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Offshore Anode Design DNV RP B401

This document provides calculations for determining the sacrificial anode requirements for an offshore structure according to DNV RP B401 standards. It calculates the total surface area needing protection, determines a coating type and lifespan, then calculates the initial and final required currents, anode weight, resistance, and number of anodes needed to provide adequate cathodic protection for 15 years. The key results are a design current requirement of 27.074 Amps and needing 130 aluminum anodes.

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Offshore Anode Design DNV RP B401

This document provides calculations for determining the sacrificial anode requirements for an offshore structure according to DNV RP B401 standards. It calculates the total surface area needing protection, determines a coating type and lifespan, then calculates the initial and final required currents, anode weight, resistance, and number of anodes needed to provide adequate cathodic protection for 15 years. The key results are a design current requirement of 27.074 Amps and needing 130 aluminum anodes.

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SACRIFICIAL ANODE REQUIREMENT OF OFFSHORE STRUCTURES

Design according to DNV RP B401

1 Surface Area

Main legs No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Long horizontal Braces No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Short horizontal braces No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Internal Chords No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Conductors No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Vertical chords No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
Conductor Guides No = 0
Length = 0 m
Diameter = 0 m
Surface Area = 0 m2
TOTAL = 0 m2

Contingency to account for guides clamps etc @ 0%


= 0 m2
TOTAL = 13537 m2 13537
2 Coating CoatingCoating
DNV Type = IV (I,II,III, or IV)(I,II,III, or IV)
Lifetime = 15 years years
Water Depth = 21 m m
k1 = 0.020 0.020
k2 = 0.012
Coating Breakdown Factor = 2%

3 Current Density

Current density for initial polarisation = 100 mAm-2 DNV RP B401


Current density for final polarisation = 90 mAm-2 DNV RP B401
Current density for maintenance polarisation = 70 mAm-2 DNV RP B401
Initial current requirement = 27.07 Amps
Final current requirement = 24.37 Amps
Maintenance current requirement = 18.95 Amps
Design Current Requirement = 27.074 Amps

4 Anode Weight Required

Anode type = Al (Al or Zn)


Design Life = 15 years
Anode capacity = 2500 Ahrskg-1
Utilisation = 0.85

Anode weight = 1675.28 kg

5 Initial Anode Resistance

Using anode of size. Length = 45 cm


Width = 12 cm
Depth = 12 cm
Equivalent radius = 6.74 cm
Insert length = 0.95 m
Insert width = 0.05 m
Insert thickness = 0.012 m 130
Density = 7860 kgm-3
Insert weight = 4.48 kg
Net Weight = 12.9 kg
Water Resistivity = 20 ohmcm

Initial Anode Resistance = 0.351 ohms McCoy - Flush Anode

6 Initial Anode Current

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Ohms Law I = V/R
I = 0.71 Amps

6 Final Anode Resistance

Final Length = 41.175 cm DNV RP B401


= 0.41175 m
Final weight = 1.94014 kg DNV RP B401
Density = 2710 kgm-3
Effective radius = 0.024 m
= 2.35 cm DNV RP B401

Final Anode Resistance = 0.459 ohms McCoy Flush anodes

7 Final Current Output

Protection level = -0.80 V wrt AgAgCl


Anode Potential = -1.05 V wrt AgAgCl
Ohms Law I = V/R

Current output per anode I = 0.54 Amps

8 Number of Anodes

To comply with the weight requirement: 130 Anodes required


To comply with the current requirement: 50 Anodes required

Therefore use: 130 Anodes

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