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How Does a System Become Vulnerable to MIC?

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Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion

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In this Chapter we will discuss some general important conditions that can be leading into making an industrial system become vulnerable to MIC.

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  1. 1.

    King RA (1979) Prediction of corrosiveness of seabed sediments. Paper 228, CORROSION/79, March 1979, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA.

  2. 2.

    Francis R, Byrne G, Campbell HS (1999) The Corrosion of some stainless steels in a marine mud. Paper no. 313, CORROSION/99, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA

  3. 3.

    Farinha PA, Javaherdashti R Ranking corrosivity of marine sediments on steel structures as induced by sulphate-reducing bacteria to be published.

  4. 4.

    Farinha PA (1982) Subsediment corrosion of sheet steel piling in ports and harbours with particular reference to sulphate-reducing bacteria. PhD Thesis, University of Manchester.

  5. 5.

    Javaherdashti R (2003c) Assessment for buried, coated metallic pipe lines with cathodic protection: proposing an algorithm. In: CORROSION 2003, pipeline integrity symposium, March 2003, USA.

  6. 6.

    Krooneman J, Appeldoorn P, Tropert R (2006) Detection, prevention and control of microbial corrosion . In: Eurocorr 2006, Masstricht, 2006.

  7. 7.

    Torres-Sanchez R, Garcia-Vagas J, Alfonso-Alonso A, Martinez-Gomez L (2001) Corrosion of AISI 304 stainless steel induced by thermophilic sulphate-reducing bacteria (SRB) from a geothermal power unit. Mater Corros 52(8):614–618.

  8. 8.

    Javaherdashti R (2007) A background fuzzy algorithm for biofilm formation. MIC-An International Perspective Symposium, Extrin Corrosion Consultants-Curtin University, Perth-Australia, 14–15 Feb 2007.

  9. 9.

    Scott PJB (2004a) Expert consensus on MIC: failure analysis and control Part 2. Mater Perform (MP) 43(4):46–50

  10. 10.

    Kobrin G (1994) MIC causes stainless steel tube failures despite high water velocity. Mater Perform (MP) 33(4):62.

  11. 11.

    It is generally recommended to keep water flow velocity more than 1.5 m/s, pH above 10–11 and temperature well above 90 °C to lower the risk of MIC. Reader should understand that beyond these seemingly rigid rules and regulations, there are huge uncertainties, making them be understood as a whole not as isolated items. For example, you may try to keep water flowing and still the probability of getting no MIC may not be nil.

  12. 12.

    Al-Hashem A, Carew J, Al-Borno A (2004) Screening test for six dual biocide regimes against Planktonic and sessile populations of bacteria. Paper 04748, CORROSION 2004, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA.

  13. 13.

    Scott PJB (2004b) Expert consensus on MIC: prevention and monitoring Part 1. Mater Perform (MP) 43(3):50–54.

  14. 14.

    Enos DG, Taylor SR (1996) Influence of sulphate-reducing bacteria on alloy 625 and austenitic stainless steel weldments. CORROSION 52(11):831–842.

  15. 15.

    Stott JFD, Skerry BS, King RA (1988) Laboratory evaluation of materials for resistance to anaerobic Corrosion caused by sulphate-reducing bacteria: philosophy and practical design. In: Francis PE, Lee TS (eds) The use of synthetic environments for corrosion testing. ASTM STP 970, pp 98–111, ASTM.

  16. 16.

    Scragg AH (1991) Bioreactors in biotechnology: a practical approach, Chap 2. Ellis Horwood. Sections  2.5.10 and 2.5.11 discuss about advantages and disadvantages of continuos cultures over culture methods that could be very instructive.

  17. 17.

    Walsh D, Pope D, Danford M, Huff T (1993) The effect of microstructure on microbiologically influenced corrosion . J Mater (JOM) 45:22–30.

  18. 18.

    Percival SL, Knapp JS, Wales DS, Edyvean RGJ (2001) Metal and inorganic ion accumulation in biofilms exposed to flowing and stagnant water. Br Corros J 36(2):105–110.

  19. 19.

    Lopes FA, Morin P, Oliveira R, Melo LF (2005) The influence of nickel on the adhesion ability of Desulfovibrion desulfuricans. Colloids and Surf B 46:127–133.

  20. 20.

    Kurissery RS, Nandakumar K, Kikuchi Y (2004) Effect of metal microstructure on bacterial attachment: a contributing factor for preferential MIC attack of welds. Paper No. 04597, CORROSION 2004, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA.

  21. 21.

    Kurissery et al. (see footnote 19) quote from two references (see footnotes 23 and 24 in their papers) to explain how grain boundary energy content can affect bacterial attachment. In their reasoning, as bacteria are themselves negatively charged, “chances are more for the cells to be attracted towards the grain boundaries with a high energy level and elemental segregation”.

  22. 22.

    Duddridge JE, Pritchard AM (1983) Factors affecting the adhesion of bacteria to surfaces. In: Proceedings of microbial corrosion , 8–10 March 1983, The Metals Society, London, UK.

  23. 23.

    Borenstein SW (1998) Microbiologically—influenced corrosion failures of austenitic stainless steels welds. Mater Perform (MP) 27(8):62–66.

  24. 24.

