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Effects of Photo-Induced Optical Degradation of Typical Plastic Glazing Materials Upon Flat-Plate Solar Energy Collection Efficiency

  • Gary Jorgensen
    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

    Research output: NLR › Technical Report

    Abstract

    Glazings for flat-plate solar collectors are generally either glass or plastic materials. Glass has proven to be an effective cover plate material, exhibiting extended service lifetime and high solar transmittance while remaining essentially opaque to thermal reradiation.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Number of pages22
    StatePublished - 1979

    NLR Publication Number

    • NREL/TP-31-193

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