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New out-door lighting technology implementation will reduce great amount of energy
consumed for street lighting .
Street lighting works an average of 11 ~ 12 hours / day 365 days year , when use energy
efficient product the payback will be within 1 ~ 2 years maximum
This information sheet suggests some of the things that can be done. Most of the
suggestions apply to indoor lighting as well, where they also offer significant savings.
There are several clear cut measures that can be taken to improve energy savings.
New, much improved light sources are now available which provide considerably more
light per unit of energy.
Most newer fixtures offer better light control, putting light where it is needed rather than
wasting a great deal of the light produced by the lamp ( Decorative Luminaries)
Replacement of older fixtures and lamps with the newer, improved ones can greatly
improve efficiency.
Lamp efficiency is measured in lumens per watt. A lumen is a unit for measuring the
amount of light; a watt is a unit for measuring the amount of electrical energy used. The
lamp that gives the most lumens per watt is the most efficient lamp.
The table below lists the lighting efficiency of some of the common lamps used for
outdoor lighting:
Use of High Power CFL lamps (T5 Ho) instead of Blend lamps for decorative poles
will result in an average savings of more than 70% from consumed lighting energy.
It’s recommended to use 55W Tubes to replace Blend lamps of 160W and 85W Tubes
to replace 250W Lamps.
It’s recommended to use Tubes with 2700 Kelvin to give best visibility during
fogging times .
Use of HP CFL will overcome the heat problem that is responsible for breaking the
Luminaries glass and carbonize the plastic covers resulting in decreasing light out
put..
Magnetic ballast require large amount of energy at start , a 250W lamp will require
3,5 Amperes while 400W lamps will require 5 Amps.
HPS lamps will consume large amount of energy before the end of life , this
phenomena will burn the magnetic ballast in many cases unless is equipped with
thermal protection , before the end of the HPD lamp life the power will race up to
30% , this effect will take place for an average of 500 ~ 1000 hour before the lamp
will stop to work ..
Electronic ballast will improve HID tubes service life , overcome the starting
problem and improve the flakers effect , Electronic ballast with low frequency are
expensive , economic payback seam to be difficult is used in large scale.
Digital control technology was able to overcome the resonance problem and to make
the HID electronic ballast more economic and visible , Digital High frequency HID
electronic ballast with light demand control facility will present a large saving
opportunity for street lighting , the main idea is to dim the light during non needed
hours to save large amount of energy , use soft start technology made possible to
overcome the large energy consumed during starting time , a typical 250W or 400W
electronic ballast will consume 0.3 ~ 0.4 Amperes at start compare to 3,5 and 5
Amperes for magnetic ballast , soft start technology will increase HID lamp service
life and allow high efficient use of the power resources with minimum energy losses .
The soft start , protection system , stable voltage supply to lamp during operation
will enhance lamp service life up to 50% compare to magnetic ballast and will
eliminate the flicker effect .
Electronic ballast will control the HID lamp during the end of lamp life and will cut
off the power when lamps is dead to protect the ballast from damage .
A great amount of energy is consumed during end of HID lamp life , as this period is
calculated to be an average of 750 hours that lamp will consume 30 % more energy ,
adding the extra energy due to over voltage during late night hours a sum of 50%
extra energy is consumed during the last 750 hour of the HPS service life , Digital
dimmable electronic ballasts will overcome this problem to as maximum power is
controlled for certain hours of use during the night then power will dim down by
30% then by 50% during late night hours , this new technology is under application
now from many countries and expecting to be wildly implemented due to simple way
of control and ability to communicate with several levels of communication protocol.
Conclusion
1) Use of digital dimmable electronic HPS ballast will save a great amount of
energy that can reach 50% from total consumed energy ,
2) Will increase HPS lamps service life and will decrease line losses .
3) Will solve starting High energy need problem during rush hours
4) Central control of City lighting consumed power during peak hours will
allow new energy management tool .