Giza Streets Energy Conservation

Gen. Eng. Abdel Rahman Mustafa

Councilor to Giza Governor
 East Of Giza District
• East Of Giza district is a heavy traffic area with large
occupancy density that needs special care for study
and application of energy conservation .
• East of Giza includes Embaba , El Nile road , Kit-Kat ,
Sudan etc that presents heavy traffic during rush
hours .
• Decrees of lighting level was not a subject to be
discussed because of security reasons , the only
accepted way is to keep lighting level within
present accepted level at least or to increase to
better levels , while decrees the consumed energy .
Working Environment
Nile Road
Nile road
Nile Road
 Observation
• Large energy consumption that accedes limits
• Lamps need to be changed 2 times year
• Complains from lighting level
• Low Power factor even with capacitor connected
• Large ballast mortality rates
• Why 4 luminaries of 400W lamps each is used ?
 Field test Data
• Line Voltage is dramatically different from 260
Volts in the areas near to the transformer while
can be < 200 at district ends areas
Power Factor effect
 Targets
• To decrees consumed power while increase
lighting efficiency and level
• To improve Power Factor
• To overcome the line voltage changes
• To keep Lamp voltage stable despite the line
voltage changes
• To control the street lighting performance from
central control room for start , stop and peak
load management
 Study out lines
• To use electronic ballast with dimming control
• Ballast to be with wide voltage range for input from 160 ~
270 Volt while able to keep the lamp voltage stable too
100Volts + or - 5 V
• Ballast to be with over voltage protection ( over 440Volt )
• Ballast to be with delay start to overcome practical field
installation facts and bad contacts etc..
• Ballast to fit inside the lighting fixture ( working
environment > 50C )
• Economic Pay-back to not exceed 1 year
• To use digital controllers to control peak load and
lighting starting time .
 Study results
• The energy audit study show that payback after 6
month
• The energy audit study show good technical
figures that has met Giza Governorate criteria
• Pilot test of samples proof the product stability
and good technical performance
• Pilot Project to use 1480 units of 250W to replace
400W lamps with magnetic ballast was approved
, installation started in Dec 2009.
Before and After
 Results
• Lighting Level under center of 400W poles using Magnetic
Ballast = 48 Lux
• Light Level under center of 250W poles using electronic ballast =
169 Lux
• The light level test is made after 3 month of installation to make
sure of lamp light stability
• The test of average power of separate fixture magnetic and electronic was not
possible due to advertisements installation on same poles
• Separate test of 250W electronic Ballast Type FT-250WDD3P
average power during 11 hours using program No 4 is about
202W with PF > 99% at any voltage from 140 ~ 265V
• 400W Lamp with Magnetic ballast consumption at 235V was 564
Watt , PF=0.90 with Capacitor and 0.47 with NO capacitor
• Lamp will not start at 190Volt ..
Field Energy Audit
Field Energy Audit
Appreciation and security
Security and safety
 What about saving ??
• While installing the new electronic ballast
• The consumption billing show gradually saving
results
• We are expecting savings to increase as much
as we go ahead and install larger amounts of
electronic ballast
• The results from the billing invoices before
installation and after installing 500 Pcs ballast
is as follow :
Savings
Saving While installing
Saving results for 500 Units
 Conclusion
• East Giza District succeeded to save > 70% of past years
consumed energy while increasing light level by 200%
and to keep light depreciation within standards limits
by using electronic dimming ballast .
• The expected savings after full implementation will
exceed the study figures because of the high line
voltage facts .
• A fully periodic lighting level test and energy audit will
be running on monthly basses after the full project
installation
• Giza Governorate will stop the use of 400W lamps and
will replace them with 250W with electronic ballast .
Thank You