A HOLISTIC METHOD FOR THE COMMISSIONING AND OPTIMISATION OF ADAPTIVE ROAD LIGHTING SYSTEMS USING LABORATORY AND FIELD MEASUREMENTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Bouroussis ◽  
D. Gašparovský
Keyword(s):  
Field Measurements ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
The Road ◽  
Maintenance Schedule ◽  
Road Lighting ◽  
Holistic Method ◽  
Lighting Systems

This paper presents a set of field measurements performed at renovated lighting installations equipped with adaptive road lighting systems. The results revealed issues of over-illumination but also insufficient lighting levels that would not be shown without the field measurements. Since the adaptive road lighting systems can regulate the lighting output and should in parallel ensure adequate lighting and safety levels, the commissioning of such system is challenging. In this scope, we are proposing a holistic scheme for the commissioning and optimization of the operation of Adaptive Road Lighting systems taking into account field measurements, technical parameters of the incorporated equipment, and all aspects that may affect its performance. The proposed scheme can be used as a masterplan from the conception of the road lighting up to the validation field measurements and the long-term optimization and maintenance schedule of the installation.

scholarly journals Argentinean Experience in Highways Led Lighting

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Pablo Ixtaina ◽  
Alejandro Armas ◽  
Braian Bannert ◽  
Nicolás Bufo
Keyword(s):  
Design Patterns ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Energetic Efficiency ◽  
Price Ratio ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Lighting ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The impact of led luminaries on road lighting has modified traditional design patterns. The technological change proposes an installation with a higher prime cost and less energy consumption. On the one hand, the price ratio between led luminary and traditional luminary is at least 3:1. On the other, the led better energetic efficiency could allow keeping proper illumination levels with less installed power. In this frame, since mid 2013, the road concessionaires of highways which constitute the Access Network to Buenos Aires city (Argentina), together with Urban Highways of the mentioned city, began a restructuring process of their lighting systems to led technology. Framed in a review of efficiency concepts and energetic classification for road lighting installations, the work presents the main results of the previous evaluation tests and of the reconverted installations, which can be considered as the first led applications at large scale on road lighting of the region. 

Design of Solar-Powered LED Road Lighting System

2019 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Canan Perdahci ◽  
Hamdi Ozkan
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Junction Temperature ◽  
Mercury Vapour ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Street Lighting ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Road Lighting ◽  
Lighting Systems ◽  
High Pressure Sodium Lamp

Turkey is rich in terms of renewable energy sources and, therefore, is now encouraging the use of sustainable clean lighting systems in road applications. High pressure sodium lamp is the most widely used type in main roads, but other types of lamps such as mercury vapour lamps or metal halide lamps can be utilized for street lighting. Since it enables energy and money saving, LED light technology has replaced high pressure sodium lamps nowadays. Once solar power system (PV) is integrated with LED lamp for street lighting, the amount of saving and local impact might be enriched. LEDs used as light sources in road lighting luminaires with rising lumen values, decreasing junction temperature, higher colour rendering efficiency, longer lifetime have become more efficient than many light sources with the latest developments. Since the structure of the luminaires in which the LED light sources are used differs from that of the conventional light sources, the optical, thermal and electrical design of the LED luminaires must be considered differently. Thus, this study concentrates upon design considerations and the operating principle of solarpowered LED road lighting luminaire in details. Also, a simple solar panel system was designed and the economical values obtained at the end of 20 years were compared when using the ongrid system and the off-grid system.

scholarly journals The implications of vehicle collisions for the Endangered endemic Zanzibar red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii

Oryx ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Harry Olgun ◽  
Mzee Khamis Mohammed ◽  
Abbas Juma Mzee ◽  
M. E. Landry Green ◽  
Tim R. B. Davenport ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Ecology ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Red Colobus ◽  
Vehicle Collisions ◽  
The Road ◽  
Life History Data ◽  
Natural Predation ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Roads affect wildlife in a variety of negative ways. Road ecology studies have mostly concentrated on areas in the northern hemisphere despite the potentially greater impact of roads on biodiversity in tropical habitats. Here, we examine 4 years (January 2016–December 2019) of opportunistic observations of mammalian roadkill along a road intersecting Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park, Unguja, Zanzibar. In particular, we assess the impact of collisions on the population of an endemic primate, the Endangered Zanzibar red colobus Piliocolobus kirkii. Primates accounted for the majority of roadkill in this dataset. Monthly rainfall was not associated with roadkill frequency for mammals generally, nor for the Zanzibar red colobus. No single age–sex class of colobus was found dead more often than expected given their occurrence in the local population. The overall effect of roadkill on colobus populations in habitats fragmented by roads is unknown given the lack of accurate, long-term life history data for this species. Our findings suggest that mortality from collisions with vehicles in some groups of colobus is within the range of mortality rates other primates experience under natural predation. Unlike natural predators, however, vehicles do not kill selectively, so their impact on populations may differ. Although a comparison with historical accounts suggests that the installation of speedbumps along the road near the Park's entrance has led to a significant decrease in colobus roadkill, further actions to mitigate the impact of the road could bring substantial conservation benefits.

scholarly journals Observations of Tidal Flat Sedimentation within a Native and an Exotic Spartina Species

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1566
Author(s):  
Barbara Proença ◽  
Florian Ganthy ◽  
Richard Michalet ◽  
Aldo Sottolichio
Keyword(s):  
Single Point ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Species Variation ◽  
Storm Events ◽  
Level Variation ◽  
Wave Forcing ◽  
Bed Elevation ◽  
Sediment Stabilization ◽  
Consistent Response

