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Corroding machinery

World-class experts in corrosion research

The Curtin Corrosion Centre conducts high-quality research in corrosion and materials related to the petroleum, mining, chemical processing, defence, maritime, automotive and biomedical industries.

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Our facilities

We offer state-of-the-art facilities, including the EXTREME Laboratory, Environmentally Assisted Cracking Laboratory, and Seawater and Atmospheric Corrosion Laboratory. These specialised labs enable advanced research in various corrosion phenomena.

Our research

We specialise in corrosion research across industries, focusing on mechanically assisted, localised, microbiologically influenced, and acid gas corrosion, among other areas.

Our impact

We are dedicated to raising awareness about corrosion’s economic, environmental, and societal impacts. We develop educational programmes for high school educators and students to promote corrosion and materials science education. We also assist underprivileged communities by offering simple, cost-effective solutions to mitigate corrosion issues.

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Testimonials from our clients

“The technical paper ‘Influence of drain holes in jacketing on corrosion under thermal insulation’, completed by the Curtin Corrosion Centre, informs part of Woodside’s CUI Risk-Based Inspection methodology of installing drain holes. The Woodside Energy Technologies – Production Technology team have since designed and patented a tool to rapidly realise this simple mitigative measure; a good example of academia and industry working together to minimise plant technical integrity risk.”

Rory O’Keefe
Woodside

Testimonials from our clients

“The Curtin Corrosion Centre is an exceptional group of talented individuals always pushing the boundaries of knowledge through their applied research. They apply the deepest academic knowledge in the fields of materials science, microbiology and related fields to solve industry challenges.”

Andrew Bell
Innovation Central Perth

Testimonials from our clients

“The Curtin Corrosion Centre has been a great example of industry / university partnership. Starting with initial development of the design to ensure alignment with Chevron’s Western Australian MEG systems in 2015, this was followed by work to support Gorgon field start-up. This early work provided key insights into fluid risks, such as emulsion and foaming during facility start-up and well flowback conditions. With out Chevron-operated Australian assets now online, more recent work undertaken by the Curtin team has focused on understanding operational issues and constraints. Early successes from this work have had tangible benefits on OPEX forecasts for the Wheatstone asset by demonstrating safe operating regions for MEG salinity and oxygen management.”

Mark Charlesworth
Chevron

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