| 摘要 |
Combining an electroosmosis direct current (EP) applied at less than 1mA/Mcm<3> with an anode (8) placed adjacent an outer surface of reinforced concrete (1) soaked with a substantially neutral saline solution, effectively depletes corrosive anions in the concrete even when the direct current is in the range from 0.01 mA to less than 1mA and at a voltage less than 100 V. Further, using such electroosmotic treatment as a first treatment, and promptly following it with cathodic protection, it is found that current density of CP required for cathodic protection is unexpectedly reduced and when coupled with low installation and operational costs of the novel system, improvement in the efficiency of a conventional cathodic protection system is found to be by a factor of 3 to 30 times. Both processes may be operated together without one circuit interfering with the other. |
