A vertical window receiver in a passive heating system is 1.5 m high and 6.0 m long; the window sill (bottom of the window) is 1.5 m above the ground. There is deployed in front of it a horizontal, diffuse reflector of the same length extending out 2.0 m from the window wall. What is the view factor from the: reflector to the window the window to the reflector the window to the ground beyond the reflector.

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A vertical window receiver in a passive heating system is 1.5 m high and 6.0 m long; the window sill (bottom of the window) is 1.5 m above the ground. There is deployed in front of it a horizontal, diffuse reflector of the same length extending out 2.0 m from the window wall. What is the view factor from the:

reflector to the window

the window to the reflector

the window to the ground beyond the reflector.

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