TY - BOOK TI - Performance and durability assessment: optical materails for solar thermal systems SN - 9780080444017 U1 - 621.36 PY - 2004/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier N1 - Introduction to the performance and durability assessment of optical materials for solar thermal systems -- -Materials performance and system performance -- -Environmental stress conditions -- -Durability assessment and service lifetime prediction -- -Methods for reducing environmental stress in solar collectors -- -Modeling of microclimates, ventilation rate testing procedures, and case studies on polymeric glazings. PART 1: INTRODUCTION -- Introduction to the performance and durability assessment of optical materials for solar thermal systems / B. Carlsson [and others] -- PART 2: MATERIALS PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE -- Opticla properties and measurements / A. Roos -- Performance models of solar collectors and systems / U. Frei -- System performance and testing / U. Frei, H. Oversloot -- Performance requirements and criteria / M. Köhl -- Performance indicators / M. Köhl, G. Jorgensen -- PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS CONDITIONS -- Environmental stress conditions / M. Heck, M. Kohl -- Measurements of environmental stress conditions and evaluation for service life prediction / S. Brunold [and others] -- Evaluation of the stress conditions / M. Heck, M. Köhl -- Correlation between microclimate and macroclimate / O. Holck [and others] -- PART 4: DURABILITY ASSESSMENT AND SERVICE LIFETIME PREDICTION -- General methodology ; Initial risk analysis of potential failure modes ; Qualification testing / B. Carlsson -- Accelerated indoor testing / S. Brunold [and others] -- Service life prediction from results of accelerated aging / B. Carlsson -- Nonmechanistic phenomenological treatment of glazings and reflectors / G. Jorgensen -- Outdoor exposure testing / G. Jorgensen -- Analytical techniques for studying solar materials degradation processes / K. Möller -- PART 5: METHODS FOR REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS IN SOLAR COLLECTORS -- Rain tightness / O. Holck, S. Svendsen -- Optimization of the ventilation rate in flat-plate collectors / M. Heck [and others] -- Guidelines for limiting environmental stress factors in glazed, ventilated solar collectors / O. Holck, S. Svendsen -- Modeling of microclimates / O. Holck, S. Svendsen -- Ventilation rate testing procedure / O. Holck -- PART 6: CASE STUDIES ON POLYMERIC GLAZING -- Screening tests of candidate polymeric glazings / G. Jorgensen -- Case study on polymeric glazings / G. Jorgensen [and others] ER -