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Comparison of Commercial Reflectometers for Solar Mirrors by Johannes Wette, Florian Sutter, Ricardo Sánchez-Moreno, Aránzazu Fernández-García

“…The important in-field characterization of solar mirror reflectance can be performed by a variety of commercial portable reflectometers. In this study the most…”
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Effect of Operation Time on the Performance and Accuracy of the Condor Reflectometer by Mounia Karim, Christopher Sansom, Zaharaddeen Hussaini, Heather Almond, Aránzazu Fernández-García, Florian Sutter, Florian Wiesinger, Johannes Wette, Peter King

“…This paper evaluates the potential effect that operation lifetime could have on the accuracy and reproducibility of the Condor reflectometer. For this purpose,…”
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Comparison of Degradation on Aluminum Reflectors for Solar Collectors due to Outdoor Exposure and Accelerated Aging by Wette, Johannes, Sutter, Florian, Fernandez-Garcia, Aranzazu, Ziegler, Stefan, Dasbach, Reinhard

“…Reflectors for concentrated solar thermal technologies need to withstand 20 or even 30 years of outdoor exposure without significant loss of solar specular…”
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Round Robin Test of Absorptance and Emittance of Particles for CSP by Florian Sutter, Marco Montecchi, Angel Morales Sabio, Gema San Vicente, Aránzazu Fernández-García, Johannes Pernpeintner, Tomás Reche-Navarro, Simon Caron, Lucía Marínez-Arcos, Johannes Wette, Alejandro Calderón, Marc Majó, Inés Fernández, Patrick Davenport, Tucker Farrell, Clifford K. Ho

“…Precise knowledge of particle optical properties is crucial to the advancement and success of directly-irradiated particle receiver technologies. This work…”
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Evaluation of anti-soiling coatings for CSP reflectors under realistic outdoor conditions by Wette, Johannes, Sutter, Florian, Fernández-García, Aránzazu

“…•Evaluation of potential anti-soiling coatings for concentrated solar power.•Six year outdoor exposure campaign of two anti-soiling mirror coatings.•Analysis…”
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Performance assessment of the anti-soiling coating on solar mirrors soiling in the arid climate of Ouarzazate-Morocco by Dahlioui, Dounia, Wette, Johannes, Fernández-García, Aránzazu, Bouzekri, Hicham, Azpitarte, Itziar

“…•First assessment of anti-soiling coating performance for CSP in arid region.•Comparison of cleaning and soiling mitigation by the studied coating.•Size…”
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Lifetime prediction model of reflector materials for concentrating solar thermal energies in corrosive environments by Buendía-Martínez, Francisco, Sutter, Florian, Wette, Johannes, Valenzuela, Loreto, Fernández-García, Aránzazu

“…Concentrated solar thermal technologies play an essential role in the energetic transition which is currently facing our society. The energy generation in this…”
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Lifetime prediction of aluminum solar mirrors by correlating accelerated aging and outdoor exposure experiments by Sutter, Florian, Wette, Johannes, Wiesinger, Florian, Fernández-García, Aránzazu, Ziegler, Stefan, Dasbach, Reinhard

“…•The service life of aluminum reflectors is estimated for 3 representative sites.•An accelerated testing sequence was tailored to mimic all degradation…”
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Acceptance criteria for accelerated aging testing of silvered-glass mirrors for concentrated solar power technologies by Sutter, Florian, Fernández-García, Aránzazu, Wette, Johannes, Reche-Navarro, Tomás Jesús, Martínez-Arcos, Lucía

“…Solar reflectors for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies are required to maintain their optical properties in demanding environments for more than 20…”
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