Polymeric materials for solar thermal applications /
"Bridging the gap between basic science and technological applications, this is the first book devoted to polymers for solar thermal applications. Clearly divided into three major parts, the contributions are written by experts on solar thermal applications and polymer scientists alike. The fir...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Weinheim : Chichester :
Wiley-VCH ; John Wiley [distributor],
2012.
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| Series: | Solar Heating and Cooling.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Principles / Markus Peter ; Solar thermal market / Karl-anders Weiss, Christoph Zauner, Jay Burch, Sandrin Saile
- Thermal solar energy for polymer experts / Philippe Papillon, Claudius Wilhelms ; Conventional collectors, heat stores, and coatings / Stephan Fischer, Harald Drück, Stephan Bachmann, Elke Streicher, Jens Ullmann, Beate Traub ; Thermal loads on solar collectors and options for their reduction / Christoph Reiter, Christoph Trinkl, Wilfried Zörner ; Standards, performance tests of solar thermal systems / Stephan Fischer, Christoph Zimmermann
- Part II. Plastics market / Katharina Resch, Gernot M Wallner ; Polymeric materials / Gernot M Wallner, Reinhold W Lang, Karl Schnetzinger ; Processing: 9.1 structural polymeric materials / Helmut Vogel ; Paint coatings for polymeric solar absorbers and their applications / Ivan Jerman, Matjaéz Koézelj, Lidija Slemenik Perése, Boris Orel ; Polymer durability for solar thermal applications / Susan C Mantell, Jane H Davidson ; Plastics properties and material selection / Ulrich Endemann, Andreas Mägerlein
- Part III. State of the art: polymeric materials in solar thermal applications / Michaela Meir, Fabian Ochs, Claudius Wilhelms, Gernot Wallner ; Structural polymeric materials
- aging behavior of solar absorber materials / Suanne Kahlen, Gernot M Wallner, Reinhold W Lang ; Thermotropic layers for overheating protection of all-polymeric flat plate solar collectors / Katharina Resch, Robert Hausner, Gernot M Wallner, Reinhold W Lang ; Application of POSS compounds for modification of the wetting properties of TISS paint coatings / Ivan Jerman, Boris Orel, Matjaéz Koézelj ; Conceptual design of collectors / Karl-anders Weiss, Steffen Jack, Axel Müller, John Rekstad ; Collectors and heat stores / Stefan Brunold, Philippe Papillon, Micha Plaschkes, John Rekstad, Claudius Wilhelms
- Durability tests of polymeric components / Stefan Brunold, Florian Ruesch, Roman Kunic, John Rekstad Michaela Meir, Claudius Wilhelms ; Architecturally appealing solar thermal systems
- a marketing tool in order to attract new customers and market segments / Ingvild Skjelland, John Rekstad, Karl-Anders Weiss, Maria Christina Munari Probst ; Obstacles for the application of current standards / Stephan Fischer, Christoph Zauner, Philippe Papillon, Andreas Bohren, Stefan Brunold, Robert Hausner
- Glossary
- Index.