Contributing to energy efficiency of lighting systems in an international airport

Abstract

Greenhouse gas emission and climatic changes constitute major problems at an international level. That is why it is great importance to increase energy efficiency on large scale. New advanced power analysis platforms and new control algorithms are developed, in order to administrate the electricity consumption. I intended to give a clear image and a better understanding of the airport's power consumption. That is because data analysis is easy to be used for monitoring energy efficiency and elaborating optimization measures to improve power performance. Based on the measurements achieved in real time and control devices, the following characteristic curves have been extracted for the airport lighting systems. A specific lighting system at the airport is quite disturbing, as can be seen from the monitored data at the airport user (lighting system) and the voltage bar general supply (20kV) as well as the power bars of neighboring users.