High transmittance, low emissivity glass covers for flat plate collectors: Applications and performance

Solar Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-59

  Giovannetti, F ^a   Foste S ^a   Ehrmann, N ^a   Rockendorf, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coated glass; Flat plate collector; Low emissivity

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; SOLAR ENERGY;

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; COATED GLASS; FLAT-PLATE COLLECTOR; LOW EMISSIVITIES; LOW-EMISSIVITY COATING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TIN DOPED INDIUM OXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

GLASS;

ABSORPTION; COATING; EMISSIVITY; GLASS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDIUM; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSMITTANCE; ZINC;

EID: 84899647293     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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