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<p>Dear <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">D.A. Shah,</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">I was wondering the same, because I need to model a kind of reflector that reflects, but also absorbs
and redirects light onto a set of PV panels. I need to model the building as well with type 56.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;"><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">As far as I know, TRNSYS is not able to perform ray tracing analysis. So this effect should be included
in any other way I guess. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Do you have any idea? Or are you planning to couple Solar Trace with TRNSYS (maybe using Solar Trace
outputs in text format as an input for TRNSYS?)</span></p>
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<p>(Check page 114, fig 4.1)</p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 15px;">Please let me know if you solve the problem in TRNSYS...</span></p>
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<b>Enviado:</b> lunes, 4 de septiembre de 2017 15:17<br>
<b>Para:</b> trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Asunto:</b> [TRNSYS-users] Fwd: Capacity comparison of SOLTRACE AND TRNSYS</font>
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<div>I am going to use SOLTRACE(RAY TRACING SOFTWARE BY NREL <a href="https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html" id="LPlnk629169" previewremoved="true">https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html</a> ) software for evaluation of performance of various TYPES of solar
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<div>Now I want to know that whether TRNSYS can be used for the same purpose?</div>
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<div>Can i evaluate optical performance of solar reflectors with TRNSYS software like SOLTRACE(RAY TRACING SOFTWARE BY NREL)?</div>
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<div>PLEASE THROW SOME LIGHT ON THIS AS I WANT TO DECIDE THAT IF TRNSYS IS CAPABLE OF MODELLING SOLAR REFLECTORS THEN I SHOULD NOT WASTE TIME IN LEARNING SOLTRACE AND FOCUS ON TRANSYS..</div>
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<div>Parul University.</div>
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