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Bayer Develops Solar Heat Collector

by Marc S. Reisch
September 27, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 39

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Credit: Puren
Polyurethane and polycarbonate enable solar hot-air collector.
Credit: Puren
Polyurethane and polycarbonate enable solar hot-air collector.

Bayer MaterialScience has teamed up with insulating foam manufacturer Puren to develop a solar heat collector. Mounted on a building roof, the collector provides warm air for room or water heating. The collector, called Bomatherm, is made of Bayer’s rigid polyurethane foam and a black-pigmented, multiwalled, heat-resistant polycarbonate sheet Bayer developed for Puren.

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