Corrosion Short Courses: Stray Current Corrosion in DC Rail Transit Systems -Identification, Detection, Mitigation, Monitoring and Prevention, presented by NACE certified Corrosion Specialist , WebCorr Corrosion Consulting Services.

Stray Current Corrosion in DC Rail Transit Systems - Identification, Detection, Mitigation, Monitoring and Prevention

Stray Current Corrosion Course Overview

Stray current corrosion poses a real risk to the rails, rail fasteners, tunnels, and other supporting structures. Among the many different types of corrosion, stray current corrosion is probably the most misused term by unqualified corrosion consultants worldwide who literally refer to any corrosion phenomenon beyond their comprehension as stray current corrosion. This mis-diagnosis often results in significant financial losses and serious safety lapses for facility owners and operators. This 3-day in-depth training course with hands-on sessions will give you the power to separate myth from fact on anything related to corrosion in general and stray current corrosion in particular. The course covers how to identify, detect, mitigate, monitor, and prevent stray current corrosion in DC rail transit systems. Attendees will have the opportunity to use stray current corrosion prediction and modeling software (SC-Compass) during the course.

This corrosion short course can be taken as online corrosion course, in-house training or on-site training corrosion course, and on-demand corrosion course. It can also be customized to meet the specific needs of your organization.

Stray Current Corrosion Course Outline

1. Introduction to Corrosion
    1.1 What is corrosion?
          -Definition of Corrosion
    1.2 Corrosion in Action: Examples of Corrosion
    1.3 Corrosion and Society: Its economic, social, political and environmental impacts
    1.4 Basic Concepts in Corrosion
    1.5 Primer in Chemistry and Electrochemistry
    1.6 Understanding Electrochemical Cells
    1.7 Corrosion Terminologies and Conventions
    1.8 Exercise/Practical Session

2. Different Types of Corrosion
    2.1 How Many Types of Corrosion Are There?
          2.1.1 General Attack/Uniform Corrosion
          2.1.2 Galvanic Corrosion/De-Alloying
          2.1.3 Pitting Corrosion
          2.1.4 Crevice Corrosion
          2.1.5 Filiform Corrosion
          2.1.6 Intergranular Corrosion/Weld Decay/Exfoliation
          2.1.7 Environmental Cracking
          2.1.8 Liquid Metal Embrittlement
          2.1.9 Hydrogen Damage
          2.1.10 Corrosion Fatigue
          2.1.11 Flow Assisted Corrosion: FAC/Erosion Corrosion/Cavitation
          2.1.12 Fretting Corrosion
          2.1.13 High Temperature Corrosion
          2.1.14 Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
          2.1.15 Stray Current Corrosion
          2.1.16 AC Corrosion
    2.2 Exercise/Practical Session

3. Stray Current Corrosion
    3.1 What is stray current corrosion?
    3.2 How is stray current corrosion different from other types of corrosion?
          3.2.1 The Electrolysis Process
          3.2.2 Stray Current Corrosion vs. General Attack/Uniform Corrosion
          3.2.3 Stray Current Corrosion vs. Galvanic Corrosion
          3.2.4 Stray Current Corrosion vs. Crevice Corrosion
          3.2.5 Stray Current Corrosion vs. Pitting Corrosion
          3.2.6 Stray Current Corrosion vs. Corrosion Fatigue
    3.3 Examples of Stray Current Corrosion in DC Mass Transit Systems
          3.3.1 Stray Current Corrosion in Rails
          3.3.2 Stray Current Corrosion in Rail Fasteners
          3.3.3 Stray Current Corrosion in Tunnel Structures
    3.4 Stray Current Corrosion Detection

    3.5 Stray Current Corrosion Prediction
    3.6 Stray Current Corrosion Mitigation
    3.7 Stray Current Corrosion Monitoring
    3.8 Stray Current Corrosion Management Strategies
          3.8.1 Corrosion Management Philosophy
          3.8.2 Inspection and Monitoring for Stray Current
          3.8.3 Utility Monitoring Programmes
          3.8.4 Operational stray current management
    3.9 Computer Software
           SC-Compass: Stray Current Corrosion - Identification, Assessment and Prediction
    3.10 Exercise/Practical Session
4. End of Course Examination

Who Should Attend This Stray Current Corrosion

Managers, Engineers, Inspection and Maintenance personnel who are interested in stray current corrosion in DC rail transit systems.
Consultants and Failure Analysts who wish to update their knowledge in stray current corrosion in DC mass transit systems.

Successful completion of this corrosion course helps participants prepare for their NACE certification examinations at the Corrosion Technician, Corrosion Technologist and Senior Corrosion Technologist levels.

Registration for This Corrosion Course

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In-House Training Corrosion Courses and On-Site Training Corrosion Courses

If you are concerned with corrosion in your company, in-house training or on-site training is a great solution to train a group of employees from design, production, operation, quality assurance, inspection and maintenance, and technical sales and support on corrosion control and corrosion prevention technology. The contents of all our corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs.

There is no limit to the number of participants required for in-house training corrosion courses. We conduct the in-house training corrosion course at your company's premises worldwide, and at a time convenient to your company.

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Corrosion Course-On-Demand

All our publicly scheduled corrosion short courses are conducted once a year. However, you do not need to wait for one year if you have missed any of the publicly scheduled corrosion courses as we have this unique corrosion course-on-demand scheme: we will conduct the course just for you (on an one-on-one basis) or for a small group from your company at a time and in a location convenient to you. This option costs significantly less than a full-scale in-house or on-site corrosion training program.

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Online Corrosion Courses and Distance Learning Corrosion Courses

All our corrosion short courses are available for online or offline distance learning. You can start an online corrosion course at any time and learn at your own comfortable pace and schedule, whenever and wherever you are. You have around-the-clock access to the interactive and media-rich course materials, virtual labs, course instructions and course assessments. Discussions and questions related to the corrosion courses are posted on the website or exchanged through email for a period up to 3 months. Video conferencing or instant messaging can also be arranged for discussions of course topics. For those who do not have ready access to internet, we can send you our online course materials on a CD-ROM, or DVD, or USB flash drive for offline distance learning.

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Corrosion Course-On-Webex

Webex is hosted by Cisco, a product purpose-built for real-time web communications. If you are an existing user of Webex, or if you are willing to experience the power of Webex, we can conduct the course for you over Webex with audio and video presentations and interactions with the course instructor and other course attendees in real-time. It is just like the physical classroom settings that everyone can interact with each other. Your questions will be answered in real time by our instructor.

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PowerPoint Slides and Test Banks for Trainers, Instructors, Tutors, University Lecturers and Professors

If you are involved in teaching or training, you may wish to purchase a complete set of the trainer's package for this training course. The trainer's package comes complete with ready-to-use PowerPoint slides (fully editable) and test bank (with answer keys). These ready-to-use PowerPoint slides contain high quality color photographs, illustrations, animations, audio and video clips. The test bank contains questions in four categories: (1) true or false, (2) multiple choice, (3) calculation, and (4) reasoning and open-ended discussions. The trainer's package is suitable for in-house training and university teaching. This is exactly the same package that WebCorr uses to deliver our current training course.

The one-time lump sum fee allows your organization to use the training package and also modify it. For example, your organization may modify the course contents and re-name/re-brand the course under your organization’s name. WebCorr only retains the copyright of the original PowerPoint slides and test bank.

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