Illumation

Pushpendra Singh
Asst. Professor ,EE
Mahila Engg. College, Ajmer
 Content
• Light Calculation
 Lighting Calculation
Watt per • This method consist of making on
allowance of watt /m2 of area to be
square meter illuminate
method • Used for rough calculation

Lumen or • Used where appox . uniform illumination is

planned
Light flux • Total Luminous received at work place = No. of
lamps x wattage of lamp x efficiency of lamp x
method coefficient of utilization x maintenance factor.

Point to point • Its uses where illumination at a point

due to one more source of light is
or Inverse required
square method • This method is not much in use.
N= No. of fitting needed; E= Required
N = (E X A)/(O x UF x MF )
illumination, A= working area, O= Luminous flux,
UF= utilization factor, MF= Maintenance factor
• Candela is the unit of which?
A common candle emits light with a luminous
intensity of roughly one candela. This is how we
are calculating the luminous intensity of the light
in terms of candela.
• What is the ratio of illuminance at a point 5m
just below a lamp emitting 100 candelas and at a
point 5m away from the first point on the same
horizontal plane?
Illuminance at point A = 100/52 = 4 Illuminance at
point B = 100 × cos 45/OB2 = 50√2/ (5√2)2 = √2.
• Candela/metre square is the unit of which
photometric quantity?
Luminance is the luminous intensity per unit
projected area.
• What will be the number of lamps, each having 300
lumens, required to obtain an average illuminance
of 50 lux on a 4m × 3m rectangular room?
Suppose X number of lamps are required; Total
lumens = 300X; Also, Area of the room = 12 square
metre; So Illuminance × area = total lumens; 50 ×
12 = 300X; X = 2.
• Source:
J.B. Gupta
H.Pratap
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