Vol.44 No.2 (Serial No.244) 2018

  • Prefactory note : From liquid type to air type solar system / Kazuhiro AISO
  • Featured Article: Actions for Safety Enhancement of PV Array Structural Designs
    • Towards improvement in the structural safety of photovoltaic systems / Kou UEMATSU
    • Basics of structural design and commentary of guideilens on structures design for photovoltaic array created by NEDO research project / Makoto OKUJI and Koji TAKAMORI
    • Adminstrative trends concerning improvement of safety of photovoltaic power generation equipment, such as  proposed revision of structural strength calculation method / Hiroshi ENOMOTO
    • Points revised according to JIS C 8955 / Shogo NISHIKAWA
    • Japan association for wind engineering overview of manual of wind resistance design for photovoltac system / Daisuke SOMEKAWA
    • Snow design for structures with photovoltaic power generation / Takahiro CHIBA
    • How to protect corrosion of a photovoltaic array that is made from highly corrosion-resistant coated steen sheet / Akira HAMASAKI, Shunji FUKUDA, Junichi KOTEGAWA and Hideki KANEOKA
  • Reseatch Paper
    • Development of slim and translucent vacuum insulation panels Part 1 – Investigation on core material with structural calculation and heat transfer calculation and trial production of vacuum insulation panels and their perfoamnce evaluation / Takao KATSURA, Zhang YANG, Masahiro AIHARA, Makoto NAKAMURA and Katsunori NAGANO
    • Design of wall-mounted solar collector with concentration by a parabolic mirror / Atsushi AKISAWA, Ruo Kashide and Masayuki NAKAYAMA
  • Technical Paper
    • Effect of elctric field on freezing initiation of supercooled water in PVC tube for thermal energy storage using supercooled state / Masanori FUJIMOTO and Yoshiro TOCHITANI
  • Short Report
    • Blue flame combustion of a candle under the earth’s gravity and at ordinary temperature and atmosphere pressure / Fujinori HANAWA
  • News from JSES committee
    • JSES announcement
    • Conference calendar
    • Library