Daylight characteristics of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal switchable glazing

Authors

A. Ghosh, University of Exeter, United KingdomFollow
Brian Norton, Technological University DublinFollow
T.K. Mallik, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Document Type

Article

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

2. ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Publication Details

• Authors pre-print on any website, including arXiv and RePEC (Sherpa Romeo)

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 174, pp. 572-576.

Abstract

The daylighting performance of a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) switchable glazing has been evaluated using an unfurnished outdoor south-facing test cell with a glazing-to-wall ratio of 1:9. Useful daylight illuminance levels (UDI) were determined for clear sunny, intermittent cloudy and overcast cloudy days. Daylight glare indexes (DGIN) was calculated for the PDLC glazing in its transparent and translucent states. An electrically-actuated adaptive PDLC switchable glazing with transparency that varied between 27% and 71% was able to control daylight glare.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.047.

Recommended Citation

Norton, B., Ghose, A. & Mallick, T.K. (2018). Daylight Characteristics of a Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Switchable Glazing. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 174, pp. 572-576. doi: 10.1016/j.solmat.2017.09.047.