Table 4 - Illuminances Currently Recommended for

Petroleum, Chemical, and Petrochemical Plants

Maintained
horizontal Illuminace
(unless noted) Elevation
Area or Activity Lux Footcandles Location Milimeters Inches
Process Areas
General process units
Pump rows, valves, manifolds 50 5 Ground
Heat exchangers 30 3 Ground
Maintenance plataforms 10 1 Floor
Operating plataforms 50 5 Floor
Cooling towers (equipment area) 50 5 Ground
Furnaces 30 3 Ground
Ladders and stairs (inactive) 10 1 Floor
Ladders and stairs (active) 50 5 Floor
Gauge glasses 50 ^ 5^ Eye level
Instruments (on process units) 50 ^ 5^ Eye level
Compressor houses 200 20 Floor
Separators 50 5 Top of bay
General area 10 1 Ground
Control rooms and houses
Ordinary control house 300 30 Floor
Instrument panel 300 ^ 30 ^ 1700 66
Console 300 ^ 30 ^ 760 30
Back of panel 100 ^ 10 ^ 760 30
Central control house 500 50 Floor
Instrument panel 500 ^ 50 ^ 1700 66
Console 500 ^ 50 ^ 760 30
Back of panel 100 ^ 10 ^ 900 36
Specialty proces units
Electrolytic cell room 50 5 Floor
Electric furnace 50 5 Floor
Conveyors 20 2 Surface
Conveyor transfer points 50 5 Surface
kilns (operating area) 50 5 Floor
Extruders and mixers 200 20 Floor
Nonprocess Areas
Loading, unloading, and cooling water, pump houses
Pump area 50 5 Ground
General control area 150 15 Floor
Control panel 200 ^ 20 ^ 1100 45
Boiler and air compressor plants
Indoor equipment 200 20 Floor
Outdoor equipment 50 5 Ground
Note: These illuminances area not intended to be mandatory by enactment into law; they are a recomended practice to be
considered in the design of new facilities.
Indicates vertical illuminance.