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Observations on the implementation of LEDs for general lighting

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posted on 2016-06-24, 08:47 authored by James Pryde, David Whalley, Weeratunge MalalasekeraWeeratunge Malalasekera
LEDs offer a number of advantages over existing light source technologies. For this reason they have been extensively developed and adopted by the general lighting industry. However, the array of LED types and luminaire designs is vast and the existing academic literature provides no known assessment as to which are most relevant to current or future industrial practices. Consequently it is unclear how the associated thermal management strategies are expected to develop. This paper set out to address this gap. Market surveys were conducted in 2013 and 2015 to obtain data on commercially available luminaires. This survey captured details of the LED type and thermal management strategy employed. The lead author’s position as a design engineer with a UK based luminaire manufacturer was also used to provide insight into market factors and demands which influence industry practice. The findings of this work suggest market influences will favour mid-power LEDs in future products for the simpler luminaire design and greater lifecycle performance they offer. In general, dedicated thermal management appeared to be becoming less critical to luminaire design although there were still numerous examples of its relevance.

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Thanks go to Tamlite Lighting Ltd. for their unconditional support of, and contribution of resources towards, this investigation.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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ITherm 2016

Citation

PRYDE, J., WHALLEY, D. and MALALASEKERA, W., 2016. Observations on the implementation of LEDs for general lighting. IN: Proceedings of 2016 15th IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm 2016), Las Vegas, United States, 31 May-3 June 2016.

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© IEEE

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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2016

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ISBN

9781467381222

ISSN

1087-9870

Language

  • en

Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

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