INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL PROTECTION
The aim of the work is to improve the system of cathodic protection of pipelines by developing and implementing recommendations for increasing the efficiency of electrochemical protection.The article analyzes the accident rate at enterprises, corrosion of pipelines, analysis of the current state of protection of pipelines from corrosion, investigates the types of corrosion damage to pipelines, developed a method for diagnosing the type of corrosion damage to underground pipelines, which can be used to determine the type of corrosion damage with a probability of 80 %. A list of measures was also developed to improve the corrosion protection system of pipelines and reduce the negative impact on the metal of main gas pipelines.