Refining Corrosion

SET Laboratories, Inc. provides the refining industry with a range of capabilities for laboratory corrosion testing, materials evaluation, field corrosion monitoring, consulting and customized research and development services.

  • Crude Unit Overhead Corrosion
    Capabilities include simulated laboratory testing, corrosion prediction, dew point determination and evaluation of neutralizers and corrosion inhibitors. See also review and references.
  • Naphthenic Acid Corrosion
    Capabilities to simulate transfer lines, columns and side cut piping for specific crude corrosivity evaluation and alloy selection. See also extensive review and references.
  • Ammonium Bisulfide Corrosion
    Capabilites to simulate pitting resulting under-deposit corrosion and erosion-corrosion resulting from the high velocity effluent. See also review and references.
  • Amine Plant Corrosion
    Services available to evaluate corrosivity of specific solvents, inhibitor effectiveness and to simulate environmental conditions in different process streams.
  • Polythionic Acid Corrosion, Caustic, Chloride and Ammonia Cracking
    Range of standard including ASTM G35 for polythionic acid and ASTM G38, G39, and G44 for caustic, ammonia and chloride SCC.
  • Wet H2S Cracking
    H2S capabilities including non-standard tests such as flow loop studies, hydrogen permeation, inhibitor evaluation and elastomers compatibility.
  • Corrosion Under Insulation
    Services to evaluate corrosion severity and coatings performance under insulation.