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Advanced Analysis of Corroded Solar Reflectors

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ID Minciencias: ART-0001764292-20
Ranking: ART-ART_A2

Abstract:

The corrosion of the reflective layer is one of the main degradation mechanisms of solar reflectors. However, the appropriate assessment of the corroded reflector samples is not accomplished by the current analysis techniques. On the one hand, the reflectance measurement protocol of non-damaged solar reflectors for concentrating solar thermal technologies is widely addressed in the SolarPACES reflectance guideline. However, this methodology is not adequate for reflectors whose surface is partially corroded by many kind of corrosion agents. In this work, a new measurement technique to properly assess corroded samples was developed. To check the usefulness of the method, several damaged samples (subjected to two accelerated aging tests) were evaluated with the conventional technique and with the improved one. The results showed that a significant discrepancy is observed between the two methods for heavily corroded samples, with average reflectance differences of 0.053 ppt. The visualization of the reflector images illustrated that the improved method is more reliable. On the other hand, both the corrosion products formed and the corrosion rates were identified after each corrosive test. The chemical atmosphere significantly affects the products formed, whereas the corrosion rates are influenced by the test conditions and the reflector quality.

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Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems

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SCImago Journal & Country Rank
FuenteCoatings
Cuartil año de publicaciónNo disponible
Volumen9
Issue11
Páginas749 - 749
pISSNNo disponible
ISSN2079-6412

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Scienti ID0001764292-20Minciencias IDART-0001764292-20Openalex URLhttps://openalex.org/W2986861797
Doi URLhttps://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9110749Open_access URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/9/11/749/pdf
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