Corrosion & Protective Systems

Understanding the mechanisms driving corrosion is the first step toward effective mitigation.

InnoTech Alberta supports:

• Corrosion mechanism assessment
• Corrosion resistance evaluation
• Environmental cracking investigations
• Corrosion inhibitor evaluation
• Corrosion mitigation technology assessment
• Materials selection and qualification
• Life-extension strategies for aging assets

Testing programs can be performed using standardized methods or customized approaches developed to simulate client-specific operating conditions.

InnoTech Alberta evaluates coating and liner performance under a wide range of service conditions, including:

• Water and process-fluid exposure
• Chemical and brine environments
• H₂S-containing environments
• CO₂-rich environments
• Elevated temperatures
• Elevated pressures

Programs can be tailored to investigate degradation mechanisms such as blistering, permeability, disbondment, underfilm corrosion, abrasion, and erosion.

We support coating selection, qualification, failure analysis, quality assurance, and technology validation to help organizations improve long-term asset protection.

Materials and protective systems operating in sour and aggressive environments face unique degradation risks.

Our capabilities support:

• Sulfide stress cracking evaluation
• Stress corrosion cracking assessment
• Hydrogen-induced cracking investigations
• Corrosion resistance testing
• Coating performance evaluation
• Corrosion inhibitor testing
• Elastomer evaluation in sour environments

We combine standardized testing protocols with customized exposure programs that replicate real operating environments and support deployment decisions.

Corrosion under insulation is a significant integrity challenge across many industrial facilities. Moisture ingress can create localized environments that promote corrosion long before external signs of degradation become visible. InnoTech Alberta has also developed expertise in insulation-driven stress corrosion cracking associated with specific insulation systems.

Services include:

• Insulation leachate analysis
• Corrosion under insulation simulation
• Stress corrosion cracking assessment
• Corrosion detection technology evaluation
• Moisture monitoring validation
• Pilot-scale and flow-loop evaluation of CUI monitoring systems

These programs help operators identify risks, understand degradation mechanisms, and validate inspection or monitoring approaches before implementation.

Laboratory testing does not always capture the complexities of operating environments. InnoTech Alberta’s pilot-scale process-water flow loop enables corrosion, coating, and mitigation technologies to be evaluated under controlled conditions that simulate industrial service environments.

Applications include:

• Corrosion mechanism investigations
• Coating evaluation
• Corrosion detection technologies
• Scaling and fouling studies
• Flow-assisted degradation
• Process-water system assessments

These capabilities help clients reduce uncertainty before deploying technologies in the field.

Partnering with InnoTech Alberta provides comprehensive support for testing and validating materials across diverse industrial applications. This includes:

• Independent corrosion and protective-system evaluation
• Expertise in coatings, liners, and corrosion-resistant materials
• Sour-service, CCUS, and industrial process-environment capabilities
• High-pressure, high-temperature testing infrastructure
• Pilot-scale validation of corrosion and monitoring technologies
• Integration with materials characterization, qualification, and asset integrity services