Institute News
Initiated by Council and CP Governing Board member Brian Wyatt, the Institute exhibited at Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Expo 2023 (Conference & Exhibition) on the 4th and 5th of October 2023. This unique operator and service provider event comprised around 100 Speakers, 200 Exhibitors and 2000+ high-level attendees from around the globe.
FOW is the meeting place for all the current and future players in the global floating wind industry. Providing an unrivalled opportunity to meet and network with all the key players as well as discuss the key technical challenges and solutions surrounding the industrialisation and commercialisation of floating wind.
ICorr’s participation was very successfully handled by the Aberdeen Branch and attracted a wide range of stand visitors. The key focus for this event was our Training Services:
Industrial Coating Applicator Scheme (ICATS), ICorr’s Cathodic Protection Technician and Engineer Training, Certification to ISO 15257 and Coating Inspector courses that promote independent reporting to facility owners (as now required in ISO 24656 and in DNV-RP-B401 for their Cat IV coating). The highest levels of competency, specification, and performance assessment at all stages from design onwards are essential to maximising FOW equipment life, with operators now seeking up to 35-year lifespans.
In the cathodic protection sector, initial offshore renewables structures were designed to RP-B401 which provides good guidance for conventional fixed jackets, but is considered inadequate for monopiles or floating turbines. Latest available standards however, (the improved) RP-B401 and (the new) ISO 24656 require design by a competent, experienced CP Engineer/Expert (and Level 4 certification to ISO 15257 is the best measure, noted by both DNV and ISO).
One of the key objectives of our participation was to help drive quality throughout the FOW Industry. ICATS and ICorr’s presence at the Expo resulted in more than 60 high quality leads and around half of these were enquiries related to our existing – ‘Training Services’ and others requesting new courses specifically covering the updated RP-B401 – 2021 and (the new) ISO 24656 – 2022 standards. The event provided excellent FOW Industry engagement and neatly followed our very well attended North-East branch sustainability conference. North East Branch – Institute of Corrosion (icorr.org) refers to the Local Technical Programme – 2023 Presentations.
CAPTIONS:
ICorr Council and CP Governing board member Brian Wyatt at CEOCOR (pictured at CEOCOR).
Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) Exhibition – ICATS and ICorr Joint Stand.
ICorr Stand Representatives – Yunnan Gao (Vice President), Adesiji Anjorin (ABZ Chair) and Stephen Tate (President) and Beh Lian Ling (ABZ Internal Secretary) Inset.
FOW Exhibition – Overview of Stands.
FOW Exhibition – Reception Area.
Institute News
Welcome to the November/December issue of the magazine. As 2023 comes to an end, I would like to express my gratitude to Stephen, Brian, the Square One team, the ICorr team, and all the authors who have contributed to the Corrosion Management Magazine. The success of Corrosion Management Magazine is ensured by our joint, committed efforts. I wish a happy and festive Christmas to every reader.
This issue is dedicated to the theme “Sustainable Energy”. The first technical article “How do you take sustainability into account during design?” is written by Birit Buhr. She has proposed that environmental impact be considered during the design process by including life cycle analysis (LCA) to minimise environmental impact over the lifetime of a structure. Dr Patricia Conder has authored the second technical article titled “Non-Destructive Challenges in the Net Zero World”. Five facets of inspection- degradation, physics of inspection, Inspection deployment, planning and data analytics are described to tackle key Net Zero NDT challenges by Dr. Conder. The third technical article, entitled “An Examination of Localised Internal Corrosion Failure Mechanisms for a Nutshell Filter Vessel,” is written by Riky Bernardo. Dr. Douglas Mills has also contributed an article for the Fellow’s Corner titled “Archaeological Corrosion and Conservation,” which is primarily historical and based on previously published work.
To help you learn more about the columnist, we have included a “Meet the Author” section with every article.
We welcome industry news, technical articles, and articles for fellow’s corner from you in whichever part of the world you are based. Your suggestions and feedback are very important for ensuring that we deliver magazine content that will engage our valued members. Please send all your content for consideration.
editor@icorr.org
Dr Shagufta Khan, FICorr
Consulting Editor
Industry News
The Beginning
UK National Women in Engineering Day held annually on June 23rd, a movement started by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) the forerunner to International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), and first took place in the UK in 2014. The objective behind this WES initiative was to raise the profile of women in engineering. The day gained support from UNESCO two years later, raising awareness on a global scale. Finally, in 2017, the day was celebrated on an international level for the first time. The day was first observed internationally in 2017 – a day that honours and celebrates the tenacious efforts made by female engineers.
