Plug-and-play automatic control for illumination in industrial sector to increase the energy efficiency

Abstract

An automatic control for illumination is presented in order to improve energy management in industrial work areas with different illumination requirements. Regarding the power consumption parameter for illumination equipment with / without the control proposed, the theoretical results are very close to the measurements. In fact, the active time for a particular lamp was drastically decreased ≈ 12.5 hours less for power consumption without degrading the optimum illumination condition toperform a particular industrial activity with the precision and security required for the process and the human resource.