For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.
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Outcome #1: Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained from their reading to broader issues of the day.
Outcome #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
Outcome #3: Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in speaking, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations
Outcome #4: Demonstrate mathematical skills by using a variety of techniques and technologies.
Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
- Students will describe the three types of cathodic protection and determine the best design based upon economic considerations.
- Students will demonstrate the ability to operate and maintain cathodic protection instruments.
- Students will demonstrate work habits which include safety, cleanliness, efficiency, quality of work, and respect for expensive instrumentation.
- Students will comprehend pipeline schematics, mapping systems, and other record keeping practices related to cathodic protection.
- Students will identify federal and state rules and regulations which apply to cathodic protection installations.
- Students will troubleshoot cathodic protection systems.
- Students will apply the principles of corrosion to design, operate, and maintain corrosion control systems within the guidelines of a budget.
- How CP Works/Soil Resistivity
- Potential Surveys
- Locating Pipeline and Cable
- Line Currents
- Current Requirement Systems
- Rectifier Systems for Coated Lines
- Ground Bed Design & Installation
- Cathodic Protection Measurement
- Test Station Repair
- Galvanic Anodes on Coated Lines
- Hot Spot Protection, Stray Current Electrolysis, and Interference in CP
Demonstrations
- Assigned Reading
- Class Lecture
- Equipment & Procedure
- Peer Feedback Discussion
- Pipeline Corrosion and Cathodic Protection by Parker and Peattie, ISBN 0-87201-149-6
- Cathodic Protection Survey Procedures, Second Edition by Holtsbaum, ISBN 1575902524
- Outcome 1 will be assessed through exams, homework assignments, and projects
- Outcome 2 will be assessed through class discussions, power point presentations, and projects
- Outcome 5 will be assessed through rectifier assembly, lab exam, team projects
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Seward County Community College will make reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. If you need support or assistance because of a disability, you may be eligible for academic accommodations. Students should identify themselves to the Mental Health Counselor at 620-417-1106 or go to the Student Success Center in the Hobble Academic building, room A149.