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http://dx.doi.org/10.7836/kses.2013.33.1.089

Evaluation Study of a Double Blind Light Pipe Daylighting System Efficiency and an Illumination Energy Reduction  

Kang, Eun-Chul (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
Yoo, Seong-Yeon (Dept. of Mechanical Design,Chungnam National University)
Lee, Euy-Joon (Korea Institute of Energy Research)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.33, no.1, 2013 , pp. 89-95 More about this Journal
Abstract
A DBLP(Double blind light pipe) daylight system can be installed at a building exterior wall or roof to replace artificial light during the day time. This system was consisted of a double blind light collector, a mirror duct type light transformer and a prism light pipe distributor. The double blinds were used to track the sun's altitude and azimuth movements to collect the sunlight throughout the day. The sunlight collected by the light collector was reflected on the first mirror and the second mirror and sent to the light pipe through the light transformer. The transformer was designed to deliver the sunlight into the light pipe efficiently. The light distributor plays a role in diffusing the sunlight coming in through the light collector to be used for indoor lighting. In this paper, a DBLP system has been designed, installed and tested at a KIER daylighting twin test cell. The DBLP daylighting system was applied to the experimental test cell which has an indoor area of 2.0 m wide ${\times}$ 2.4 m height ${\times}$ 3.8 m length. The experiment was conducted from January 30 to February 27, 2012, under clear skies and partially cloudy skies. Data was collected from 10:00 am to 16:00 pm every 2 minute and the average was calculated for every 30 minute of the data collection to obtain the system efficiency. The results indicated that the DBLP system efficiency was evaluated as 11.67%. The DBLP system indoor illumination energy reduction was predicted as 0.822 kWh/day. This could replace 4 sets of a 32W fluorescent lamp operating 6.4 hours per a day.
Keywords
Double blind light pipe; Daylighting; Light collector; Light transformer; Light distributor;
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