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Utilization Factor

The utilization factor is a ratio that measures how fully a piece of equipment is used compared to its full potential. In electrical engineering, it is the ratio of the maximum load drawn to the rated capacity of the system. A motor's utilization factor might be 80% if it drives a constant 12 kW load when rated for 15 kW. The lumen method for lighting calculations uses the utilization factor to account for light loss from factors like luminaire design and room reflectances. The maintenance factor similarly accounts for depreciation of lamp illumination or surface reflectance over time.

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Utilization Factor

The utilization factor is a ratio that measures how fully a piece of equipment is used compared to its full potential. In electrical engineering, it is the ratio of the maximum load drawn to the rated capacity of the system. A motor's utilization factor might be 80% if it drives a constant 12 kW load when rated for 15 kW. The lumen method for lighting calculations uses the utilization factor to account for light loss from factors like luminaire design and room reflectances. The maintenance factor similarly accounts for depreciation of lamp illumination or surface reflectance over time.

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Utilization factor

The utilization factor or use factor is the ratio of the time that a piece of equipment is in use to
the total time that it could be in use. It is often averaged over time in the definition such that the
divided ratio becomes the amount of energy used by the maximum possible to be used.
Electrical engineering

 In electrical engineering, utilization factor is the ratio of the maximum load which
could be drawn to the rated capacity of the system. This is closely related to the concept
of Load factor. The Load factor is the ratio of the load that a piece of equipment actually
draws (time averaged) when it is in operation to the load it could draw (which we call
full load).
 For example, an oversized motor - 15 kW - drives a constant 12 kW load whenever it is
on. The motor load factor is then 12/15 = 80%. The motor above may only be used for
eight hours a day, 50 weeks a year. The hours of operation would then be 2000 hours,
and the motor use factor for a base of 8760 hours per year would be 2000/8760 =
22.83%. With a base of 2000 hours per year, the motor use factor would be 100%

 utilization factor The ratio of the maximum demand of a system or part of a


system to the rated capacity of the system or part of the system.

 Utilisation factor (UF) is the proportion of the luminous flux emitted by the
lamps which reaches the working plane.

2.Factors that affect the value of UF are as follows:

 (a) light output ratio of luminaire


 (b) flux distribution of luminaire
 (c) room proportions
 (d) room reflectances
 (e) spacing/mounting height ratio

 Light loss factor (LLF) is the ratio of the illuminance produced by the lighting
installation at the some specified time to the illuminance produced by the same
installation when new

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3. Lumen Method Calculations

The lumen method is based on fundamental lighting calculations. The lumen method formula is
easiest to appreciate in the following form.

where E = average illuminance over the horizontal working plane

n = number of lamps in each luminaire

N = number of luminaire

F = lighting design lumens per lamp, i.e. initial bare lamp luminous flux

UF = utilisation factor for the horizontal working plane

LLF = light loss factor

A = area of the horizontal working plane

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4.Maintenance factor

Definition:

In lighting calculations, the ratio of illumination of a light source or lighted surface at a given
time to that of the initial illumination. This factor is used to determine the depreciation of a lamp
or a reflective surface over a period of time.

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