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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I’m not aware that TRNSYS is able to perform a ray-tracing in such a general way as SOLTRACE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Ismael Rodriguez Cal via TRNSYS-users<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Dienstag, 12. September 2017 09:48<br>
<b>An:</b> Devang Shah <devang.shah@paruluniversity.ac.in>; TRNSYS users mailing list at OneBuilding.org <trnsys-users@lists.onebuilding.org><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [TRNSYS-users] Fwd: Capacity comparison of SOLTRACE AND TRNSYS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Dear </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">D.A. Shah,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">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><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Maybe this will help:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="http://www.reiner-lemoine-stiftung.de/pdf/dissertationen/1Diss_Hess_Final_view_sh.pdf">http://www.reiner-lemoine-stiftung.de/pdf/dissertationen/1Diss_Hess_Final_view_sh.pdf</a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">(Check page 114, fig 4.1)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Please let me know if you solve the problem in TRNSYS...</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#212121">Best,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Enviado:</b> lunes, 4 de septiembre de 2017 15:17<br>
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<b>Asunto:</b> [TRNSYS-users] Fwd: Capacity comparison of SOLTRACE AND TRNSYS</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I am going to use SOLTRACE(RAY TRACING SOFTWARE BY NREL <a href="https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html">https://www.nrel.gov/csp/soltrace.html</a> ) software for evaluation of
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Can i evaluate optical performance of solar reflectors with TRNSYS software like SOLTRACE(RAY TRACING SOFTWARE BY NREL)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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