Analytical solution for daylight transmission via hollow light pipes with a transparent glazing

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-192

  Kocifaj, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DOMES; FIBER OPTICS; GLAZES; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ROOFS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WINDOWS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AZIMUTHAL ORIENTATIONS; DIRECTION OF PROPAGATIONS; GEOMETRICAL RELATIONS; HOLLOW LIGHT GUIDES; HOLLOW LIGHT PIPES; ILLUMINATING SYSTEMS; INTERIOR ILLUMINANCE; INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; LAMBERTIAN; LAMBERTIAN DIFFUSERS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL TOOLS; SIZE AND SHAPES; SKY LUMINANCE; TOTAL ENERGY FLUXES; TUBULAR LIGHT GUIDES; TUBULAR SKYLIGHT;

LIGHT;

ENERGY FLOW; LIGHT; NUMERICAL METHOD; REFLECTIVITY; TRANSPARENCY;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 58149177475     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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