SBS5312 Lighting Technology

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Light Sources and Systems

1. Light Sources

2. Incandescent

3. Fluorescent

4. High Intensity Discharge (HID)

5. Low Pressure Sodium

6. Induction Lamps

7. Light Emitting Diode (LED)

8. Ballasts

9. Luminaire

[Powerpoint file in PDF format]

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 Video Presentation:

• The Quest for Optimal Light Technology (overview of Iwasaki LED products)(12:20) [website] http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7&v=cD9uuShnGFU
• Incandescent and halogen lamps (1:48) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VOoSxh3-m4
  
• What is fluorescent? (3:35) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNyFQZU0F1Y
• Gas Discharge (4:18) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqvbWHDcwMI
• What is HID? (4:06) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oHwO-Xu8w4
• What is Halogen Lighting? (3:13) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVjPy-mkZgs
• LED (2:54) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1U_2DNbXEs
  
• LED explained by Dan Blitzer (5:01) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1v-mNZTRM
  
• OLED (1:02) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srJhw6Av5QE
• OLED – Light from small molecules (9:29) http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/fields-of-research/2015-international-year-of-the-light.html
  
• Introduction to OLED lighting (Acuity Brands) (13:45) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nVupTrnw4s
• What is a ballast? (4:48) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IbjTFDZXBw
• Learn the basics of a lighting Luminaire (5:25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqsP7xY2AyE
• The basics of Lighting optics (6:17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e1hVkyaUe0
• LED essentials http://www.lighting.philips.com/main/education/lighting-university/lighting-university-browser/course/led-essentials
  

 Further Reading:

• Lighting Knowledge (Panasonic) https://panasonic.net/ecosolutions/lighting/technology/knowledge/
• The workings and differences of lights https://panasonic.net/ecosolutions/lighting/technology/knowledge/06/
• Types of light sources https://panasonic.net/ecosolutions/lighting/technology/knowledge/07/
• Features of principal light sources https://panasonic.net/ecosolutions/lighting/technology/knowledge/08/
• Types and features of principal lighting fixtures https://panasonic.net/ecosolutions/lighting/technology/knowledge/10/
• Lamp Pedigree and Types (from Philips Lighting) [JPG]
  
• The Electric Light (Edison Tech Center) http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Lighting.html
• Incandescent Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/incandescent.html
• The Fluorescent Lamp http://www.edisontechcenter.org/Fluorescent.html
• Mercury Vapor Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/MercuryVaporLamps.html
• Metal Halide Lamps http://www.edisontechcenter.org/metalhalide.html
• Sodium Lamp http://www.edisontechcenter.org/SodiumLamps.html
• LEDs and OLEDs http://www.edisontechcenter.org/LED.html
  
• SLL, 2009. The SLL Lighting Handbook, Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, London. [621.32 S67]
• Chapter 3: Light sources
• Chapter 4: Luminaires
• Chapter 5: Electrics

References:

• Basic Lamp Technologies [Lighting Design Lab] [PDF]
  
• Electric Lamps (from Thorn training materials) [PDF]
• Lamps and Control Gears [PDF]
• Lamp Characteristics (from SLL Code of Lighting) [PDF]
• SPD and Light Sources Technologies [PDF]
• Kitsinelis, S., 2011. Light Sources: Technologies and Applications, CRC Press, Boca Raton. [621.32 K625 l72](ebook)
• LampTech, Musuem of Historic Discharge Lamps (UK) http://www.lamptech.co.uk/
• Lighting Hardware (ebook by Philips Lighting University) http://www.lighting.philips.com/main/education/lighting-university/lighting-university-browser/publication/lighting-ebook-hardware
• Lighting Catalog: Lamp Specification Guide 2013 http://www.aainy.com/pdf/phillips_lamp_specification_catalog.pdf
  

Web Links:

• List of light sources -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_light_sources
  
• Lamp (electrical component)-- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamp_%28electrical_component%29
  
• Incandescent light bulb -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb
  
• Compact fluorescent lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
  
• Fluorescent lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_lamp
  
• High-intensity discharge lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_discharge_lamp
  
• Mercury-vapor lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-vapor_lamp
  
• Metal-halide lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_halide_lamp
  
• Sodium-vapor lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_lamp
  
• Induction lamp (Electrodeless lamp) -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrodeless_lamp
  
• LED lamp -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_lamp
  
• How OLEDs Work, http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/oled1.htm
• OLED - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
• AMOLED - Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED
• Electrical ballst -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_ballast
  

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| Created: Jul 2016 | Update: 24 Sep 2018 |