Durability studies of solar reflector materials exposed to environmental stresses

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1294, Issue , 1996, Pages 121-135

  Jorgensen, Gary J ^a   Kim, Hag Min ^a   Wendelin, Tim J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated testing; Durability; Outdoor weathering; Service lifetime prediction; Solar reflector

Indexed keywords

DURABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVICE LIFE; SOLAR RADIATION; STRESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEATHERING;

ACCELERATED TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; SERVICE LIFETIME PREDICTION; SOLAR REFLECTOR MATERIALS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0030190653     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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