Promoting the design, application and evaluation of visually and electrically effective LED light sources and luminaires for general indoor lighting as well as outdoor and vehicle lighting, this book combines the knowledge of LED lighting technology with human perceptual aspects for lighting scientists and engineers. After an introduction to the human visual system and current radiometry, photometry and color science, the basics of LED chip and phosphor technology are described followed by specific issues of LED radiometry and the optical, thermal and electric modeling of LEDs. This is supplemented by the relevant practical issues of pulsed LEDs, remote phosphor LEDs and the aging of LED light sources. Relevant human visual aspects closely related to LED technology are described in detail for the photopic and the mesopic range of vision, including color rendering, binning, whiteness, Circadian issues, as well as flicker perception, brightness, visual performance, conspicuity and disability glare. The topic of LED luminaires is discussed in a separate chapter, including retrofit LED lamps, LED-based road and street luminaires and LED luminaires for museum and school lighting. Specific sections are devoted to the modularity of LED luminaires, their aging and the planning and evaluation methods of new LED installations. The whole is rounded off by a summary and a look towards future developments.

We’re on the brink of a lighting revolution with light-emitting diodes—the tiny LEDs you’ve seen in electronic devices for years. With this practical guide, you’ll go behind the scenes to see how and why manufacturers are now designing LED devices to light everything from homes and offices to streets and warehouses. Author Sal Cangeloso shows you the working parts of a “simple” LED bulb and explains the challenges electronics companies face as they push LED lighting into the mainstream. You’ll learn how you can use LEDs now, and why solid state lighting will bring dramatic changes in the near future. Explore the drivers, phosphors, and integrated circuits in a typical LED bulb Understand the challenges in producing LED bulbs with acceptable brightness, color temperature, and power consumption Learn about non-bulb LED applications, including lamps, street lights, and signage Discover the market forces driving—and impeding—the adoption of LED lighting Compare LEDs to compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and electron-stimulated luminescence (ESL) bulbs Gaze into the future of intelligent lighting, including networked lighting systems

How to find quickly and easily the LED light to fit your home and business. Read this book before you buy so you are armed with the information you need to make the right choices. Don't wait the savings and quality of light that is available will amaze you. The sheer savings and the wide selection of light quality are revolutionary. LED lighting is here now, take advantage of the savings and greatly improve the quality of light in your home or business. Save and be Green!

Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters BCI (WoS). The book is a prestigious collection of refereed papers in advanced design, manufacture and related subject areas. The 161 papers are grouped as follows: I. Sustainable Development and Technologies; II. Product/Industrial Design and Design Methodologies; III. Engineering Design; IV. Production, Manufacture and Engineering Materials; V. CAD/CAM/CAE; VI. Gearing, Mechanical Transmission and Mechanisms; VII. Machine Condition Monitoring; VIII. Finite/Boundary Element Methods; IX. Optimisation, Simulation and Computing Technologies; X. Manufacturing Informatics; XI. Robots and Control; XII. Engineering Management and Enterprise

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Conference on Vehicle & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology (VMEIT 2013), August 17-18, 2013, Zhengzhou, Henan, China. The 1094 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Design and Researches in Area of Vehicle and General Mechanical Engineering; Chapter 2: Mechatronics, Automation and Control; Chapter 3: Measurement and Instrumentation, Monitoring and Detection Technologies, Fault Diagnosis; Chapter 4: Computation Methods and Algorithms for Modeling, Simulation and Optimization, Data Mining and Data Processing; Chapter 5: Information Technologies, WEB and Networks Engineering, Information Security, Software Application and Development; Chapter 6: Power and Electric Systems, Electronics and Microelectronics, Embedded and Integrated Systems; Chapter 7: Communication, Signal and Image Processing, Data Acquisition, Identification and Recognition Technologies; Chapter 8: Information Technologies in Urban and Civil Engineering, Medicine and Biotechnology; Chapter 9: Material Science and Manufacturing Technology; Chapter 10: Information Technology in Management Engineering, Logistics, Economics, Finance, Assessment; Chapter 11: Related Themes.

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2014 International Conference on Materials Science and Manufacturing (ICMSM 2014), January 10-12, 2014, Yichang, China