DC Grids for Smart LED-Based Lighting: The EDISON Solution

Steffen Thielemans, Dario Di Zenobio, Abdellah Touhafi, Philippe Lataire and Kris Steenhaut
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Steffen Thielemans: Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B1050 Brussels, Belgium
Dario Di Zenobio: Department of Engineering Technology (INDI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B1050 Brussels, Belgium
Abdellah Touhafi: Department of Engineering Technology (INDI), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B1050 Brussels, Belgium
Philippe Lataire: Department of Electric Engineering and Energy Technology (ETEC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B1050 Brussels, Belgium
Kris Steenhaut: Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B1050 Brussels, Belgium

Energies, 2017, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-26

Abstract: This paper highlights the benefits and possible drawbacks of a DC-based lighting infrastructure for powering Light Emitting Diode (LED)-lamps. It also evaluates the efforts needed for integrating the so called smart lighting and other sensor/actuator based control systems, and compares existing and emerging solutions. It reviews and discusses published work in this field with special focus on the intelligent DC-based infrastructure named EDISON that is primarily dedicated to lighting, but is applicable to building automation in general. The EDISON “PowerLAN” consists of a DC-based infrastructure that offers telecommunication abilities and can be applied to lighting retrofitting scenarios for buildings. Its infrastructure allows simple and efficient powering of DC-oriented devices like LED lamps, sensors and microcontrollers, while offering a wired communication channel. This paper motivates the design choices for organizing DC lighting grids and their associated communication possibilities. It also shows how the EDISON based smart lighting solution is evolving today to include new communication technologies and to further integrate other parts of building management solutions through the OneM2M (Machine to Machine) service bus.

Keywords: DC-grid; lighting control; LED drivers; power line communication; OneM2M; IoT; wireless sensor networks; lighting; building automation; RESTful (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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