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Cathodic Protection

Cathodic Protection

Fieldeng calculators for Cathodic Protection. Signal color matches the app.

Cathodic Protection

35 tools list this domain in the app. A tool can appear in more than one domain. The page lives under the first domain on that tool.

Anode Consumption Rate

Mass consumption rate from anode current and electrochemical capacity.

Anode Current Output

Anode current from driving voltage and circuit resistance.

Anode Life

Consumed-life estimate from mass, capacity, utilization, and current.

Barnes Layer Resistivity

Resistivity of one depth interval from two successive Wenner measurements.

Barnes Survey

Layer resistances and resistivities from successive Wenner measurements.

Cable Length

How much conductor that resistance represents — leftover on a spool, or length of a linear-anode header.

Cable Resistance

Conductor resistance from resistivity, length, and cross-sectional area.

Coating Breakdown / Bare Area

Bare and coated area from total area and coating breakdown fraction.

Conductivity ↔ Resistivity

Convert between conductivity and resistivity.

Corrosion Rate from Current Density

Idealized uniform-corrosion penetration rate from Faraday’s law and current density.

Corrosion Rate from Mass Loss

Uniform penetration rate from coupon mass loss, density, area, and exposure time.

CP Polarization Shift

Signed and absolute shift between native and polarized pipe-to-soil potentials.

Current Density

Current density from current and exposed or active area.

Instant-Off Difference

Signed difference between ON and instant-off potentials.

Load Current / Power

Convert between voltage, current, and power for a DC, PoE, or unity-PF load.

Ohm's Law & DC Power

Solve for voltage, current, resistance, or power from any two of the four.

Pipe Metal Cross-Section

Annular metal cross-sectional area from outside and inside diameters.

Pipe Surface Area

External cylindrical surface area of a pipe (no end caps).

Pipe-to-Soil Potential

Display a pipe-to-soil reading with an optional labeled reference correction.

Pipe-to-Soil Potential Change

Change between a previous and current pipe-to-soil reading.

Pipeline Current Attenuation

Current ratio and loss between an upstream and downstream measurement.

Pipeline Current Requirement

Required current from exposed surface area and current density.

Pipeline Linear Resistance

Resistance per unit length of the pipe metal from electrical resistivity and metal cross-section. Not soil resistivity or coating conductance.

Pipeline Resistance

Total metal resistance of a pipeline from linear resistance and length.

Rectifier Circuit Resistance

Effective operating circuit resistance from DC voltage and current. For a shunt millivolt rating, use Shunt Value.

Rectifier DC Power

Convert between rectifier DC voltage, current, and power.

Rectifier Efficiency

DC output power as a fraction of AC input power.

Reference Electrode Conversion

Convert a measured potential between Cu/CuSO4, Ag/AgCl, SCE, and zinc so you know the target on each electrode.

Shunt Current

Current from measured shunt voltage and known shunt resistance.

Shunt Resistance

Shunt resistance from measured voltage and current.

Shunt Value

Shunt measurement from millivolt drop and current. Same Ohm’s-law math as Rectifier Circuit Resistance, labeled for shunt work.

Shunt Voltage

Voltage drop across a shunt from current and resistance. Display in mV or V.

Single Vertical Anode Resistance

Anode-to-electrolyte resistance of a single vertical cylindrical anode.

Voltage Drop

Calculate voltage drop or IR drop from current and resistance.

Wenner Apparent Resistivity

Apparent soil resistivity from a Wenner four-pin measurement.