled heat and mass transfer using specially designed rotating disc electrodes with heat transfer facilities have been reported.⁵ '⁷  However, the application of such systems has been limited to the laminar flow...