New technologies for rural lighting in developing countries: White LEDs

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 674-679

  Sebitosi, Adoniya Ben ^a   Pillay, Pragasen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Clarkson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Energy conservation; Light load modeling; Lumens rural areas; White LEDs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; RURAL AREAS;

LIGHT LOAD MODELING; LUMENS RURAL AREAS; RURAL LIGHTING;

ELECTRIC LIGHTING;

EID: 34548259940     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2006.888024     Document Type: Article

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