Optical Fiber Daylighting System Featuring Alignment-Free

Ngoc Hai Vu; Seoyong Shin

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Optical Fiber Daylighting System Featuring Alignment-Free

Ngoc Hai Vu, Seoyong Shin

Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 3 May 2016 Published: 4 May 2016

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Abstract

We present a cost-effective optical fiber daylighting system composed of prism and compound parabolic concentrator (P-CPC). Our simulation results demonstrate an optical efficiency of up to 89% when the concentration ratio of the P-CPC is fixed at 100. We have also used a simulation to determine an optimal geometric structure of P-CPCs. Because of the simplicity of the P-CPC structure, a lower-cost mass production process is possible. Our quest for an optimal structure has also shown that P-CPC has high tolerance for input angle of sunlight. The high tolerance allows replacing a highly dual precise active sun-tracking system with a single sun-tracking system as a cost-effective solution. Therefore, our results provide an important breakthrough for the commercialization of optical fiber daylighting systems that are faced with challenges related to high cost.

Published in	International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepe.20160502.15
Page(s)	60-66
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2016. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Compound Parabolic Concentrator, Plastic Optical Fiber, Daylighting.

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Ngoc Hai Vu

Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, South Korea
Seoyong Shin

Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, South Korea

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