Performance and durability assessment : optical materials for solar thermal systems /

* 2 real examples demonstrate how to obtain the service life of solar collector systems * Durable, providing fundamentals that will continue to be valuable over the next 5-10 years * Lighting a pathway to the commercialisation of solar products Solar devices lose their performance over time. The rat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: K�ohl, Michael, Dr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Solar thermal energy.
Solar collectors.
Optical materials.
H�eliothermie.
Capteurs solaires.
Mat�eriaux optiques.
solar collectors.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Optical materials
Solar collectors
Solar thermal energy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the performance and durability assessment of optical materials for solar thermal systems
  • -Materials performance and system performance
  • -Environmental stress conditions
  • -Durability assessment and service lifetime prediction
  • -Methods for reducing environmental stress in solar collectors
  • -Modeling of microclimates, ventilation rate testing procedures, and case studies on polymeric glazings.
  • PART 1: INTRODUCTION
  • Introduction to the performance and durability assessment of optical materials for solar thermal systems / B. Carlsson [and others]
  • PART 2: MATERIALS PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
  • Opticla properties and measurements / A. Roos
  • Performance models of solar collectors and systems / U. Frei
  • System performance and testing / U. Frei, H. Oversloot
  • Performance requirements and criteria / M. K�ohl
  • Performance indicators / M. K�ohl, G. Jorgensen
  • PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CONDITIONS
  • Environmental stress conditions / M. Heck, M. Kohl
  • Measurements of environmental stress conditions and evaluation for service life prediction / S. Brunold [and others]
  • Evaluation of the stress conditions / M. Heck, M. K�ohl
  • Correlation between microclimate and macroclimate / O. Holck [and others]
  • PART 4: DURABILITY ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE LIFETIME PREDICTION
  • General methodology ; Initial risk analysis of potential failure modes ; Qualification testing / B. Carlsson
  • Accelerated indoor testing / S. Brunold [and others]
  • Service life prediction from results of accelerated aging / B. Carlsson
  • Nonmechanistic phenomenological treatment of glazings and reflectors / G. Jorgensen
  • Outdoor exposure testing / G. Jorgensen
  • Analytical techniques for studying solar materials degradation processes / K. M�oller
  • PART 5: METHODS FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS IN SOLAR COLLECTORS
  • Rain tightness / O. Holck, S. Svendsen
  • Optimization of the ventilation rate in flat-plate collectors / M. Heck [and others]
  • Guidelines for limiting environmental stress factors in glazed, ventilated solar collectors / O. Holck, S. Svendsen
  • Modeling of microclimates / O. Holck, S. Svendsen
  • Ventilation rate testing procedure / O. Holck
  • PART 6: CASE STUDIES ON POLYMERIC GLAZING
  • Screening tests of candidate polymeric glazings / G. Jorgensen
  • Case study on polymeric glazings / G. Jorgensen [and others].

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