HOLIGILM: Hollow light guide interior illumination method - An analytic calculation approach for cylindrical light-tubes

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-259

  Kocifaj, M ^a   Darula, S ^a   Kittler, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hollow light guides; Interior illuminance; Roof light; Sky luminance; Tubular skylight

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION;

HOLLOW LIGHT GUIDES; ROOF-LIGHT; SKY LUMINANCE; TUBULAR SKYLIGHT;

LIGHTING;

COMPUTATION THEORY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CYLINDER; LUMINESCENCE; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 38949165676     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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