Optical durability of candidate solar reflectors

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 262-269

  Kennedy, C E ^a   Terwilliger, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminized Mirrors; Front Surface Reflector; Glass Mirrors; Optical Durability; Silvered Polymer Mirrors

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIZED MIRRORS; FRONT SURFACE REFLECTORS; GLASS MIRRORS; OPTICAL DURABILITY; SILVERED POLYMER MIRRORS;

COSTS; DURABILITY; GLASS; MIRRORS; PLASTIC FILMS; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 19144368233     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1861926     Document Type: Article

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