2.      OPEN FORUM.  

2.1       Gary Masters (E.ON Engineering Ltd) asked about corrosion protection specifications for offshore wind turbines; PELAMIS Wave Energy Converter.  He would like contact with others.  TWI is looking at this area.  Carol Powell (CDA) said that the European Federation of Corrosion was trying to get together a marine corrosion booklet for engineers who don’t have the correct background knowledge.  NACE and the oil and gas industries are also interested in this.  Publication will be next year. 

2.3       Ted Hill (ECHA Microbiology Ltd) raised an issue regarding MIC:  “In most of the world, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) are a mandated addition to automotive diesel, and they are finding their way into marine diesel and aviation kerosene.  We have tested many hundreds of samples of automotive biodiesel from blenders, distributors and retailers in our microbiology lab and find, not surprisingly, that not only is microbial growth prolific but also that the types of microbe have significantly changed.  It is possible that this will also change the type and incidence of MIC associated with these fuels, as water bottom pH, oxygen gradients, metabolic products etc will all be different.  Perhaps MCF members could be alert to this and report back to MCF any practical consequences they encounter.

We are currently researching consequences of FAME contamination of aviation kerosene and first paper is in press at the IASH meeting, Prague Oct 2009.”