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Solar thermal energy. --- Solar collectors. --- Optical materials. --- Optics --- Materials --- Collectors, Solar --- Solar energy --- Solar heating --- Solar thermal conversion --- Solar thermal power systems --- Solar thermal technology --- Thermodynamic conversion of solar energy --- Heat engineering

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* 2 real examples demonstrate how to obtain the service life of solar collector systems * Durable, providing fundamentals that will continue to be valuable over the next 5-10 years * Lighting a pathway to the commercialisation of solar products Solar devices lose their performance over time. The rate of degradation controls the service life of these devices. The essential concepts used to assess durability and performance of two specific solar collector systems are described, enabling researchers to assess durability in other solar devices. The examples of modelling, testing and performance measurements give researchers a how-to approach to reach crucial service lifetime predictions. Achieving successful and sustainable commercialisation of solar products relies on the fulfilment of 2 further criteria and these are also discussed. The methodology of service lifetime predictions (SLP), which is explained in detail in the book, is crucially needed in other solar technologies and is generally applicable to a wide variety of materials, components and systems used in other solar, biomedical, aerospace, electronic and coatings technologies. * 2 real examples demonstrate how to obtain the service life of solar collector systems * Reassuringly durable, providing fundamentals that will continue to be valuable over the next 5-10 years * Lighting a pathway for the commercialisation of solar products.

Solar thermal energy. --- Solar collectors. --- Optical materials.

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This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo.  It starts with an introduction to the plant’s biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in terms of silviculture, pests and diseases, and harvesting techniques. The book is completed by a comprehensive presentation of the properties of bamboo, its utilization and its preservation. Bamboo is the fastest-growing and most versatile plant on Earth. For centuries it has played an indispensible part in the daily life of millions of people in tropical countries. In recent decades it has gained increasing importance as a substitute for timber. The book was developed as a reference text for scientists, professionals, and graduate students with a strong interest in this unique plant.

Life Sciences. --- Forestry. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Forests and forestry. --- Botany. --- Sciences de la vie --- Forêts et sylviculture --- Botanique --- Transnational crime -- History. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture --- Plant Sciences --- Forestry --- Bamboo. --- Bamboo --- Bamboo work. --- Utilization. --- Bamboos --- Bambusaceae --- Bambusoideae --- Plant ecology. --- Plant science. --- Grasswork --- Woodwork --- Grasses --- Botany --- Plants --- Ecology --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology

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