A review of the application performances of concentrated solar power systems

AP Gonzalo, AP Marugán, FPG Márquez - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The global energy production model is changing from fossil fuels to renewable and nuclear
energies. Concentrated solar power is one of the growing technologies that is leading this …

Sandstorm erosion on solar reflectors: A field study on height and orientation dependence

F Wiesinger, F Sutter, A Fernández-García, J Wette… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
A large share of future solar energy plants is going to be located in desert environments
where the involved aging effects of the installed components still exhibit a lack of …

Critical constraints responsible to solar glass mirror degradation

R Girard, C Delord, A Disdier, O Raccurt - Energy Procedia, 2015 - Elsevier
The degradation of solar glass mirrors is analyzed as a function of various constraints such
as temperature, humidity, rain and solar irradiation. In order to understand the degradation …

Chemical degradation and color changes of paint protective coatings used in solar glass mirrors

M Guerguer, S Naamane, Z Edfouf, O Raccurt… - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper reports a study of the influence of outdoor natural aging on paint coatings applied
to the back of three commercial solar glass mirrors (A1, C2, and D2) under two different …

Neural network modeling of Moroccan weather conditions effect on solar reflectors degradation

M Guerguer, S Naamane, O Raccurt… - AIP Conference …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This paper reviews the effect of weather parameters on natural degradation of solar
reflectors mirrors exposed in Morocco. Outdoor aging tests of four types of solar glass …