Since their introduction, platinum clad anodes by Anomet have impacted almost all areas of impressed current cathodic protection technology. Through close contact with customers, Anomet has compiled a list of many applications well suited to their products.
Platinum anodes found their original applications in seawater environments and have developed a successful track record over the past 20 + years. Among the specific applications in seawater are cathodic protection of docks, offshore structures, and ship hulls.
In power plants, where cooling waters range from seawater to brackish water, platinum clad anodes have been used extensively in protecting condenser water boxes, pumps, traveling screens, and other equipment and structures subject to corrosion. Condenser water box designs are particularly well suited to Anomet's partialclad anodes.
Applications of platinum anodes in fresh water include the cathodic protection of water tanks as well as submerged fresh water structures.
Platinum clad anodes are also used in cathodic protection ground beds protecting pipelines, underground storage tanks, underground hydraulic cylinders as well as many other types of underground structures. Platinum anodes have been used in both conventional and deep well groundbeds. They are usually used in conjunction with fine particle carbonaceous backfill. Their small size, light weight, and economy of design make platinum clad anodes by Anomet a clear technical and economical choice for underground cathodic protection.
In recent years, much attention has focused on cathodically protecting reinforcing bars in concrete structures, such as bridge decks and parking garages. Utilizing the high conductivity of a copper core and the low corrosion rate of platinum small diameter, platinum clad anode wire has been used in conjunction with other conductive media for long life and uniform current distribution in protection of reinforced structures.
In more unique applications, platinum clad anodes have been used for the electrochemical protection of many types of process vessels. Included among these types of applications are bleach washers in pulp and paper mills, sulfur dioxide scrubber towers, as well as a wide variety of other chemical process environments.
It is impossible to cover all the applications of platinum clad anodes. At Anomet there is, however, a wide spectrum of applications knowledge in terms of the behavior of their anode materials in many electrolytes. While Anomet is not a cathodic protection design company, they can provide useful information to engineers performing design services.