[BLDG-SIM] modeling sun-tracking devices

David Bradley bradley at tess-inc.com
Wed Dec 5 13:10:01 PST 2007


Minu,
   I have had occasion to model that type of device using TRNSYS. 
Tracking solar collectors (whether PV or thermal) are easy examples. 
Some years ago, I modelled a device that sits on top of horizontally 
mounted skylight, tracks the sun and tries to bounce more daylight 
down the skylight well. There is nothing stopping you, however, from 
having whatever component of the building (all the way down to the 
walls and roofs) track the sun.
Cheers,
  David


At 11:01 12/5/2007, Minu Agarwal wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>Does anyone know of any buildings for which the performance of 
>sun-tracking movable devices was evaluated using simulation 
>programs? Does anyone have experience of having done such an 
>analysis? What I would especially like to know is how to model a 
>dynamic geometry in a simulation program.
>
>Thanks,
>Minu Agarwal
>
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