A design of fluorescent fiber solar concentrator (FFSC) and outdoor testing for remote indoor day lighting

Author

Wang Chen ; Abdul-Rahman, H. ; Rao, S.P.

Author_Institution

Center of Project & Facilities Manage. (PFM), Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2010

fDate

11-13 Jan. 2010

Firstpage

320

Lastpage

328

Abstract

Different from the conventional luminescent solar concentrator (LSC), a 1200mm × 1200mm solar concentrator consisting of 150 pieces of three-color 1m long, 2mm diameter fluorescent fibers (FFSC) has been designed and mounted on a University building roof and the concentrated light is transported to a remote dark room through 10m long, 2mm diameter clear optical fibers. Outdoor testing for remote indoor day lighting and power producing evaluation has been conducted. A 31-day monitored data from 24 May2008 to 23 June2008 has been presented and the results reveal that even though FFSC is not practical yet to replace the conventional BIPV approach for power producing, it has a pleasant potential in remote indoor day lighting for large amount application in building integration.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; daylighting; optical fibres; solar energy concentrators; clear optical fibers; fluorescent fiber solar concentrator; luminescent solar concentrator; outdoor testing; power producing evaluation; remote indoor day lighting; Fluorescent Fiber Solar Concentrator (FFSC); Remote Indoor Day Lighting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Responsive Manufacturing - Green Manufacturing (ICRM 2010), 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ningbo

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2010.0452

Filename

5629059