Characterization of solar radiation transmission through plastic shading nets

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1371-1378

  Abdel Ghany, A M ^a   Al Helal, I M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diffused beam; Plastic nets; Solar radiation transmission; Specular reflection; Unscattered beam

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE RADIATION; DIFFUSED BEAM; DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS; NON-HOMOGENEOUS MATERIAL; RADIATION PARAMETERS; REFLECTED BEAM; RIYADH , SAUDI ARABIA; SPECULAR REFLECTION; SPECULAR REFLECTIONS; TEXTURE STRUCTURE; THREAD SURFACE;

COLOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TEXTURES;

PLASTICS;

EID: 77953137450     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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