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Calculate No of Street Light Poles & Luminaries Watt

Calculate Distance between Each Street Light Pole


Luminaire Detail:
Type of fixture considered 250 Watt
Lumen Output of the Lamp (LL) 33200 Lumens
Lux Required 5 Lux
Coefficient of utilization (CU) 0.18
Lamp Lumen Depreciation Factor (LLD) 0.8
Luminaire dirt Depreciation Factor (LDD) 0.9
Road Detail
Width of the road (W) 11.5 Foot
Height of the pole (H) 26.5 Foot

Spacing between each Pole: 75 Foot


Space Height Ratio 3

Calculate Required Power for Street Light Area

Luminaire Detail:
Required Illumination Level for Street Light 6 Lux per Sq.Meter
luminous efficacy 20 Lumen/Watt
Area Detail:
Surface Area 1 Sq.Meter
OR
Spherical Radius Meter 1

Required Power 0.3 Watt

Equations:
Spacing between each Pole=(LL*CU*LLD*LDD) / Eh*W
les & Luminaries Watt Jignesh.N.Parmar www.electricalnotes.wordpress.com

Calculate Street Light Luminaire Watt


Street Light & Road Detail
Required Illumination Level for Street Light 6.46 Lux per Sq.Meter
Width of the road (W) 7 Meter
Distance Between two pole (D) 50 Meter
Maintenance factor (mf) 0.29
Coefficient of utilization factor (cu) 0.9
luminous efficacy 24 Lumen/Watt
Average Lumen of Lamp (Al) 8663 Lumen

Each Street Light Luminaire 361 Watts

Type of Luminaire Max. spacing/ height Ratio


Cut-off / Full Cut-off 3
Semi-cut-off 3.5
Non-cut-off 4

Type of Luminiar Luminous Efficiency


Tungsten incandescent light bulb 12.5 to 17.5 Lumen/Watt
Halogen lamp 16 to 24 Lumen/Watt
Fluorescent lamp 45 to 75 Lumen/Watt
LED lamp 30 to 90 Lumen/Watt
Metal halide lamp 75 to 100 Lumen/Watt
High pressure sodium vapor lamp 85 to 150 Lumen/Watt
Low pressure sodium vapor lamp 100 to 200 Lumen/Watt
Mercury vapor lamp 35 to 65 Lumen/Watt
Pay Back Calculation of Lamp
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Lamp Parameters Existing Lamp Lamp Replacement
Type of Luminar: HPS Induction MH
Lamp Wattage : (Watt) 118 55 85
Fixture Cost: $75 $200 $80
Fixture Labor Cost: $150 $150 $150
Lamp Cost: $43 $200 $111
Lamp Labor Cost: $100 $100 $100
Lamp Life: (Hr) 30000 60000 24000
Annual Operating Hours: (Hr) 4160 4160 4160
Energy Cost Per Kwh $0.15 $0.15 $0.15
CO2 Emission (Kg/KWH) 0.9 0.9 0.9
CO2 Emission per Annum (Kg/KWH) 441.8 205.9 318.2
Capital Cost: $268 $550 $341
Annual Energy Consumption (Kwh): 491 229 354
Annual Energy Costing $76 $35 $54
Annual Maintenance Cost: $20 $21 $37
Less Annual CO2 Emission (Kg/KWH) -235.9 -123.6
Diffential Capital Cost: -$282 -$73
Annual Energy Saving $40 $21
Annual Maintenance Saving -$0.97 -$16.74
Simple Payback Period: 7.2 Year 16.6 Year
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Lamp Replacement
Retrofit LED
55
$200
$150
$200
$100
60000
4160
$0.15
0.9
205.9 0.0
$550 $0
229 0
$35 $0
$21 $0
-235.9 -441.8
-$282 $0
$40 $0
-$0.97 $0.00
7.2 Year 0.0

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