Objectives
The main goals of the day are to raise awareness and promote female participation in the engineering field. INWED recognises importance of female engineering pioneers, who are frequently overlooked. The awareness campaigns are to equip young girls with boundless opportunities to help them carve a niche for themselves. INWED also gives a platform to conduct outreach programmes with younger generations and early career professionals. The initiative has listed 40 UK-based events, with many more occurring elsewhere, to deliver and support learning sessions.
Theme
This year will mark the 10th celebration of International Women in Engineering Day. Every year the day is attributed to different themes and INWED 2023 theme is ‘Make Safety Seen’ to highlight how female engineers have broken through barriers in creating technology for a safe future. It also serves as a platform to discuss the actions that can be taken to ensure a safe personal environment for female engineers to work in.
INWED 23 Celebrations and Awards
Various events, including webinars, podcasts, award ceremonies, and tours, were held to mark INWED 23 by businesses, organisations, and educational institutions. Several INWED 2023 events are listed on following website: https://www.inwed.org.uk/events/
A new free gallery at London’s Science Museum was opened to public on Friday 23rd June. The gallery will explore how engineers
change the world.
RWE, the UK’s electricity generator celebrated International Women in Engineering Day by hosting a tour of the largest wind farm in
Welsh waters.
CORROSION journal hosted a podcast in which Dr Jen Locke, from The Ohio State University, and Dr Erin Karasz, from Sandia National Laboratories, discussed their careers in materials science and engineering.
Women Engineers Making News
Sharon Harte of Dacrylate Paints was elected President of British Coatings Federation (BCF). Sharon taking over from Guy Williams and becomes the first female President of the BCF – or its predecessor organisations – in its 111-year history. For the 2023 British Coatings Federation (BCF) Annual Conference, more than 150 top business leaders and decision-makers from the UK’s paints, coatings and printing ink industries gathered in Derby.
Within the Transport sector, Kris Kinnear, capital delivery director at Network Rail recently commented:
“As an industry, we are keen to encourage more young women and girls to get involved in engineering opportunities and careers. Visits such as these support our platform of diversity and inclusion, and help us to promote the role and contribution female engineers play in the industry on a daily basis.
“As an industry, we are keen to encourage more young women and girls to get involved in engineering opportunities and careers. Visits such as these support our platform of diversity and inclusion, and help us to promote the role and contribution female engineers play in the industry on a daily basis.
“It’s great to see the work of female engineers being acknowledged finally.”
Amongst our younger Corrosion Members, Claudia Martinez Pinon from Corrosion Radar is an excellent example of someone who has excelled within her role in our Industry. Graduating from Universidad de Oviedo with BSc (Hons) in Industrial Chemical Engineering and Specialization in Environmental Engineering and Sustainability, she joined Corrosion Radar (CUI Sensor specialists) in May 2019 and has since gone onto develop a very wide skill set in Corrosion Management areas – Algorithm Development, Risk Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Assessment, Project Management, Research and Development (R&D), Data Analysis and Experimental Design.
See also: https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/levenmouth-offers-a-platform-for-women-in-engineering
Within our own Institute of Corrosion, Dr Jane Lomas regularly delivers our Fundamentals of Corrosion Engineering (FOCE) course. Attendees on the course are given a wide-ranging introduction to all major aspects of corrosion engineering.
Successful completion of the course and the associated examination is required for obtaining Professional Membership of ICorr for those without either formal qualifications in corrosion or the relevant field experience. The course is based very much on practical information with hands-on examples as well as relevant background theory.
The next FOCE Course dates are week commencing: 13 – 17th November 2023 to be held at Northampton
INSET:
Dr Jane Lomas, ICorr Trustee and Honorary Secretary
More information on INWED 23 can be obtained from: inwed.org.uk
Upcoming issues of Corrosion Management will include articles about women in the corrosion community and highlight their career journey. These articles will discuss the motivation for their careers, the benefits of diversity and inclusion to the field, and challenges they have experienced, as well as their advice to young corrosion professionals.
