| PRESIDENT |
Dr.
M. BUECHLER (Switzerland) |
| VICE-PRESIDENTS |
M. MELIS (Slovakia)
B.GRAUX ( Belgium) |
| SECRETARY |
L.
V. NIELSEN (Denmark) |
Sector A deals with external corrosion and cathodic protection
against corrosion, mainly for water and gas pipelines. Members
of Sector A play an active role in the development and ratification
of a number of European Standards in the field of corrosion and
cathodic protection. Fundamental scientific research is being
worked on in the field of protection of pipes against corrosion
as well as measurement methods and techniques, protection equipment
and surveillance methods are being optimised.
Review
The main target of Sector A within the last 15 years was to
work out a standardised technique based on scientific foundations
for installation, operation and control of the cathodic protection
equipment. The intention was to increase the safety as well
as the integrity of pipelines.
In CEOCOR, the first step to reach this target was the elaboration
of Practical Guidelines for Cathodic Protection published in
French, German and Italian languages.
On Mr. Ernest Reiters' (honorary president of CEOCOR) initiative,
the technical committee 262 was formed in CEN (now TC219). Members
of the CEOCOR formed standardisation working groups and worked
out the first CEN-standards
dealing with the basics of cathodic protection and measurement
techniques as well as CENELEC-standards about dc and ac stray
currents.
In addition, our members also participate in the National Standard
Committees ( BSI- Great Britain, UNI- Italy, DIN-Germany, AFNOR-France,
AENOA-Spain, BIN-Belgium etc.) as well as other national/international
organisations dealing with corrosion and cathodic protection
such as AGHTM, APCE, CEBELCOR, CEFRACOR, ICORR, EFC, GERG, PIG.
The technical expertise of Sector A is recognised by other professional
organisations and our members have been requested to co-operate
with them to provide corrosion control assistance. A recent
collaboration is with CIGRE (Conseil International des Grands
Réseaux Électriques), a permanent global organisation
dealing with the production and transport of electrical energy.
In particular, this organisation deals with the design, operation,
maintenance of electrical equipment for high voltage power lines.
Some of the members are presently involved in the development
of CENELEC Standards dealing with the Electromagnetic influence
of Electricity Power Lines and ac Railway Lines (High Speed
Trains) on buried pipelines.
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