02-10-12, 10:48 AM | #1 |
Apprentice EcoRenovator
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SW Montana
Posts: 139
Thanks: 1
Thanked 21 Times in 15 Posts
|
Need help with sun simulator design
Hi,
I've been working on an indoor sun simulator so that I can do solar thermal collector testing indoors and without always having to having to do side by side tests with a baseline collector. The sun simulator currently uses six 400 watt metal halide lamps to light up a collector that can be up to about 2 by 4 ft. Its coming along pretty well, but I'm having some trouble getting to a reflector design that gets enough of the lamp light onto the collector. If you have a minute to look at the setup and make suggestions, I'd appreciate it. All the details here: A Sun Simulator for Solar Thermal Collector Testing Its on the long side, but you can skip down to near the bottom and see the problem. Gary |
|
|