Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe
This paper is focused on the daylighting system named Modified Double Light Pipe (MDLP) designed by the authors as an evolution of the Double Light Pipe to eliminate the drawbacks due to its encumbrance and the high luminance of its upper portion. They cut off its lower part and applied a circular l...
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| author | Paolo Zazzini Alessandro Di Crescenzo Luigi Pio Rossitti Roberta Mirando |
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| description | This paper is focused on the daylighting system named Modified Double Light Pipe (MDLP) designed by the authors as an evolution of the Double Light Pipe to eliminate the drawbacks due to its encumbrance and the high luminance of its upper portion. They cut off its lower part and applied a circular light shelf to the system to prevent people from seeing the upper brightest portion of it. An experimental activity under real sky has been carried out for four months on a reduced scale model of the MDLP. The dynamic metrics DA, cDA, DR, and U0 have been calculated on monthly basis. The results can be considered satisfactory both in terms of illuminance distribution and daylight autonomy, as well as illuminance uniformity, taking into account that the tests have been carried out in winter, under unfavorable climatic conditions. The results show that, even in winter climatic conditions, the MDLP gives a contribution to delivering daylight in the intermediate room both on sunny and cloudy days with good uniformity of illuminance distribution on the horizontal work plane. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f731036b9ed744a4878254b6107501712022-12-22T03:35:35ZengSolarLitsJournal of Daylighting2383-87012022-11-019222824110.15627/jd.2022.17Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light PipePaolo Zazzini0Alessandro Di Crescenzo1Luigi Pio Rossitti2Roberta Mirando3Department INGEO, University “G. D’Annunzio”, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, ItalyDepartment INGEO, University “G. D’Annunzio”, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, ItalyDepartment INGEO, University “G. D’Annunzio”, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, ItalyDepartment INGEO, University “G. D’Annunzio”, Viale Pindaro 42, 65127 Pescara, ItalyThis paper is focused on the daylighting system named Modified Double Light Pipe (MDLP) designed by the authors as an evolution of the Double Light Pipe to eliminate the drawbacks due to its encumbrance and the high luminance of its upper portion. They cut off its lower part and applied a circular light shelf to the system to prevent people from seeing the upper brightest portion of it. An experimental activity under real sky has been carried out for four months on a reduced scale model of the MDLP. The dynamic metrics DA, cDA, DR, and U0 have been calculated on monthly basis. The results can be considered satisfactory both in terms of illuminance distribution and daylight autonomy, as well as illuminance uniformity, taking into account that the tests have been carried out in winter, under unfavorable climatic conditions. The results show that, even in winter climatic conditions, the MDLP gives a contribution to delivering daylight in the intermediate room both on sunny and cloudy days with good uniformity of illuminance distribution on the horizontal work plane.https://solarlits.com/jd/9-228daylightlight shelfdouble light pipemodified double light pipe |
| spellingShingle | Paolo Zazzini Alessandro Di Crescenzo Luigi Pio Rossitti Roberta Mirando Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe Journal of Daylighting daylight light shelf double light pipe modified double light pipe |
| title | Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe |
| title_full | Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe |
| title_short | Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the Modified Double Light Pipe |
| title_sort | experimental analysis on a 1 2 scale model of the modified double light pipe |
| topic | daylight light shelf double light pipe modified double light pipe |
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