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Electrical Lighting and Heating Technology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 410-2308/04
Abbreviation ELST
Course title Electrical Lighting and Heating Technology
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Electrical Power Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Vladimír Král, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Basic concepts of lighting technology. The fundamentals of light, sight and vision.
Light measurement.
Parameters of light sources. Luminaires, components, geometrical parameters and classification of luminaires.
Calculation methods in lighting technology. Point and flux methods. Daylighting and cluster lighting.
Interior lighting. Outdoor lighting.
Theoretical basis of heat distribution, heat transfer by conduction and flow.
Heat transfer by radiation. Analogy between temperature and electric fields.
Temperature measurement, principles, sensors, measuring instruments.
Determination of heat loss, thermal comfort, electric heating.
Heat pumps, air conditioning, solar panels, energy saving options in the home.

Exercise:
Basic concepts, light engineering quantities.
Calculations, basic relations, analysis of parameters. Electrical markings of luminaires.
Calculations of parameters of light sources and luminaires. Examples of calculations of energy consumption of luminaires and light sources.
Calculation of lighting systems. 1st written test.
Physical basis of heat propagation. Quantities, units, symbols, relationship between thermal and mechanical energy.
Heat transfer by conduction and flow.
Warming and cooling processes. Heat transfer by radiation, analogy between temperature and electric fields.
Basics of heat loss calculation, basics of electric heating design.
2nd written test. Credit.

Labs:
Non-contact temperature measurement.
Measurement of the luminance curve of a reflector and calculation of related parameters.

Projects:
Calculation of energy consumption and costs for heating and DHW.
Calculation of normal illuminance.

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en.

Literature

Metaxas, A. C. Foundations of electroheat: a unified approach. Chichester: Wiley, 1996. ISBN 9780471956440 
Lighting Engineering 2002 (Indalux) [online]. [cit. 2017-12-12]. Dostupné z: https://issuu.com/lightonline/docs/lighting-handbook-indal-guide

Advised literature

Syllabi for the distance part of the combined study.