LED Luminaires: Many Chips—Many Photometric and Lighting Simulation Issues to Solve

Currently, built LED luminaires are usually multi-source. This causes a large number of photometric and simulation problems connected with computer lighting visualization. This paper highlights three key issues with these luminaires: a change in the traditional understanding of the coordinate system...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-08, Vol.14 (15), p.4646
Main Authors: Skarżyński, Krzysztof, Żagan, Wojciech, Krajewski, Kamil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer simulation
Coordinates
Design
Floodlighting
Fluorescent lighting
Laboratories
LED
Light emitting diodes
light sources
Lighting
lighting simulation
Luminaires
Photometry
Radiation
Simulation
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Summary:Currently, built LED luminaires are usually multi-source. This causes a large number of photometric and simulation problems connected with computer lighting visualization. This paper highlights three key issues with these luminaires: a change in the traditional understanding of the coordinate system for these luminaires, the photometric test distance of these luminaires and the need for the photometric separation of a single LED in the computer lighting simulation process. An optical model of a linear LED luminaire used in floodlighting was formulated on this basis. The presented conclusions refer to practical applications. Thus, it is necessary to address the crucial points that specify the coordinate system for the multi-source LED luminaire by its designer and present the information in a datasheet. The other important points concern determining the appropriate photometric test distance for the multi-source LED luminaires of a given type and creating photometric files for the different distances in the operation of the luminaire. Taking the above ideas into account will lead to an improvement in the quality and accuracy of lighting measurements and simulations.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14154646