    Borenstein SW (1991) Microbiologically influenced corrosion of austenitic stainless steel weldments. Mater Perform (MP) 30(1), 52–54.

  25. 25.

    Brinkley III DW, Moccari AA (2000) MIC causes pipe weld joint problems. Mater Perform (MP) 39(6):68–70.

  26. 26.

    Javaherdashti R (2003b) Enhancing effects of hydrotesting on microbiologically influenced corrosion . Mater Perform (MP) 42(5):40–43.

  27. 27.

    Iranian Petroleum Standards, “Engineering standards for start-up and general commissioning procedures”, IPS-E-PR-280 (0), Sect. 7.2.7, June 1999.

  28. 28.

    Javaherdashti R (2003a) A note on the economy of MIC mitigation programs. In: Proceedings of corrosion control and NDT, 23–26 November 2003, Melbourne, Australia.

  29. 29.

    Kobrin G, Lamb S, Tuthill AH, Avery RE, Selby KA (1997) Microbiologically influenced corrosion of stainless steels by water used for cooling and hydrostatic testing. Nickel Development Institute (NiDI) Technical Series No. 10 085. Originally from the paper presented at the 58th Annual International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, November 3–5, 1997.

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  • Duddridge JE, Pritchard AM (1983) Factors affecting the adhesion of bacteria to surfaces. In: Proceedings of microbial corrosion, 8–10 March 1983, The Metals Society, London, UK

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  • Enos DG, Taylor SR (1996) Influence of sulfate-reducing bacteria on alloy 625 and austenitic stainless steel weldments. CORROSION 52(11):831–842

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  • Farinha PA, Javaherdashti R Ranking corrosivity of marine sediments on steel structures as induced by sulphate reducing bacteria, to be published

    Google Scholar 

  • Farinha PA (1982) Subsediment corrosion of sheet steel piling in ports and harbours with particular reference to sulphate reducing bacteria. PhD Thesis, University of Manchester

    Google Scholar 

  • Francis R, Byrne G, Campbell HS (1999) The corrosion of some stainless steels in a marine mud. Paper no. 313, CORROSION/99, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA

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  • Javaherdashti R (2007) A background fuzzy algorithm for biofilm formation. In: Proceedings of MIC-An International Perspective symposium, Extrin Corrosion Consultants-Curtin University, Perth-Australia, 14–15 Feb 2007

    Google Scholar 

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    Google Scholar 

  • Javaherdashti R (2003b) Enhancing effects of hydrotesting on microbiologically influenced corrosion. Mater Perform (MP) 42(5):40–43

    Google Scholar 

  • Javaherdashti R (2003c) Assessment for buried, coated metallic pipe lines with cathodic protection: proposing an algorithm. In: CORROSION 2003, pipeline integrity symposium, March 2003, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • King RA (1979) Prediction of corrosiveness of seabed sediments. Paper 228, CORROSION/79, March 1979, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • Kobrin GS, Lamb S, Tuthill AH, Avery RE, Selby KA (1997) Microbiologically influenced corrosion of stainless steels by water used for cooling and hydrostatic testing. Nickel Development Institute (NiDI) Technical Series No. 10 085. Originally from the paper presented at the 58th Annual International Water Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, November 3–5, 1997

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  • Kobrin G (1994) MIC causes stainless steel tube failures despite high water velocity. Mater Perform (MP) 33(4):62

    Google Scholar 

  • Krooneman J, Appeldoorn P, Tropert R (2006) Detection, prevention and control of microbial corrosion. In: Eurocorr 2006, Masstricht, 2006

    Google Scholar 

  • Kurissery RS, Nandakumar K, Kikuchi Y (2004) Effect of metal microstructure on bacterial attachement: a contributing factor for preferential MIC attack of welds. Paper No. 04597, CORROSION 2004, NACE International, Houston, TX, USA

    Google Scholar 

  • Lopes FA, Morin P, Oliveira R, Melo LF (2005) The influence of nickel on the adhesion ability of Desulfovibrion desulfuricans. Colloids Surf B 46:127–133

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Percival SL, Knapp JS, Wales DS, Edyvean RGJ (2001) Metal and inorganic ion accumulation in biofilms exposed to flowing and stagnant water. Br Corros J 36(2):105–110

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Scott PJB (2004a) Expert consensus on MIC: failure analysis and control Part 2. Mater Perform (MP) 43(4):46–50

    Google Scholar 

  • Scott PJB (2004b) Expert consensus on MIC: prevention and monitoring Part 1. Mater Perform (MP) 43(3):50–54

    Google Scholar 

  • Scragg AH (1991) Bioreactors in biotechnology: a practical approach, Chap 2. Ellis Horwood (1991)

    Google Scholar 

  • Stott JFD, Skerry BS, King RA (1988) Laboratory evaluation of materials for resistance to anaerobic corrosion caused by sulphate reducing bacteria: philosophy and practical design. In: Francis PE, Lee TS (eds) The use of synthetic environments for corrosion testing. ASTM STP 970, pp 98–111, ASTM

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    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Walsh D, Pope D, Danford M, Huff T (1993) The effect of microstructure on microbiologically influenced corrosion. J Mater (JOM) 45:22–30

    Google Scholar 

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Javaherdashti, R. (2017). How Does a System Become Vulnerable to MIC?. In: Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44306-5_5

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