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).

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Half-spherical collector with flexible textile transparent thermal insulation.

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