Luminous effectiveness of tubular light-guides in tropics

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3460-3466

  Darula, Stanislav ^a   Kittler, Richard ^a   Kocifaj, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Daylighting in tropics; Interior illuminance distribution; Tubular light guides

Indexed keywords

LIGHTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; ROOFS;

CALCULATION PROGRAMS; HOLLOW LIGHT GUIDE; INTERIOR ILLUMINANCE; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; SPECULAR REFLECTANCE; TROPICAL REGIONS; TUBULAR LIGHT GUIDES; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL;

TROPICS;

LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; ROOF; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 77955171462     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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