Dr.

Zapfe GmbH
Engineering office for structural engineering + solar technology

Project: Neot Smadar

Analysis of coating for Solar PV Steel Structure

Project: Neot Smadar

Location: IL-88855 Lotan Israel

1. Zinc Magnesium ZM 310 in C3 – expected protection duration in years

If Purlins and girders are with coating ZM 310, the ZM 310 will be lost in

atmosphere C3 (assumed C3, no Info in Geo-report) after 21 years to >50 years as above in
test’s table in red frame.

Average is more than in 35.5 years.

Dr. Zapfe GmbH
Engineering office for structural engineering + solar technology

Project: Neot Smadar

2. Zinc Coating - expected protection duration in years

The support above of soil

Table from ISO 12944-2 – Mass loss for surface unit and thickness reduction in
difference corrosion category

Material loss in C3:

Zinc: >0.7 - 2.1 μm/y 2.10 x 30 = 63.0 μm < 80 μm ok!

If zinc coating is 80 μm for support SRF6 above of soil,

zinc coating 63.0 μm will be lost in 30 years.

The support in soil

The test results in Geo-report from page 6*

* GEOTECHNICAL REPORT NEOT SMADAR PV SOLAR PROJECT – Midronot Engineering 02/12/2021

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Engineering office for structural engineering + solar technology

Project: Neot Smadar

PH: > 7.5

average Cl: 192 mg/kg = 5.41 mmol/kg
average SO4 2-: 285.6 mg/kg = 2.98 mmol/kg
average Resistivity: 776 Ωm

Summary: accordance with DIN 50929-3 Table 2 B0 ≈ +1 → ground class Ia – no to few

aggressive

Material loss:

Zinc coating: beginning 2 years, 11 μm/y 2 x 11 = 22 μm

Zinc coating: >2 years to 25 years, 2 μm/y 23 x 2 = 46 μm

Σ loss after 25 years = 68 μm

If zinc coating is 80 μm(Schletter Standard) for support SRF6 in soil (or the anchoring depth
of pile SRF6 in soil), zinc coating 80 μm will be lost more than in 25 years.