Performance and Durability Assessment:
Subtitle: Optical Materials for Solar Thermal Systems
Contributors: Michael Kohl (Editor); Bo Carlsson (Editor); S.E. Jorgensen (Editor); Alvin W CZANDERNA (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780080444017
Subjects: Engines & power transmission; Solar thermal energy; Optical materials; Energy; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Solar collectors; Science/Mathematics; Optics; Engineering - Mechanical; Material Science; Technology / Material Science
First sentence: Abstract: The purposes of this chapter are to provide an overview of the essential concepts about the performance and durability assessment of solar thermal components and materials and to describe the specific systems that are featured in this volume.