OLI Consortia
... Partners with Industry

Corrosion Simulation Program, CSP Phase III
Mixed Solvent Electrolyte Program, MSE Phase II

OLI Corrosion Consortium
... Leveraging the corrosion environment

OLI is continuing the CSP Consortium with Phase III, to help fund and steer the further development of the Corrosion Simulation Program. OLI continues to benefit greatly from a $2M award from the US Department of Commerce, under the NIST ATP Program to support this work. Included in this funding is $750,000, which is supporting essential laboratory work being carried out at The Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

The CSP Project Vision document in our Resource Center provides substantial details concerning the projected additional features, which are being pursued for CSP as part of Phase III. Your participation in this Consortium will assure that the new technology can be applied to your most pressing applications at the earliest possible date. 

Phase I and II of CSP achievements

1.  A comprehensive facility for producing thermodynamically-based, real solution stability diagrams for any bulk phase aqueous solution simulated by OLI in contact with almost any metal or alloy including a model for non-ideality within the alloy.

2. A general, first-principles model for general (uniform) corrosion. This model, which combines thermodynamics, kinetics and transport, has a supporting databank, which covers considerable bulk phase aqueous chemistry in contact with a growing list of alloys including most mild steels, 304, 316, and Cr13 stainless, aluminum, etc.

3. The first deliverables from our work on localized corrosion, including a model for computing repassivation potentials.

4.  A full Windows implementation, Corrosion Analyzer of all of the principal facilities of CSP.

Phase III  CSP plans

In Phase III of CSP, we plan to complete and implement our predictive model for localized corrosion. The first major deliverable occurred already, applicable to seawater chemistry in contact with selected alloys. Following the completion of our NIST ATP Project in November 2003, we are now able to expand our coverage for both the bulk solution phase as well as the alloys.

In addition, in Phase III, we will be completing an extensive roster of alloys for our model of general corrosion.

CSP Consortium benefits

Consortium members would receive a number of unique benefits based upon their participation. The benefits include:

• Credits in the amount of $25,000/year towards the leasing of OLI Corrosion Software (e.g., this would pay for 1 concurrent user on a network for Corrosion Analyzer/CSP). These credits are just equal to the amount of financial support required from each member for participating to this Consortium.

• Earliest possible access to the software, which results from this work.

• Technical steering of the project, which will assure that the needs of individual member companies are reflected in this work.

• Leveraging industry support for this Consortium based upon the participation and support of other members.

CSP III begins the 2nd of three years.  You can join this group. For more information, contact OLI.

Why join an OLI Consortia?
...get the best value for your technology dollar!

Pooling the risk with other member companies and with OLI, applied research into areas of crucial importance to the industry can be done.  And the benefits are outstanding. Visit our Resource Center to read the MSE and CSP vision papers today.

See what is possible.  Don't be left behind!!

Mixed Solvent
Electrolytes

Corrosion
Technology

OLI Mixed Solvent Electrolytes
... Accurate over the full range of concentration

OLI's new mixed solvent electrolyte (MSE) model, developed with partial support of the MSE Consortium Phase I, has already proven to be a significant advancement for chemical process simulation. The model is effective in addressing problems that, until now, could not be addressed using any commercial simulators. The continued development of the MSE model and databank promises many new benefits for industry users of the technology.

OLI is continuing the MSE Consortium, via a Phase II, to help fund and steer the further development of the mixed solvent electrolyte framework and databank. OLI has benefited greatly from funding from the USDOE, which has provided about $0.5M to support this work. In addition, OLI has also benefited from industry funding through the MSE Consortium Phase I.

The MSE Project Vision document in our Resource Center provides substantial details concerning the projected additional features, which are being pursued for MSE as part of Phase II. Your participation in this Consortium will assure that the new technology can be applied to your most pressing applications at the earliest possible date.

Phase I of MSE achievements

1. A comprehensive thermodynamic model for the calculation of phase equilibria, speciation, caloric properties and density.
2. Parameters of the model for approximately 230 species, which were selected from among common chemicals.
3. A test version of the OLI software with the mixed-solvent thermodynamic model (ESP v. 7.0), which has already been released to some consortium members and members of the technical steering group of a DOE-sponsored project on corrosion in mixed-solvent environments.
4. Models for the limiting diffusivity of ions in mixed-solvent environments and for the viscosity of solvent mixtures.
   

Phase II  MSE plans

In Phase II of MSE, we plan to implement the following, based upon the level of funding we achieve and the priorities expressed by our supporters:

1. Implementation of a facility for calculating liquid-liquid equilibrium.
2. Development of a model for calculating electrical conductivity for mixed-solvent systems.
3. Calibration of the model for chemical systems that of common interest to consortium members.
4. Development of a model for calculating thermal conductivity of mixed-solvent systems.
5. Development of a model for calculating surface tension of mixed solvent-systems.
6. Calibration of parameters for OLI's existing models of surface phenomena (i.e., ion exchange, surface complexation, and molecular adsorption) so that they work with the mixed-solvent thermodynamic model.

MSE Consortium benefits

Consortium members would receive a number of unique benefits based upon their participation. The benefits include:

• Prioritization of development work of specific interest to the member, up to the amount of money contributed.
• Earliest possible access to the software, which results from this work. This can make all the difference on a time-critical application.
• Technical steering of the project, which will assure that the needs of individual member companies are reflected in this work. This provides your company with assurance of monitoring the project and working with other companies as well.
• Leveraging funding from any additional sponsored research projects, which are directed towards the objectives of this project. There is one such proposal currently in to the USDOE. The result is that funds from your company are multiplied.
• Leveraging industry support for this Consortium based upon the participation and support of other members. The result is that funds from your company are multiplied.

MSE II begins the 2nd of three years.  You can join this group. For more information, contact OLI.

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