Aging behavior and lifetime modeling for polycarbonate

Solar Energy

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 755-762

  Kahlen, S ^a   Wallner, G M ^b   Lang, R W ^c  

^a POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lifetime modeling; Polymers; Solar thermal application

Indexed keywords

AGING BEHAVIOR; AGING CONDITIONS; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; LIFETIME PREDICTION; MATERIAL CANDIDATE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SOLAR THERMAL APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; TENSILE TESTS;

BENCHMARKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR HEATING; TENSILE TESTING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGING; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; CARBONATE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; MODEL TEST; POLYMER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77949913986     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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