Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution
The luminous intensity measurements of airport navigational lighting should be performed in accordance with the recommendations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which allows for the determination of the possibility of further operation or the need to replace particular lamps. This arti...
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| description | The luminous intensity measurements of airport navigational lighting should be performed in accordance with the recommendations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which allows for the determination of the possibility of further operation or the need to replace particular lamps. This article presents a device and method for measuring the light main beam of in-pavement airport lamps used on runways and taxiways. During the measuring process in the laboratory dark room, the proposed system automatically prepares reports as heatmaps presenting angular relationships of light distribution. Photometric measurements were made using a BH1750 illuminance sensor, which was compared to a certified Sonopan L-200P luxmeter. The measurement stability of different BH1750 modes was investigated for different airport lamp power source thresholds. Due to distortions in spectral characteristic of BH1750, polynomial corrections were proposed. The functionality of the device was presented for the exemplary assessment of used and refurbished runway in-pavement airport lamps to compare their parameters change. The research results and device implementation were possible through scientific cooperation with the Poznań-Ławica Airport. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66da47fb1f7648c897c63bc3014502fc2023-12-22T13:51:59ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172023-12-0113241324210.3390/app132413242Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity DistributionKacper Podbucki0Tomasz Marciniak1Jakub Suder2Division of Electronic Systems and Signal Processing, Institute of Automatic Control and Robotics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDivision of Electronic Systems and Signal Processing, Institute of Automatic Control and Robotics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznan, PolandDivision of Electronic Systems and Signal Processing, Institute of Automatic Control and Robotics, Poznan University of Technology, Piotrowo 3A, 60-965 Poznan, PolandThe luminous intensity measurements of airport navigational lighting should be performed in accordance with the recommendations of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which allows for the determination of the possibility of further operation or the need to replace particular lamps. This article presents a device and method for measuring the light main beam of in-pavement airport lamps used on runways and taxiways. During the measuring process in the laboratory dark room, the proposed system automatically prepares reports as heatmaps presenting angular relationships of light distribution. Photometric measurements were made using a BH1750 illuminance sensor, which was compared to a certified Sonopan L-200P luxmeter. The measurement stability of different BH1750 modes was investigated for different airport lamp power source thresholds. Due to distortions in spectral characteristic of BH1750, polynomial corrections were proposed. The functionality of the device was presented for the exemplary assessment of used and refurbished runway in-pavement airport lamps to compare their parameters change. The research results and device implementation were possible through scientific cooperation with the Poznań-Ławica Airport.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/24/13242luminous intensitylight sensorsairport lampsautomatic measurement devicephotometric characteristicgoniophotometer |
| spellingShingle | Kacper Podbucki Tomasz Marciniak Jakub Suder Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution Applied Sciences luminous intensity light sensors airport lamps automatic measurement device photometric characteristic goniophotometer |
| title | Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution |
| title_full | Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution |
| title_fullStr | Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution |
| title_full_unstemmed | Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution |
| title_short | Laboratory Assessment of In-Pavement Airport Lamp’s Luminous Intensity Distribution |
| title_sort | laboratory assessment of in pavement airport lamp s luminous intensity distribution |
| topic | luminous intensity light sensors airport lamps automatic measurement device photometric characteristic goniophotometer |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/24/13242 |
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