Electrical Power Distribution with AutoCAD,EXCEL,DIALux,ETAP

Explore the three lamp categories—filament, gas discharge, and LED lamps—and learn how filament lamps produce light via a heated filament, with properties such as high temperature tolerance and resistance.

Analyze filament lamp properties, including a 1000-hour lifetime and dimmer-controlled light output, and apply high color rendering index lighting CRI 97 to indoor design.

Explore gas discharge lamps, especially the fluorescent lamp, noting its low power use, high lumen output, long life, and installation options—wall, hanging, or suspended ceilings at heights like five meters.

Learn about the types of fluorescent lamps, from compact fluorescent lamps with harmonic distortion to tubular lamps tl5 and tlt, comparing lumens, input power, efficacy, and lifetime.

Compare and analyze lamp types, including compact fluorescent variants (integrated and non-integrated), sodium, mercury, metal halide, and lead lamps, focusing on output, color, power ranges, life, and cost.

Explain the difference between a lamp and a luminaire, and outline ceiling installation methods: surface mounting, suspended mounting, and wall-mounted luminaires.

Identify luminaire types such as fluorescent, spot, low bay, high bay, ped head unit, and emergency luminaires; learn to describe fluorescent luminaires using Pei's dimensions and lamp counts with examples.

Explore fluorescent luminaire specifications, detailing magnetic palace and electronic palace types, lamp configurations, cover types (opal or prismatic), and how reflectors and diffusers shape light distribution.

Explore outdoor luminaires by type and application, including street, fences and gardens, and open areas, while examining ip ratings and lamp options like sodium, mercury, led, and metal halide.

Learn the manual lighting design steps to calculate the number of luminaires and their distribution across width or length, using the nd = E*A/(5*LF*USEF) formula. Explore lux targets and maintenance.

Design lighting systems using manual calculations by evaluating the utilization factor, room reflectances, and colors (ceiling 0.70 to 0.75, walls 0.50, floor 0.30) to ensure comfort.

Compute the room index from length, width, and height to guide manual lighting design. Account for the working plane height, war zone, and space-to-luminaire overreach to determine the utilization factor.

Explore luminaires distribution types for room lighting design, including field (matrix) distribution, line, circular/curvature, and individual methods, with practical applications for airports, conference rooms, and offices.

Design a computer room lighting system using manual calculations, applying a 0.8 light loss factor, 0.5 utilization factor, and a 3400 lm Philips Lemonnier in a 3x3 matrix.

Design a lighting system with an automated Excel program that computes luminaires from room length, room width, ceiling height, lightless factor, and utilization factor.

Build an Excel tool to automatically design room lighting by calculating total luminaires and distributing them along length and width, using integer constraints and conditional formulas to select feasible layouts.

Explore how to design a lighting system by optimizing luminaire distribution with Excel, using ratios of room length to width, absolute differences, and conditional formulas to identify the true design.

Learn how to install and use dialects for interior lighting design, including download, installation, and navigating the project, objects, colors, luminaire selection, and output tabs.

Set up Dialux general settings to align country standards, room dimensions, reflection indices, working plane height, and maintenance factor; configure global options for language, units, and automatic saving.

Model the hospital lighting in Dialux with the Philips catalog to insert indoor luminaires and define room dimensions for a complete design.

Select four 18-watt fluorescent Lemonnier luminaires in Dialux for the waiting room, consider distributor types and polar curves, and apply a 0.8 correction factor.

Use Dialux to design a waiting room lighting system, compute the average lux, and compare it to the 150 lux ISC target. Then adjust luminaires to meet the standard.

Design a hospital corridor lighting plan with dialux, using line-arranged luminaires, evaluating lumen output, color temperature, and lux targets; adjust fixture count from 13 to 11 to meet 50 lux.

Design a meeting room lighting system in Dialux by modeling polygon room with a 3.25 metre height and selecting Philips luminaires arranged in a 3x7 matrix to reach 300 lux.

Design an operating room lighting plan in dialux, using multiple luminaire types to achieve four hundred lux while validating with isc and iec guidelines.

Design street lighting by analyzing street width, lane layout, and luminaire distribution shapes, including single side, double side, zigzag, and median arrangements, adjusting pole heights accordingly.

Design street lighting by selecting pole distance and height for city and highway streets. Apply single, double, and median layouts to meet lux targets.

Design street lighting poles by configuring pole height, mounting height, arm length, offset, and overhang, choosing luminaire types, IP rating, covers, and power per height.

Design street lighting in Dialux by configuring a project, applying a 0.7 maintenance factor, setting roadways and sidewalks, and selecting Philips luminaires to compare lumen output and power use.

Select a luminaire from the SPDR Roads data sheet via the Philips catalog in diaLUX_2, set mounting height to 12 meters, and configure a double-sided arrangement for an accepted street design.

Design the playground lighting system by evaluating area, playground type, and required illumination, choosing luminaires such as metal halide or omnia, and configuring pole height above two-thirds of the width.

Learn to design tennis playground lighting in Dialux by defining outer and inner play areas, centering them, and placing poles at two-meter offsets with four equal segments.

Design a tennis playground lighting system in Dialux using Arena Vision and Power Vision Lemonnier luminaires, set flood arrangement, adjust angles, and calculate to achieve 250 lux for outdoor play.

Design an emergency lighting system powered by dual sources and distributed luminaires. Select 25 percent as emergency luminaires, form a control group and light scene, and run calculations.

Design wall-mounted lighting in Dialux by selecting wall luminaires, using line arrangement, and setting mounting height on suspended ceilings. Export room outputs and datasheets as PDF reports.

Explore quick lighting design for a single room with the diaLUX blue icon, set up project and room data, select luminaires, calculate results, and export as pdf.