Maritime Climate
Test site at the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias (ITC), Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria, Spain
In maritime regions, as for example Gran Canaria, a combination of sun, wind and saline atmosphere often leads to severe material corrosion, especially of the absorber coating and reflector materials. In order to analyze the corrosion resistance of solar thermal collectors and their components, Fraunhofer ISE’s test site in Pozo Izquierdo was installed for the exposition of SpeedColl collectors. As a supplement to the weathering of collectors, corrosion coupons for monitoring the atmospheric corrosivity were added to the test site.
