Corrosion is globally causing a damage to the tune of 4-5% of GDP. In India, this could be even higher, as we have a very big coast line, and maintenance practices significant improvement. Some estimates suggest cost of corrosion energy sector alone is to the tune of Rs 2 lakh crores or more!!.
Corrosion is a highly complex and multi-disciplinary phenomena involving materials, electro-chemistry, thermos-mechanics, reaction kinetics, geo-environmental conditions etc.
Losses due to corrosion and damage to Indian Economy is at an alarmingly high level. Despite this RED ALERT situation, focus on R&D and solution development within India is sub-critical. This calls for a national effort to train and sensitise people on corrosion issues, encourage researchers to take up corrosion related projects in problem solving mode; and institutions and industries to set up collaborative initiatives to establish centers of excellence in corrosion.
India Energy Network, IISc, and RGIPT have come together to organize a first workshop on corrosion bringing together people from various industries to address the issues related to corrosion science and engineering.
Objective of the event is to
bring together all stake holders involved in corrosion, asset owners/ operators, researchers and academics, R&D organizations, providers of corrosion solutions (protective coatings, paints, inhibitor development etc) on one platform.
Share experiences and exchange ideas about the corrosion related problems faced, methods used to solve the problems
Explore opportunities for collaboration in R&D, technology development, and solution based consultancy services etc.
Identify gaps in science based understanding of the multi-disciplinary area of corrosion, and initiate suitable efforts to prop up corrosion related R&D.
Identify areas of need for indigenous development of technologies and promote technology development, innovation, and foster start-ups in corrosion prediction mitigation technologies.
Corrosion issues in industrial sectors
Refineries
Oil and Gas Upstream, off-shore, marine
Petrochemicals, Fertiliser plants, Cement Plants
Power Plants (nuclear, thermal, solar, wind, utilities etc)
Heavy engineering equipment (including defense equipment)
Dr Shamasundar
Prof VS Raja, IIT-Bombay
Prof ASK Sinha, Director RGIPT
Prof G Jagadeesh, IISc
Prof Gopala Krishnan, IISc
Mr Umesh Chandra, India Energy Network
Prof Krishnan –
HPCL –
IOCL
ONGC
NTPC
India Energy Network is an initiative of “Science& Engineering Foundation of India”, not for profit registered trust. Objective of India Energy Network (IEN).
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