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IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS IN ELECTRICAL LIGHTING DESIGN:
The following are some of the definitions which we come across in the design of
electric lighting scheme.
1) UTILIZATION FACTOR:
Utilization Factor or Co-efficient of utilization. It may be defined as “the ratio of total
lumens received on the working plane to the total lumens emitted by the light
source”.i.e.Like Comment Share 343 · 33 Comments
Utilization factor =Lumens received on the working plane/Lumens emitted by the
lamp
FACTOR EFFECTING UTILIZATION FACTOR:
Type of light, light fitting, Colour surface of walls and ceiling, mounting height of
lamps, Area to be illuminated
Its value lies between 0.4 and 0.6 for direct fittings it varies from 0.1 to 0.35 for
indirect fittings
2) Depreciation or Maintenance factor
It may be defined as “the ratio of illumination under normal working condition to
the illumination when everything is clean or new” i.e.
D.F = Illumination under normal working conditions / Illumination when everything
is clean.
The maintenance factor is based on how often the lights are cleaned and replaced. It
takes into account such factors as decreased efficiency with age, accumulation of
dust within the fitting itself and the depreciation of reflectance as walls and ceilings
age. For convenience, it is usually given as three options:
Good = 0.70
Medium = 0.65
Poor = 0.55
3) WASTE LIGHT FACTOR:
When a surface is illuminated by a number of lamps, there is certain amount of
wastage due to overlapping of light waves. Its value will be between 1.2 to 1.5
4) REFLECTION FACTOR:
It may be defined as “the ratio of luminous flux leaving the surface to the luminous
flux incident on it”. It’s value will be always less than 1
5) ABSORPTION FACTOR:
When the atmosphere is full of snow or smoke fumes, it absorbs some light. Hence
absorption factor may be defined as “the ratio of net lumens available on the
working plane after absorption to the total lumens emitted by the lamp”. It’s value
varies from 0.5 to 1
6) LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY OR SPECIFIC OUT PUT
It may be defined as “the ratio of number of lumens emitted to the electric power in
take of a source” it’s unit is lumen/watt (lm/W)
7) SPACING TO MOUNTING HEIGHT RATIO (SHR)
The Spacing to Mounting Height Ratio (SHR) is the spacing between luminaires
divided by their height above the horizontal reference plane.
8) ROOM INDEX:
The room index is a ratio, describing how the room's height compares to its length
and width. It is given by:
Where L is the length of the room, W is its width, and Hm is the mounting height
above the work plane.
LUMEN METHOD STEPS:
1. Find required lux level
2. Select luminaire
3. Determine room index
4. Determine Number of Fixtures
N = number of lamps required.
E = illuminance level required (lux)
A = area at working plane height (m2)
F = average luminous flux from each lamp (lm)
UF= utilisation factor,
MF= maintenance factor,
5. Determine Minimum spacing between luminaire
Minimum spacing = SHR * Hm
Hm= Mounting height
SHR= Space to height ratio.
6. Determine Number of required rows of luminaire along width of the room
Number of required rows= width of the room/ Minimum spacing
7. Determine Number of luminaire in each row
Number of luminaire in each row= Total luminaire / Number of rows
8. Axial spacing along luminaire
Axial spacing= Length of the room/ Number of luminaire in each row
9. Transverse spacing between luminaire
Transverse spacing = Width of the room/ Number of luminaire in each row
EXAMPLE 1:
An office has length of 20m, width=10m,height=3m.
1) Ceiling to desk height is 2m.
2) Area to be illuminated to a general is 250 lux using twin lamp 32 watt CFL
Luminaire with a SHR of 1.25.
3) Each lamp has an initial output of 85 lumen per watt.
4) Maintenance factor is 0.63, Utilisation factor is 0.69
Design a lighting system for this office
EXAMPLE 2:
The office measures 10*7 m with a floor to ceiling height of 3m. The working plane
height is 0.8m. Office is being used for general office duties including some
computer use. Determine number of luminaires required in this office
EXAMPLE 3:
EXAMPLE 4:
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ATHEESH M 7mo
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Thank you for your extraordinary details.
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Mushahid Anwar 7mo
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What if the space is not square or rectangular ? I mean how to place calculated no of Luminaires ?
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Ejim Evans 8mo
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Nice job Tariq sir 🙏
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Muthurajagopal Murugesan 1y
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how calculate circular room?
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