Course detail
Lighting systems
FEKT-NOSVAcad. year: 2010/2011
Problems about lighting systems, containing information about luminaires, its construction, materials, luminaire classification, its usage, design of reflection areas, lighting measurement, requirement from standards view, calculation of lighting systems, realization of lighting systems, working and maintenance, control and dimming.
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Course curriculum
Funcitin and classification of luminaire, requirements from technician standard
Basic types of optical parts, design principles of optical, lighting active parts
Overview of the most common materials used for luminaire construction
Lighting sources for luminaires. Luminaire requirement for given light sources. Electrical accesory and basic construction elements. Luminaire warming
Luminaire protection before polution and dangerous touch voltage. Luminaire Classification according to construction and usage.
Lighting measurement of luminares. Data formats used for exchange of photometric parametrs of luminaires
Legislative for lighting technology, Laws and directives, standards, introduction with hygienic supervising problematic
Daylight of building, problems of combination artifical and daylight lighting
Lighting systems calculation and design, computer systems application
Lighting systems working, Maintenance and revision of electric lighting systems.
Basic principles of lighting systems control, modern concept of lighting control.
Control of lighting systems depend on daylight part of light. Inteligent control systems for lighting technology, computer controled systems.
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Basic literature
Helwitt, H.,Vause, A.S.: Lamps and Lighting, British Lighting Industries Ltd. 1966
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Syllabus
Funcitin and classification of luminaire, requirements from technician standard
Basic types of optical parts, design principles of optical, lighting active parts
Overview of the most common materials used for luminaire construction
Lighting sources for luminaires. Luminaire requirement for given light sources. Electrical accesory and basic construction elements. Luminaire warming
Luminaire protection before polution and dangerous touch voltage. Luminaire Classification according to construction and usage.
Lighting measurement of luminares. Data formats used for exchange of photometric parametrs of luminaires
Legislative for lighting technology, Laws and directives, standards, introduction with hygienic supervising problematic
Daylight of building, problems of combination artifical and daylight lighting
Lighting systems calculation and design, computer systems application
Lighting systems working, Maintenance and revision of electric lighting systems.
Basic principles of lighting systems control, modern concept of lighting control.
Control of lighting systems depend on daylight part of light. Inteligent control systems for lighting technology, computer controled systems.
Laboratory exercise
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Verify of inverse square law
Spectral light properties measurement
Thermal evaluation of luminaires
Measurement aof luminous flux varying
Measurement of luminous intenzity curves on luminaire with linear fluorescent lamps
Temperature measurement on light sources
Measurement of starting currents of light sources
Measurement of luminaires electric properties
Measurement of clasic tungsten and halogen lamps
Measurement of high pressure sodium lamps
Measurement of starting luminous flux
Measurement of lighting control system