bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent thermal insulations for solar thermal applications by...
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Bionics in textiles: flexible and translucent thermal insulations for solar thermal applications
by Thomas Stegmaier, Michael Linke, and Heinrich Planck
Philosophical Transactions AVolume 367(1894):1749-1758
May 13, 2009
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Polar bear.
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Hollow fibre in polar bear fur.
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Yellowish fur and black skin of the polar bear.
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Solar thermal functions of polar bear fur.
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Pile fabric with light-conductive fibres.
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Construction of a spacer textile composite for solar thermal energy harvesting.
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Translucent coated spacer textiles.
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Solar thermal collector made of textile composites (layers from top to bottom: transparent thermal insulation; air or water floated absorber; thermal insulation).
Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758
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Half-spherical collector with flexible textile transparent thermal insulation.
Thomas Stegmaier et al. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 2009;367:1749-1758
©2009 by The Royal Society