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GE Lighting supplies LED T8s to 7-Eleven in Thailand
GE Lighting has announced a series of retrofit projects with Thailand 7-Eleven convenience stores in which LED-based T8 tubes will be used to retrofit traditional fluorescent fixtures delivering energy savings and improvements in light quality. Also targeting the Asia market, GE has introduced new LED street lights based on chip-on-board (COB) LEDs and revealed an initial project using the design at the XianyangWeicheng Bridge in China.
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Convenience stores
The GE convenience store projects are located in the Yala, Pattani, and Narathiwat Provinces covering 20 7-Eleven stores operated by Yala Seven Co. The franchise operator of the stores sought to both improve the lighting quality in the markets for shoppers while also reducing energy costs.
LED T8 tube technology has been a relatively controversial topic as early on the replacement tubes trailed the performance of legacy fluorescent products considerably. But more recently the LED tubes have clearly improved. We recently covered retrofit projects in some Burger King restaurants that used LED tubes. Moreover, recent Caliper testing by the US Department of Energy (DOE) revealed that the products are improving, although generally they still trail fluorescent products in terms of total lumen output.
In real-world applications, projects are increasingly demonstrating the tubes to be a viable option in terms of efficiency and performance. In the Thailand project, GE and Yala Seven report that the tubes offer superior color rendering to fluorescent tubes, and such an advantage has been shown to boost sales in a retail application. Furthermore, the partners say that the tubes deliver more uniform light distribution.
&In a convenience store that is operating round-the-clock, the role of lighting is critical in ensuring a well-lit space that meets the multiple objectives of branding, operational safety, comfortable retail experience, and attractive product displays,& said Jatupong Jaturawong, general manager of GE Lighting Thailand.
&The GE LED solution brings a good level of illumination to our stores,& said Pracha Sirichai, managing director of Yala Seven. &This has enhanced the store displays and reinforced our brand&s strong image.& Sirichai said the shoppers have provided very positive feedback in the store at which the lighting has been installed already. The project commenced at the end of 2013.
The efficiency advantages for the latest LED tubes, meanwhile, are unquestioned. GE said that in the convenience store project that the LED tubes will deliver $44,000 in annual energy savings across the 20 stores. The company equated the savings to eliminating 313,910 kg of carbon emissions per year.
Yala Seven's Sirichai added, &Within just two months of implementing the LED lights, we are already recording a lower electrical cost compared to other stores that are presently using more traditional lights.& Indeed, lighting is a major cost for such businesses.
&As one of the key cost components for such an environment, the lighting solution that we propose should be highly energy efficient as well,& said GE's Jaturawong. &With the advent of LED technology, today&s business owners may now benefit directly from lower energy costs and enjoy better illumination.&
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People are SourcingGE Lighting manufactures PFS red phosphor for LED-backlight display applications
GE Lighting manufactures PFS red phosphor for LED display backlight applications
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Narrowband red light conversion allows LCD-based TVs, monitors, and mobile devices to present richer red colors, but GE will reserve the use of the technology for its own lighting products.
GE Lighting has announced volume manufacturing of its TriGain family of potassium fluorosilicate (PFS)-based phosphors for LED-based backlighting in displays, along with a broader licensing program for packaged LED manufacturers. The PFS technology enables LCD-based TVs, monitors, and mobile devices to product richer reds with truer color control. The technology also could have major implications in LED-based general lighting but for now GE's licensing program does not cover such usage, with the company planning to use the technology for its own lighting products.
Most LED backlight units for displays today use phosphor-converted white LEDs that are based on a blue pump or LED and a nitride-based phosphor mix to add the green and red energy into what appears as white light. That technology is arguable superior to the previously-used fluorescent backlights, but even the LED-based technology includes compromises. Most red phosphors have a relatively wide emission band. The result can be reds presented on a TV with a washed-out or even an orange tint. Meanwhile, some of the emitted energy falls above the human visual sensitivity range and essentially represents wasted power.
The red dilemma has led manufacturers of quantum dots (QDs) to target the display and lighting sectors, especially with narrowband red dots. . And there are high-end TVs on the market that use the technology. But QD lifetime trails phosphors and the manufacturing cost remains high.
GE says that its PFS phosphor offers the narrowband spectra along with cost and lifetime characteristics more akin to the mainstream LED technology. The company has worked with PFS technology for many years and has significant patents in the area.
Last year, GE began to talk more about the advantages of PFS in displays with the nearby photo depicting the advantage in a display. The company licensed Sharp and Nichia to use the phosphor in LEDs sold into backlighting applications. And GE says that there are consumer products on the market that use the phosphor today.
Now GE will manufacture the phosphor powder itself to ensure a reliable source for the LED manufacturers that license the technology. &This breakthrough was only possible through GE’s prevailing leadership in the advancement of LED technology,& said Jerry Duffy, GE Lighting global product general manager. &Adding to the breakthrough is GE’s proprietary improvements to phosphor synthesis, including decreased particle sizes, higher quantum efficiencies and longer life when compared to standard PFS. Many devices currently on the market offer lower-quality red components in LED — what GE has achieved technically will turn the tide toward more vibrant color in a range of consumer electronics.&
So why not use PFS in lighting? Actually, it could be a good match for all solid-state lighting (SSL) product development. As we have covered many times, warm-white light with good color rendering requires more energy at the red end of the color spectrum and almost always a penalty in terms of efficacy, in part because of energy radiated at invisible infrared bands.
into some of its TrueWhite-branded products. And
with its Brilliant Mix platform.
Recently, however, improved phosphor formulations have resulted in broader availability of warm-white LEDs with high CRI and relatively minor efficacy penalties. The GE TriGain phosphor could perhaps improve the situation further.
on the advantages the technology offers in lighting.
For now, however, GE plans to reserve the use of the technology in lighting for its own use. It's not clear how PFS might come to market in GE Lighting products. GE does not manufacture LEDs . GE could have an LED manufacturer make LEDs for GE's exclusive use. Or the company could deploy PFS on secondary optics as is done with remote-phosphor designs.
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