Enhancing microbiologically influenced corrosion protection of carbon steels with silanized epoxy-biocide hybrid coatings

Anandkumar Balakrishnan, Sudharsan Govindaraj, Nanda Gopala Krishna Dhaipule, Nandakumar Thirumalaisamy, Ravi Shankar Anne,Ningshen Sublime,John Philip

Environmental Science and Pollution Research(2024)

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Microbial biofilms and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) pose serious problems in pipelines transporting freshwater from the reservoir to service water systems and fire water systems of power reactors. The present work aims to design a silane-based epoxy-biocide hybrid coating along with antibacterial compounds on carbon steels (CS) for controlling the MIC of pipeline materials. The optimal inhibitory concentrations of biocides are identified and a robust protocol has been developed to prepare epoxy-based coatings impregnated with three biocides (25 ppm each of benzalkonium chloride, bronopol, and isothiazoline). Microbiological and accelerated corrosion studies were carried out by exposing the coated CS specimens to the enriched freshwater bacterial culture (FWC). As compared to the impedance value of 10 2 Ohms for the polished CS, the values were 10 6 and 10 5 Ohms, respectively, for epoxy-coated specimens (CSE) and epoxy-coated specimens impregnated with biocides (CSEB). The corrosion protection efficiency of CSE and CSEB coated specimens exposed to FWC was 99.9% and 98.1%, respectively. Confocal microscopic analysis showed the average biomass thickness was 51.3 ± 0.6 µm and 24.4 ± 0.5 µm, respectively, for CSE and CSEB specimens in comparison to 94.1 ± 0.2 µm on CS specimens. The improved anticorrosion and antifouling behaviors observed in the CSEB specimens suggest that the new coating strategy has the potential for the development of multifunctional hybrid epoxy coatings for pipeline materials to mitigate MIC-related issues in water-transporting pipeline systems. Graphical Abstract
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Biofilms,Bronopol,Flow cytometry,Epoxy coatings,Nanoindentation,Confocal microscopy
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