| Course Name | API 651 Cathodic Protection for Tank Bottoms |
| Authorization | API (American Petroleum Institute) |
| Qualification Details | Preparation Course training + Exam |
| Preparation Course details | Done By ATC Trainer (8 days of training) |
| Official Course | N/A |
| Exam Details | Theory, Specific Done by done by ATC Trainer (Qualified API 653 Above Ground Tanks Inspection) |
| Authorized Trainers & ID | Abdullah Nassrullah, (API ID: 104842), Ammar A. Hashim, (API ID: 87467), Abdulazeez M. Saeed (API ID: 104843), and Yahya Khadim (API ID: 104845). |
Brief Details:
The Cathodic Protection Technologist course builds on the technology presented in the Cathodic Protection Technician course with a strong focus on interpretation of CP data, trouble shooting and migration of problems that arise in both galvanic and impressed current systems, including design calculations for these systems. Classroom instruction is comprised of lectures and hands-on training, including using equipment and instruments for CP testing.
Course Objectives:
- Define activation, concentration, and resistance polarization, and the mathematical expressions of these concepts
- Recall the factors that affect polarization (area, temperature, relative movement, ion concentration, oxygen concentration)
- Apply the NACE criteria for CP and make necessary adjustments
- Identify errors in data collection/CP measurements including contact resistance errors, voltage drop errors, and reference electrode errors where the technologist is employed
- Determine ideal current distribution for a CP system based on different the affecting factors
- Apply advanced cathodic protection testing using correct measurement techniques to monitor CP system performance, accurately interpret the data collected to ensure optimum CP system performance
- Determine corrective action to the CP system if necessary
- Conduct and document interference tests to determine if DC or AC interference exists, identify the source and implement a method of control to mitigate the effects of stray current
- Design and install simplistic forms of galvanic and impressed current cathodic protection facilities and perform the necessary mathematical calculations
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