ME-01

Design Data.
(1) Average Soil resistivity = 3000 ohm-centimeters. (2) Effective coating resistance at 20 years is estimated at 2500 ohms per square foot. (3) Pipe outside diameter = 8 inch (4) Design life 20 years. (5) Current Density= 22mAmp/sq meter. (6) Coating efficiency= 95 % (7) Pipe length= 1400 meters

Computation:
Gas mains outside area:
Pipe size- 8 inch Pipe Length- 1400meters Pipe Surface Area- pi * d * l Sa= (22/7)*(0.219)*(1400) Sa= 963.212 sq-meter

Check the current requirement using equation

I = (A) (I) (1.0 - CE) I = (963.214) (27.5 mA/sq m) (0.05) I = 1.324 Amp

Selecting an anode of 60lb weight and 2.8 sq-foot surface area:

Calculating the number of anodes needed to meet the anode suppliers current density limitations
N = I/ (A1 * I1 ) N = 1324/ (2.8) (1000) N = 0.473 anodes = 1 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet the design life requirement
N = (L) (I) / (1000) (W) N = (20 yrs) (1324.4) / (1000) (60) N= 0.44 = 1 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet maximum anode ground bed resistance requirements:
Ra = ( K) / (L*N) + ( P) / (S)

From this equation the value of N calculated is N = 5 anodes

Area for anode bed placement is selected which is 100 feet from the pipeline.

Total Circuit Resistance:

Anode bed resistance: Ra = 1.82 ohm

Ground bed resistance for a 500-foot header cable. The resistance specified by the manufacturer is 0.0159 ohm per 100 ft of No.2 AWG cable:

Rw = 0.0795 ohms

Structure-to-electrolyte resistance:

Rc = R/N Rc = 2500/ 9620 Rc = 0.26 ohms

Total Resistance:

RT = Ra + Rw + Rc RT = 2.16 ohms

Rectifier Voltage:
V (rec) = (I) (RT) (150%) V (rec) = 4.3 Volts

ME-02
Design Data.
(1) Average Soil resistivity = 3000 ohm-centimeters. (2) Effective coating resistance at 20 years is estimated at 2500 ohms per square foot. (3) Pipe has a 10 inch outside diameter. (4) Design life = 20 years. (5) Current Density = 22mAmp/sq meter. (6) Coating efficiency = 70 percent. (7) Pipe length = 400 meters

Computation:
Gas mains outside area:
Pipe size- 10 inch Pipe Length- 400meters Pipe Surface Area- pi * d * l Sa= (22/7)*(0.273)*(400) Sa= 343.062 square meters

Check the current requirement using equation

I = (A) (I) (1.0 - CE) I = (343.062) (27.5 mA/sq m) (0.05) I = 0.472 Amp

Selecting an anode of 60lb weight and 2.8 sq-foot surface area Calculating the number of anodes needed to meet the anode suppliers current density limitations
N = I/ (A1 * I1) N = 472/ (2.8) (1000) N = 0.17 anodes = 1 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet the design life requirement
N = (L) (I) / (1000) (W) N = (20 yrs) (472) / (1000) (60) N= 0.16 = 1 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet maximum anode ground bed resistance requirements:
Ra = ( K) / (L*N) + ( P) / (S)

From this equation the value of N calculated is N = 5 anodes

Area for anode bed placement is selected which is 100 feet from the pipeline. Total Circuit Resistance:

Anode bed resistance:

Ra = 1.82 ohm
Ground bed resistance for a 500-foot header cable: The resistance specified by the manufacturer is 0.0159 ohm per 100 ft of No.2 AWG cable:

Rw = 0.0795 ohms
Structure-to-electrolyte resistance:

Rc = R/N Rc = 2500/ 9620 Rc = 0.26 ohms

Total Resistance:

RT = Ra + Rw + Rc RT = 2.09 ohms

Rectifier Voltage:
V (rec) = (I) (RT) (150%) V (rec) = 1 Volts

ME-03 and Gathering Line

Design Data.
(1) Average Soil resistivity = 3000 ohm-centimeters. (2) Effective coating resistance at 20 years is estimated at 2500 ohms per square foot. (3) Pipe outside diameter= 10 inch and 12 inch (4) Design life = 20 years. (5) Current Density = 22mAmp/sq meter. (6) Coating efficiency = 70 percent. (7) Pipe length = 4700 meters and 3600 meters

Computation:
Gas mains outside area:
For ME-03 Pipe size- 10 inch Pipe Length- 4700meters Pipe Surface Area- pi * d * l Sa= (22/7)*(0.273)*(4700) Sa= 4031 square meters For Gathering Line Pipe size- 12 inch Pipe Length- 3600 meters Pipe Surface Area- pi * d * l Sa= (22/7)*(0.323)*(3600) Sa= 3653 square meters

Check the current requirement using equation

For ME-01 I = (A) (I) (1.0 - CE) I = (4031) (27.5 mA/sq m) (0.05) I = 5.542 Amp

For Gathering Line I = (A) (I) (1.0 - CE) I = (3653) (27.5 mA/sq ft) (0.05) I = 5.022 Amp Total Current Requirement: I = 10.564 Ampere

Selecting an anode of 60lb weight and 2.8 sq-foot surface area Calculating the number of anodes needed to meet the anode suppliers current density limitations
N = I/ (A1 * I1) N = 10564/ (2.8) (1000) N = 3.773 anodes =4 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet the design life requirement
N = (L) (I) / (1000) (W) N = (20 yrs) (10564) / (1000) (60) N= 3.52 = 4 anodes

Calculating the number of anodes required to meet maximum anode ground bed resistance requirements:
Ra = ( K) / (L*N) + ( P) / (S)

From this equation the value of N calculated is N = 5 anodes

Area for anode bed placement is selected which is 100 feet from the pipeline. Total Circuit Resistance:

Anode bed resistance:

Ra = 1.82 ohm
Ground bed resistance for a 500-foot header cable: The resistance specified by the manufacturer is 0.0159 ohm per 100 ft of No.2 AWG cable:

Rw = 0.0795 ohms
Structure-to-electrolyte resistance:

Rc = R/N Rc = 2500/ 9620 Rc = 0.26 ohms

Total Resistance:

RT = Ra + Rw + Rc RT = 2.16 ohms

Rectifier Voltage:
V (rec) = (I) (RT) (150%) V (rec) = 22.8 Volts