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Street Lighting has been in practice from over last one century. The main purpose of doing street lighting is followings:
Basic Needs
Safety Security Orientation Visual Guidance
In current scenario , people have choice to do road lighting with following light sources: High Pressure Sodium Vapor Lamp Metal Halide Lamps LED Basic needs of Road Lighting can be met with any of the abo ve lighting sources. Let us have a look on a comparison on additional needs as under point by point.
Optical Efficiency:
Optical efficiency in a lighting system is dependent on how effectively total lumens generated by a light source is utilized in applic ation. This is again dependent on the form factor of lamp and optics deployed in luminaire. Smaller and point source generally helps in achieving higher optical efficiencies.
Glare
Glare control is important to facilitate the comfortable drive as well as safe movement.
Let us have a look in matrix below showing comparative scenario of these 3 types of lamps in road lighting
Parameters
Optical Efficiency System Energy Efficiency Average Life Color Rendering (Ra) System Design Possibility to contro l lumen distribution Glare Control Strobe effect Weather Proof Instant Start Hot Re-strike Time Reliability Environment Frien dly Ease of Dispose Maintenance Friendliness Ruggedness Vibration Sensitive performance Easy to control electrical parameters Solid state Operation Cost Of Ownership on long term Futuristic Low Voltage Lamp Operation Lamp life matching installation life Free from polluting material Maximum System Recyclability Reliability Voltage fluctuation affecting performance
HPSV
Average Approx 28% 30,000 hours 25 Average Average Average Yes Difficult NO NO Average NO NO NO Average Yes NO Possible Average NO NO NO NO NO Average Yes
Metal Halide
Lowest Approx 24% 12,000 hours 60 Average Average Average Yes Difficult NO NO Average NO NO NO Delicate Yes NO Possible High NO NO NO No NO Average Very High
LED
Highest Approx 36% 50,000 hours 75 Best Best Very Good NO Easy Yes Yes Best Yes Yes Yes Rugged NO Yes Yes Low Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes High NO
Considering above facts , LED as a light source scores over other conventional light sources.