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6 FAQs about [Requirements for installing photovoltaic panels at the tunnel entrance]
What are the lighting requirements in road tunnels?
The lighting requirements in road tunnels are expressed in terms of the luminance (luminous flux emitted or reflected by unit of surface and solid angle in one given direction) from the pavement and walls.
Are tunnel lighting installations safe?
Tunnel lighting installations consume lots of energy and other resources. The increase in safety leads to a parallel increase in consumed energy and materials. In the last decade several proposals pursuit safe and well illuminated tunnels. This work makes a summary and leaves open points for future research.
Do tunnel lighting systems need energy supply?
Bracale et al. [ 36] call attention to tunnel lighting safety requirements and the need for an energy supply for tunnel safety systems. In particular, to evaluate the higher energy consumption of the lamps in a tunnel, an economic criterion for the selection of technical and technological solutions must be included.
Can a semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy control fire and smoke?
A study related to a semi-transparent photovoltaic canopy [ 5] demonstrates that, under steady-state aeraulic conditions, the interaction between PV panels, fire, and smoke can be managed with a top opening for ventilation near the tunnel entrance rather than near the PV canopy system.
How can a road tunnel lighting system make infrastructure more sustainable?
This can be considered a tool that makes the infrastructure more sustainable by guaranteeing dynamic maintenance over time. Studies [ 64, 65] also provide a new control system for calculation and design—namely, an intelligent control system of road tunnel lighting that can realise the effects of illumination as it moves with a vehicle.
How to use sunlight in tunnels?
Fig. 9. Strategies to use sunlight in tunnels are divided in two: shift of threshold (a) and injection of light (b). In that work, departing from geometric, solar and tunnel-inherent considerations, the ratio between the consumed energy in the threshold zone with and without was obtained through the following Eq.