POLYMERIC MATERIALS FOR SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION: A COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
<em>Full-scale metal solar collectors and solar collectors fabricated from polymeric materials are studied in present research. Honeycomb multichannel plates made from polycarbonate were chosen to create a polymeric solar collector. Polymeric collector is 67.8% lighter than metal solar collect...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Odesa National University of Technology
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Holodilʹnaâ Tehnika i Tehnologiâ |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.gsjp.eu/index.php/reftech/article/view/118 |
| Summary: | <em>Full-scale metal solar collectors and solar collectors fabricated from polymeric materials are studied in present research. Honeycomb multichannel plates made from polycarbonate were chosen to create a polymeric solar collector. Polymeric collector is 67.8% lighter than metal solar collector. It was experimentally shown that the efficiency of a polymeric collector is 7–14% lower than a traditional collector. An ecologically based Life Cycle Assessment showed the advantages of the application of polymeric materials in the construction of solar collectors.</em> |
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| ISSN: | 0453-8307 2409-6792 |