Proceedings of Institute of Environmental Sciences Seminar on Testing Solar Energy Materials and Systems Held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on 22-24 May 1978.

摘要

The purpose of this seminar was to bring out to the entire technical community concerned with the utilization of solar energy, the problems of components and materials performance evaluation, new testing techniques being developed, and the need to standardize measurement and test procedures. Terrestrial solar irradiance measurement and the standardization of test procedures are a key to characterizing thermal performance of solar energy systems such as photovoltaic, thermal power, and solar collectors for heating and cooling. Presentations by the technical community of the existing methods of measurement and test facilities expanded the understanding of terrestrial solar energy utilization and application. (MM).