Title :
Solar day-lighting using optical fibers
Author :
Kumar, Narendra ; Patil, Swapnil
Author_Institution :
Indian Inst. of Inf. Technol. Design & Manuf., Chennai, India
Abstract :
Green lighting alternatives can substantially reduce electricity consumption. Solar day-lighting system, by transporting the concentrated sunlight through optical fibers, has been fabricated and tested and found to be 67% efficient.
Keywords :
daylighting; lenses; optical fibres; power consumption; sunlight; concentrated sunlight; green lighting; optical fibers; solar day-lighting;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