Institute News
During June and July, the Institute was very pleased to welcome the following new Overseas and UK Student members, many of whom joined us from our North-East Branch Sustainability Event. We wish them all every success in their future careers and ICorr journeys.
Name/University
• Narenthira Prasath Dhandapan – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Long Duong – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Lilibeth Urdaneta – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Mohammed Aleliw – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Sahish Bhosle – Newcastle University 16 June 2023
• Alfie Davies-Varnier – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Chirag Padmesh Kumar – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Edwin Ramirez Teljeda – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Al Salamah Salim – Newcastle University – 16 June 2023
• Srivatsava Podicheti – Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (IARE) – 17 June 2023
• Jack Fergus – Falmouth University – 19 June 2023
• Mohamed Ibrahim – Newcastle University 19 June 2023
• Abhijeet Kulkarni – Newcastle University – 19 June 2023
• Ashhab Mulla – Newcastle University – 19 June 2020
• Hannah Wright – Newcastle University – 20 June 2023
• Ragav Krishnakumar – Newcastle University – 20 June 2023
• Muhammed Mansaf Maheen – Newcastle University – 20 June 2023
• Nazia Farooqui – University of Edinburgh – 20 June 2023
• Raisa Kamila – Newcastle University – 21 June 2023
• Billington Harvey – Liverpool Moore’s University – 21 June 2023
• Tamsin Dobson – University of Bristol – 26 June 2023
• Christopher Hardman – University of Bristol – 26 June 2023
• Ali Haider – University of Punjab – 02 July 2023
• Ibrahim Alhajji – King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals – 03 July 2023
• Leandro Liveira – University of Sao Paulo – 03 July 2023
• Saif Ramy – University of Leeds – 11 July 2023
Our Student Bursaries Scheme with University of Manchester is now approved and will commence
this September
Saif Ramy, ICorr Internship Student
The Young ICorr Internship (Anne Neville Award) has also been sanctioned for support by ICorr Council at University of Leeds with additional funding kindly provided by LBBC Baskerville. The winning ICorr Student member Saif Ramy will commence his internship on 3rd July for 10 weeks. We offer our many congratulations to him and sincere thanks to Danny Burkle for arranging this and also to LBBC Baskerville for their support.
Institute News
On June 22nd and 23rd, the North-East Branch, in conjunction with NEIMEE, held a highly successful conference and exhibition entitled ‘Integrity Engineering for a Sustainable Future (IESF) at the magnificent Neville Hall in the centre of Newcastle. Over 60 guests attended this special event, coming from all over the UK and as far afield as Scandinavia and The Netherlands. All enjoyed a full day of presentations, followed by field trips on the second day. In between the work, there were plenty of opportunities to network, and a gala dinner was held at the end of the first day and greatly enjoyed by all.
The conference was held in the well conserved, grade II listed, Neville Hall, which dates back to the 1860s. Neville Hall is the head office of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMEE) which partnered with the NE Branch in hosting the conference. The rooms in Neville Hall still have their original features (see photos). The lecture theatre and library are particularly impressive, and not many industrial conferences have been held in such remarkable buildings.
Past President Trevor Osborne opened the conference and was closely followed by keynote speaker Prof Jon Gluyas of Durham University, who gave an insightful and humorous presentation entitled “Energy: a sustainable future built on an unsustainable past” commenting on the links between population growth and energy requirements and commenting on possible sustainable sources of the energy required.
A busy day saw a further nine presentations (see table), informatively covering a wide range of topics from carbon capture and storage to wind energy. Topics included new construction, repurposing’ and repair. Old and new technologies were
discussed in terms of sustainability, from solid anodes to drone repair of wind tower blades.
