Modelling of optical durability of enhanced aluminum solar reflectors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-45

  Sutter, Florian ^a   Ziegler, Stefan ^b   Schmücker, Martin ^c   Heller, Peter ^a   Pitz Paal, Robert ^a  

^a PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b Alanod Aluminium Veredlung GmbH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminum solar reflector; Avrami equation; Localized corrosion of aluminum; Outdoor weathering; Scattering; Specular reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANODIZED ALUMINUM; AVRAMI EQUATIONS; CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION COST; ENHANCED ALUMINUM; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; LOCALIZED CORROSION; OPTICAL DURABILITY; OUTDOOR WEATHERING; REFLECTOR MATERIALS; SOL-GEL COATINGS; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE;

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; REFLECTION; SCATTERING; SOL-GELS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEATHERING;

ALUMINUM COATINGS;

EID: 84865470100     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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