White LED Illumination is a next generation product that is treated as a policy in world wide including our country; Called as, "revolution of lighting". Therefore, the object of this thesis is to measure physical and optical features of LED, which re...
White LED Illumination is a next generation product that is treated as a policy in world wide including our country; Called as, "revolution of lighting". Therefore, the object of this thesis is to measure physical and optical features of LED, which replaces the original fluorescent light, and compare the result of its research with inner and outer country level which is to export the effect that it causes to original light source and find out its place in a long run road-map.
For theoretical consideration, this thesis narrated light's specialty as a light source, color temperature, color rendition and color coordinate. Moreover, it listed LED's concept, developing history and difference between the original lighting and LED. Furthermore, it researched the production process of LED in order to find out the drawback of its structural problem. Production method is differed as a blue LED and a yellow fluorescent substance, two to three fluorescent substance and Ultra Violet(UV) ray LED and difference on production method shows, according to the light specialty, difference on light's wavelength distribution and can see each light source's effect of color rendition.
The research was done by purchasing six LED light source products which can be bought in the market as a replacement of fluorescent lighting and measured their intensity of illumination, brightness, color temperature, color rendering index and evaluating them by comparison. Among them we chose three best products, then made Light Box and evaluated its brightness and color rendition.
Results of White LED Illumination's research evaluations are:
1)Difference on brightness were clear depending on the way the lighting is consisted - directly or edge type.
2)Difference on color rendition is that fluorescent substance's effect for white lighting, used blue LED and single yellow fluorescent substance commonly - which resulted BLUE-450nm and YELLOW-550nm range shows great color rendition but RED-670nm range showed noticeably low color rendition rate. This needs to fix the measurement method of original "color rendering Index" - which is measured by average color rendering Index originally - in order for the LED's measurement method.
3)World wide evaluation systems are SSL QUALITY ADVOCATES, ENERGY STAR certification system, CALiPER , GATEWAY DEMONSTRATIONS by United State's Department of Energy which are shown to be very systematic but sadly, there needs to be more development on certification system in Korea which is recognized as a one source of fact that decreases our LED products' credibility.
4)Rather replacement of original lighting based on White LED Illumination's brightness and color rendition needs more research development.