Light transmission efficiency of daylight guidance systems: An assessment approach based on simulations and measurements in a sun/sky simulator

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2789-2801

  Lo Verso, Valerio R M ^a   Pellegrino, Anna ^a   Serra, Valentina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Light transmission efficiency; SkyVision; Suns sky simulators; Tubular daylight guidance systems

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY; DESIGN POINTS; GLOBAL EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL SYSTEMS; GUIDANCE SYSTEM; HOLOGRAPHIC FILMS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; INTERIOR SPACE; KEY FACTORS; NATURAL LIGHT; OUTPUT WINDOW; PHYSICAL MODEL; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SKYVISION; STANDARD REQUIREMENTS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY; TUBULAR DAYLIGHT GUIDANCE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHT SIMULATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MODELS; PHOTOMETRY; PIPE; REMOTE CONTROL; TRANSPARENCY;

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; COATING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOMETER; PIPE; PREDICTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSMITTANCE; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 80053963240     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.08.017     Document Type: Article

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