Application of Intelligent Lighting on Ships
Introduction
With the advancement of science and technology and the continuous improvement of people's material living standards, in order to reduce the pressure on the earth's resources and the human living environment, people are paying more and more attention to concepts such as green environmental protection, energy saving and emission reduction, and cost control. At present, the concept of green and intelligent has penetrated into all walks of life. Green and intelligent ships have become the key direction of future ship development. This is a new opportunity and new challenge for the ship industry, and it is also an important way to promote ship replacement. As an important measure for energy saving and emission reduction of ships, intelligent lighting has broad market prospects.
Introduction to Smart Lighting
Intelligent lighting refers to the use of information technology, digitization, Internet and other technical means, using computer processing technology, wired and wireless transmission technology, intelligent control technology, etc., to collect, analyze, compare, process, and transmit data, and finally use communication control and infrared control. , wireless remote control and other control methods combined to realize intelligent control of lighting equipment.
Intelligent lighting has the characteristics of modularization, digitization and intelligence. Centralize the decentralized control, make the system communicate directly through the network, flexible layout, convenient operation, improve the working environment, and have a good energy-saving effect.
Intelligent lighting has the following basic functions:
(1) Various lighting control functions such as various scenes, switches, automatic dimming and remote control
According to the site environment and user needs, through the modification of the software program, various lighting scene modes, timing switch lamps and automatic light adjustment functions can be realized to create different scene atmospheres;
(2) Scene pre-programming function
Through the programming mode, various required lighting methods such as seasons, weather, time periods, and personnel activity areas are programmed and pre-stored in the lighting system, and the relevant lighting methods are automatically converted when the time comes, and can be changed at any time through on-site programming;
(3) Interoperability function
Through seamless connection with other related systems, such as stage lighting, outdoor lighting, fire alarm, ship monitoring system, to achieve interoperability;
(4) Man-machine interface function
Through the man-machine interface, it can display text, graphics, patterns and other information, making the operation easier for personnel;
(5) Remote status display and early warning function
When the lighting circuit fails or the light source is not on, it can automatically check the status and position of the light source and give an early warning prompt.
Comparison of intelligent lighting fixtures and traditional lighting fixtures
In addition to lighting, lighting fixtures also have the aesthetic effect of setting off the atmosphere of the environment. In recent years, LEDs have greatly improved in terms of light color, luminous brightness, and lamp life, and play an incomparable role in the construction of lighting scenes with traditional light sources. LED has significant advantages in terms of high efficiency, energy saving, environmental protection, and comfort:
(1) High luminous efficiency
LED has higher luminous efficiency than traditional light sources. Table 1 compares the efficiency of LED lamps with other lamps:
(2) The light is soft and healthy
The LED emits light evenly and softly, adopts the principle of RGB three primary colors, and uses different three-band spectra to form thousands of color changes, including all spectral wavelengths including ultraviolet and infrared;
(3) Green and environmental protection
LED has no noise and no radiation; the accessories and light sources associated with lamps and lanterns do not contain harmful elements such as xenon, lead and mercury, which is conducive to environmental protection and recycling; conventional fluorescent lamps and strong light bulbs contain elements such as mercury and lead, which are improperly recycled. Or damage to the light source, explosion, etc. will have adverse effects on the surrounding environment;
(4) Long life
The LED light source has a service life of 50,000 h, while the fluorescent lamp is only 6,000 h.
The advantages and disadvantages of various lamps are compared, see Table 2.
Comparison between intelligent lighting and traditional lighting system
Compared with traditional lighting, intelligent lighting can automatically adjust the light intensity and change the lighting scene through the perception of various environmental changes, providing green protection for work and life. With the development and application of intelligent lighting products, intelligent lighting will gradually develop in the direction of digitalization, standardization, humanization and personalization. The development of intelligent lighting will also promote the further development of ship intelligence.
