Plymouth Marine Labratories
The loss of Copper Biocide into the Marine Environment.
Pentland Firth Tidal Race, Orkney Islands - Plymouth Marine Laboratories Five-Year Trial Site.
Plymouth Marine Laboratories (PML) are commissioned to compare the loss of copper into the marine environment from Coppercoat Multi-Season Antifoul Coating and ablative antifouling.
Project + Year
2019. Plymouth Marine Laboratories (PML) are commissioned to compare the loss of copper into the marine environment from Coppercoat Multi-Season Antifoul Coating and ablative antifouling.
Project Information
The results of the five-year independent trial conducted by PML on behalf of Rolls Royce and EDF Energy are extrapolated to determine the loss rate of each product type.
Refer to the Rolls Royce + EDF Energy Marine Turbine Project.
Panel Substrate
Carbon steel coated with a universal two-part epoxy anticorrosive coating
Coatings Trialled
Coppercoat Multi-Season Antifoul Coating.
Ablative Antifouling Paint (All major global brands).
Comparative Coating Performance
The loss rate of Ablative Antifouling Paint was 14 times higher than Coppercoat, per day.
Over the five-year trial period, Coppercoat lost 4.30% of coating thickness.
Over the five-year trial period, Ablative Antifouling Paint lost 90 – 100% of coating thickness
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