1. Energy – A Sustainable Future Built on an Unsustainable Past. Prof. Jon Gluyas – Durham Earth Sciences
2. CCS Corrosion and materials selection overview and challenges, the approach of an integrated energy company. Roberto Morana – BP – Net Zero Teesside
3. How do you take sustainability into account during design? Birit Buhr – European Energy
4. Advances in wind blade coatings and testing. Edvard Daehlen – Carboline
5. Mitigating Environmentally and Sustainability Impacts of Cathodic Protection in Seawater. Winston Shepherd – Impalloy Ltd
6. Flying Drone Repair of Wind Turbine Blades – Better, Safer and Faster. Chris Kirby – Reblade
ApS – Denmark
7. Addressing hydrogen pipeline repurposing safely & economically. Daniel Sandana – Rosen Group
8. Non-Destructive Testing Challenges in the Net Zero World. Dr Patricia M Conder – ESR Technology Ltd
9. Development of coatings to last the life of the Asset. Willem Horn –AkzoNobel
10. Why paint when you can patch with Easy Qote. Dinko Cudic – Seal for Life Industries
The first day culminated with a conference dinner in the old library, a magnificent room, with books stored behind wooden doors and a gallery reached by ladder to access books stored higher up on the wall. An opening address was given by Trevor Osborne and the meal closed with some final encouraging words from current ICorr President Stephen Tate.
The second day was made up of two site visits in the nearby town of Blyth. Ore Catapult is the UK’s leading technology innovation and research centre for offshore renewable energy. The visit was hosted by Tom Chaplin, Marketing Manager at Ore Catapult.
Their modern facility in Blyth includes an impressive 100-metre-long testing hall capable of testing the biggest wind blades, with plans to increase the capacity as blade size continues to increase. The site also has test facilities for wind turbine powertrains with a capacity of up to 15 MW. Away from the wind turbines themselves, they also have the DARE Digital, Autonomous, and Robotics Engineering Centre.
The second tour was to Bates Colliery, hosted by Charlotte Adams, Principal R&D Manager for Mine Water Heat at The Coal Authority. Bates Colliery is one of a network of disused mines in the north-east where water is being pumped out in large quantities to control the water levels in the mine network.
Using solar power, the water pumped up is treated, settled, and filtered through natural reed beds before being released into the River Blyth. Due to the depth of the mine, the water comes up warm and could be used to generate 5 MW of geothermal energy—a good example of a sustainable legacy from what is considered a polluting industry. Going forward, it has the potential to develop 5 MW of electricity from the groundwater, enough to power the local school.
Ore Catapult is the largest R and D Test centre for wind turbines in the world, currently testing 100 m blades but looking to increase length capacity by 50%. Already, it’s so large that you can drive a double-decker bus in at the end. An incredible facility that tests gearboxes the size of which you can’t imagine, and to see them close-up was breath taking.
This is all wrapped up by “Energy Central,” a partnership of all the Net Zero related businesses; one of the initiatives being to establish and promote local skills to meet the demand.
A fantastic example of the transition from ‘Unsustainable to the Sustainable’.
The North-East Branch Committee wishes to thank all attendees and organisers who made this such a successful and memorable event and hopes the conference demonstrated the opportunities for ICorr in the North-East. A special welcome also goes to our new NE Student ICorr members who actively participated on both days.
After a short summer break, the committee will turn its thoughts to some of the many questions asked after the conference: “Will there be another?” Can we have a NE Christmas Dinner?” “When are the next technical events?” Any interested sponsors should contact nechair@icorr.org
The NE Branch would like to thank all of the sponsors and exhibitors who made the conference possible; Carboline, AkzoNobel, Reblade, Safinah, Metec, Corrosion Integrity Management and The Royce Institute.
*Organising Committee, Matt Fletcher (Chair), Josie Watson (Treasurer), Bruno Ravel, Barry Turner, Patrick Johnson, Simon Daly, Andrew Dobrzanski and David Mobbs with a special thanks to Dr David Bell who expertly controlled all the IT and recordings on the day.
All of the presentations can now be viewed on the ICorr or NEIMME websites.
Please refer to the ICorr Website: North East Branch – Institute of Corrosion (icorr.org) under Local Technical Programme 2023.
CAPTIONS:
Keynote speaker Prof Jon Gluyas of Durham University.
Networking with Exhibitors.
Summary of Technical Presentations.
Conference guests at Dinner in the Magnificent Neville Hall Library.
Guests await Site Visit Registration at Newcastle Central Station
Delegates at Ore Catapult site visit outside the Blade Test Hall and nearby Monopile Testing Facility.
Pumps at Bates Colliery.
Reed Beds before River Blyth discharge.
The Digital, Autonomous and Robotics Engineering (Dare) Centre at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth.
