Unit 11 ILLUMINATION FER a SNe Ya tC "iawee oer oe| { l { { { ‘ { { { { ' { { l I I I 1 1 ILLUMINATION 34. INTRODUCTION / Lighting is an essential service of human forthe day-to-day activity. The lighting plays ‘major role on industrial production. The typical illumination required for 100% productivity is2000 Lux. The productivity is 99% at an illumination of 500 Lux. The 500 Lux illumination isan affordable level for a precision eye task work. The power consumption by the industrial lighting system varies between 2 to 10% of the total power consumption depending upon the {ype of industry. In commercial, the lighting plays a major role and consume up to 50% of total power consumption. Light is in the form of radiant energy. The visible spectrum wavelength of normal human eye is from 3800°A to 7500%A. A DEFINITION OF TERMS “ umination Ilumination is different from light. Light is cause and illumination isthe result o falling on surface. Illumination makes a surface to be visible. Luminous Intensity The amount of light output (Lumens) falling on unit square meter of surface (illuminance) is called as Luminous Intensity. The unit for luminous intensity is Lux (Lumens Per square metre), Colour Rendering Index (CRI) Fluorescent lamps do not emit equal intensities over the colour spectrum, but have Peaks and valleys across the visible spectrum. This causes unnatural appearance (rendering) of coloured objects when viewed under fluorescent lamps. Gotour rendering isthe ability ofa lamp to give good colour representation of the object it is ‘lminatise Normally, the colour rendering is represented in percentage and specified as Colour Rendering Index. It is a measure of the degree to which the colours of surface illuminated by a given light source confirm to those of the same surfaces under a reference illuminent. uminous Efficiency Itis the ratio of luminous flux emitted by a lamp to power consumed by the lamp. The Luminous Efficiency is normally expressed in Lumens per watt of power consumption. Iti a reflection of efficiency of energy conversion from electricity to light form, é