Influence factors on illuminance distribution uniformity and energy saving of the indoor illumination control method

Abstract

This study investigated the influence factors of illuminance distribution uniformity and the energy-saving ability of the indoor illumination control system, which consists of a white light-emitting diodes (WLED) matrix and a tabletop matrix. In the proposed illumination control method, comprehensive effects of time-invariant and time-variant sunlight of the outdoor environment, arrangement of the WLED matrix, iterative functions selected for illuminance distribution optimization, and compositions of WLED optical spectra are considered. The non-symmetrical spatial distribution of WLED-tabletop matrices, the optical spectrum selection of WLEDs, and the shifting sunlight intensity introduce obvious influence on (a) emission intensity and distribution uniformity of the WLED matrix and (b) receiving illuminance intensity and distribution uniformity of the tabletop matrix. Additionally, the selection of iterative functions, the WLED matrix dimension, the target error coefficient in the iteration, and the optical spectra of the WLEDs cause non-negligible influence on the energy saving percentage and iteration steps of the proposed algorithm, influencing the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method. Our investigation provides guidelines for the improvement of optimization speed and accuracy of indoor illumination control systems, and the method is hopefully to be widely applied in manufacturing industry and intelligent office buildings.