Field measurements of bed elevation and related wave events were performed within a tidal marsh, on two cordgrass species, Spartina anglica (exotic) and Spartina maritima (native), in the Bay of Arcachon (SW France). Bed- and water-level time series were used to infer on the sediment behavior patterns from short to long term. A consistent response was found between the bed-level variation and the wave forcing, with erosion occurring during storms and accretion during low energy periods. Such behavior was observed within the two species, but the magnitude of bed-level variation was higher within the native than the exotic Spartina. These differences, in the order of millimeters, were explained by the opposite allocation of biomass of the two species. On the long term, the sedimentation/erosion patterns were dominated by episodic storm events. A general sediment deficit was observed on the site, suggested by an overall bed-level decrease registered within both species. However, further verification of within species variation needs to be considered when drawing conclusions. Despite possible qualitative limitations of the experimental design, due to single point survey, this work provides original and considerable field data to the understanding the different species ability to influence bed sediment stabilization and their potential to build marsh from the mudflat pioneer stage. Such information is valuable for coastal management in the context of global change.

scholarly journals Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan Miles ◽  
Michael McCarthy ◽  
Amaury Dehecq ◽  
Marin Kneib ◽  
Stefan Fugger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Tien Shan ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Specific Mass ◽  
Ice Flow ◽  
Ice Volume ◽  
Mass Redistribution ◽  
Glacier Ablation

AbstractGlaciers in High Mountain Asia generate meltwater that supports the water needs of 250 million people, but current knowledge of annual accumulation and ablation is limited to sparse field measurements biased in location and glacier size. Here, we present altitudinally-resolved specific mass balances (surface, internal, and basal combined) for 5527 glaciers in High Mountain Asia for 2000–2016, derived by correcting observed glacier thinning patterns for mass redistribution due to ice flow. We find that 41% of glaciers accumulated mass over less than 20% of their area, and only 60% ± 10% of regional annual ablation was compensated by accumulation. Even without 21st century warming, 21% ± 1% of ice volume will be lost by 2100 due to current climatic-geometric imbalance, representing a reduction in glacier ablation into rivers of 28% ± 1%. The ablation of glaciers in the Himalayas and Tien Shan was mostly unsustainable and ice volume in these regions will reduce by at least 30% by 2100. The most important and vulnerable glacier-fed river basins (Amu Darya, Indus, Syr Darya, Tarim Interior) were supplied with >50% sustainable glacier ablation but will see long-term reductions in ice mass and glacier meltwater supply regardless of the Karakoram Anomaly.

The Study on Preventing Users Electic Larceny

2014 ◽  
Vol 602-605 ◽  
pp. 2939-2942
Author(s):  
Ying Ying Yang ◽  
Yi Shan ◽  
Zhi Tong Liu ◽  
Jian Feng Li ◽  
Jing Jin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Power Supply ◽  
Economic Loss ◽  
The Road ◽  
Energy Meter ◽  
Power Means ◽  
Long Time

For a long time,users electic larceny has been a headache topic of the electric power department.The users long-term electic larceny has brought great economic loss to the power supply department.In recent years,the stealing power means are emerging in an endless stream,and they have been broght mant difficulties to prevent electic larceny.But the road is high one feet evil spirite is high one a unit of lengh, according to the study on electic energy meter,we will understand the electic larceny means at the sours.Therefore, further study of stealing power means is also our current priority,only the better anti-stealing electic power means, can be completely blocked leak.

THE PROJECT OF TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY OF SHAKHTY FROM THE M-4 "DON" HIGHWAY

2021 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
O.M. KALMYKOVA ◽  
◽  
S.E. DANILOV ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Light ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Engineering Equipment ◽  
The Road ◽  
Traffic Organization ◽  
The City

The analysis of the existing traffic was carried out, a new scheme of traffic organization at the intersection of Mayakovsky street - Chkalov street was proposed, calculations of traffic light cycles at these intersections were carried out, taking into account the introduction of new traffic light objects. The results of the research will solve a number of problems of the road complex of the city of Shakhty to improve the transport and operational condition of the existing network of pub-lic roads of local importance and structures on them. To bring technical parameters and levels of engineering equipment of roads in compliance with the reached sizes of intensity of traffic.

scholarly journals The road to achieving the long-term Paris targets: energy transition and the role of direct air capture

2017 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Marcucci ◽  
Socrates Kypreos ◽  
Evangelos Panos
Keyword(s):  
Energy Transition ◽  
The Road ◽  
Direct Air Capture ◽  
Air Capture

Research on Tyred Machinery Chassis Dynamometer

2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 1106-1110
Author(s):  
Wei Zhao ◽  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Sheng Li Song
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
System Performance ◽  
Pid Controller ◽  
Fuzzy Pid ◽  
Chassis Dynamometer ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
The Road ◽  
Fuzzy Pid Controller ◽  
System A ◽  
Line Measure

In the tyred machinery chassis dynamometer control system, a fuzzy PID controller was used to adjust the exciting current of a DC dynamometer in order to change the resistance load torque, so the requirement of roller load for simulating the run resistance from the road surface was satisfied. A fuzzy PID arithmetic was designed to control the resistance loads, the system performance was improved by simulation. The software of the detection line measure-control system was designed in VB, the technical parameters of the machinery chassis could the automatically detected.

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