Remote Monitoring System Design and Implementation for Impressed Current Cathodic Protection

Abstract

Impressed current cathodic protection technology (ICCP) is one of the effective methods for corrosion protection of ships, bridges. This paper illustrates a remote monitoring system design and implementation for impressed current cathodic protection based on the existed ship monitoring systems. Interactive control panel is added in the existed ICCP system. Taking ARM9 S3C2440 chip as the core, Devine LCP2138 type color touch screen uses the serial port to communicate with the host computer using Modbus remote terminal protocol. LCP2138 establish communication with the RS485 interface, to achieve real-time data backup, and provides a query for users and technical support. Finally, the system test results show that the system realizes the ICCP remote control monitoring. The monitoring data is accurate and system operation is reliable. 1