Redirection of sunlight by microstructured components - Simulation, fabrication and experimental results

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1660-1666

  Klammt, Stephan ^a   Neyer, Andreas ^a   Müller, Helmut F O ^b  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Green Building R and D ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Microreplication; Microstructure; Sunlight guide panel

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL GLASS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MICRO-PRISM ARRAYS; MICROREPLICATION; MICROSTRUCTURED COMPONENTS; SUNLIGHT GUIDE PANEL;

MICROSTRUCTURE; SILICONES;

DAYLIGHTING;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAY TRACING; SILICON;

EID: 84859441230     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.034     Document Type: Article

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