In the construction industry, low-emissivity glass is used to improve both thermal efficiency
and visual comfort by reflecting or transmitting thermal radiation. The solar optical …

The solar reflector is one of the main components of concentrated solar thermal systems.
Therefore, accurate knowledge of its solar-weighted, near-specular reflectance is highly …

Silver is a strategic material for renewable energy. Among other applications related to PV, it
is used as reflective layer in solar mirrors for concentrated solar power (CSP), thanks to its …

In this work, results of the outdoor exposure campaign of a newly developed hydrophilic anti-
soiling coating for concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) mirrors are presented. The …

In concentrated solar power (CSP), selective solar absorber coatings increase absorbed
solar flux (high solar absorptance AS) while reducing radiative losses (low thermal …

The efficient and productive operation of a Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) plant
depends upon knowledge of the mean reflectance of the solar collector field, as the …

The lifetime of mirrors in outdoor conditions is crucial in the correct operation of any
concentrating solar power (CSP) installation. In this work, the corrosion behavior of two …

METHOD TO EVALUATE THE REFLECTANCE, ABSORPTANCE AND EMMITTANCE OF
PARTICLES FOR CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGY Sutter, Florian und …

The SolarPACES Reflectance Guideline provides an essential tool to obtain comparable
reflectance measurements, but because of the lack of adequate commercial instrumentation …

The corrosion of the reflective layer is one of the main degradation mechanisms of solar
reflectors. However, the appropriate assessment of the corroded reflector samples is not …