Diffusion of radiation transmitted through dry and condensate covered transmitting materials

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-196

  Pollet, Ivan V ^a   Pieters, Jan G ^a   Deltour, Jules ^b   Verschoore, Reinhart ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Optical diffusion; Solar energy materials; Water

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC FILMS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER;

DIFFUSE FRACTIONS; OPTICAL DIFFUSION; SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 10844292464     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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