SoDa:: Services for Professionals in Solar Energy and Radiation

Case Studies - Materials - Ageing - Weathering

Thorsten Frost and his collaborators study the weathering of coatings on glass substrates. UV radiation plays an important role. These engineers exploit the SoDa Service to gain knowledge in the geographical distribution of the UV radiation and exposure difference in different European countries. Date: April 2007.

Stéphanie De Roux, from the company Butagaz used the SoDa Service as a one-shot usage, to obtain the maximum irradiance over its industrial sites. Stéphanie De Roux wrote that only satellite data can provide the informations on irradiance necessary to perform the computations and that the performance of the service was excellent. Date: March 2007.

SoDa for PVC systems and profiles. The Group Deceuninck comprises approximately 3000 employees worldwide. It specializes itself in compounding, the design, development, extrusion and finishing of PVC systems and profiles for the construction industry and in recycling. Mrs Dalle is the responsible for guarantees and certficates, wrote that among her duties, she has to determine the amount of global solar radiation energy per year in a specific place in the world in kiloLangley per year, to help in fixing the strategy where the different raw materials, lacquers and foils are to be sold depending on the limitations specified by the supplier (solar radiation, climates, temperatures, rain, relative humidity) and finally to set up a warranty certificate depending on the specific region, use of the product, climate and solar radiation. Due to an excellent collaboration with the team in charge of the SoDa Service, she can now perform most of these tasks in a single click. In addition to solar radiation, the SoDa Service provides temperatures, and, relative humidity. Furthermore, the SoDa Service produced a worldwide map of the radiation that provides at a glance an accurate knowledge of the climate zones. Exploiting the SoDa Service represents a true gain in efficiency and in accuracy. Date: January 2006.