Compared with traditional lighting systems, intelligent lighting has obvious advantages in terms of system control methods, improved lighting environment, improved lighting efficiency, extended lamp life, reduced maintenance costs, energy saving and emission reduction:
(1) A variety of control methods can be realized
Intelligent lighting has a variety of artistic effects, giving people rich visual effects and aesthetic feeling. For example, when the dimming function is adopted, characteristic lighting control can be set according to different purposes and different scene requirements, making the lighting more colorful and realizing artistic lighting lighting scenes; while traditional lighting uses simple circuit switches, the control is scattered and the adjustment is not stable. Flexible, unable to meet the lighting needs of different scenes and different environmental atmospheres;
(2) Various adjustment modes can be realized
Through the dimming control panel, the illuminance value in each place is automatically adjusted and controlled, and the LED lamps have no light flickering problem, which will not make people feel uncomfortable lighting and eye fatigue, thereby improving the lighting environment; while traditional lighting cannot solve the problem of light flickering ;
(3) Strong anti-interference ability
It can resist the influence of power grid changes, prolong the life of lamps, save costs and reduce the maintenance workload of personnel; while traditional lighting has high maintenance costs due to poor grid resistance;
(4) Preset function mode can be realized
The function mode can be preset according to user needs, creating different scene atmospheres, and at the same time significantly improving the energy-saving efficiency of lighting; while traditional lighting cannot realize function preset scenes, and the energy-saving effect is poor;
(5) Remote maintenance and management can be realized
Intelligent lighting makes system replacement, maintenance and management more convenient and saves maintenance costs. At the same time, through the management of the lamps, automatic timing and fixed-point switching can be realized to avoid the waste of lighting resources; while the traditional lighting replacement operation is very difficult and the maintenance cost is high.
Technical Route and Application Prospect of Ship Intelligent Lighting
The application of intelligent lighting systems in ships can reduce ship management costs, reduce environmental pollution, and effectively reduce lighting energy consumption; at the same time, through the application of intelligent lighting lamps, the brightness quality of ship lighting lamps can be improved, thereby reducing the number and weight of ship lighting system lamps . With the continuous development of lighting technology, ship lighting systems are gradually developing in the direction of intelligence, modularization, and standardization. In the future, the demand for intelligent lighting systems on ships will increase, and they will be more and more favored by ship owners.
Ship intelligent lighting design concept:
(1) Informatization, digitization, and Internetization
Informatization, digitalization, and Internetization are to make full use of existing computer or Internet technology, preset multiple scene modes and control modes in the intelligent lighting control system, optimize the editing mode of the intelligent lighting system, and allow users to upload or download independently to use other ships The unique scene mode or control mode can not only simplify the system operation process, but also learn the advanced energy-saving control methods of other ships in time;
(2) Modularization
Modular design is to adopt the concept of modular technology to effectively modularize a number of scattered equipment (including software and hardware) to facilitate the integration, expansion, exchange and maintenance of functions;
(3) Ecological
Ecological design is to make full use of the ecological design concept to implement energy-saving and environmental protection measures and minimize damage to the ecological environment. In the ecological design, give priority to the design concepts of solar energy, wind energy, tidal energy, natural energy and other recyclable or reusable comprehensive measures.
Expansion, application and promotion of intelligent lighting technology
In the practical application of intelligent lighting, with the aim of energy saving, environmental protection and energy consumption reduction, the application of green intelligent lighting energy-saving technology in ships is vigorously promoted, and the green intelligent lighting project is implemented to make ships more energy-saving, efficient, high-quality and safe; through continuous Technological updates have given full play to the role of energy saving and consumption reduction in various marine products. With the development and progress of new technologies such as solar energy, wind energy, hydrogen fuel cells, and tidal energy, intelligent lighting systems can better cooperate with the use of new energy sources for ships, and will be applied on various new energy ships; speed up the transformation of traditional lighting Step by step, research more safe, green and energy-saving products. The application of green intelligent technology will definitely bring technological innovation to ship energy saving. It not only drives the application and promotion speed of new energy, but also brings a new intelligent control mode.
Conclusion
The key direction of the development of intelligent ships is green and intelligent. The key lies in the continuous innovation, promotion and application of major intelligent technologies, and the integration of digital, intelligent, green and standardized technologies into all aspects of ship electrical lighting. In recent years, intelligent lighting has been widely used in the construction industry, but it is still in the research stage in the shipbuilding industry. Research and development of more intelligent ship lighting products should be strengthened. With the continuous development of intelligent lighting technology, intelligent lighting products will also become the mainstream of ship lighting.