Variation of the instantaneous luminous flux of fluorescent lamps fed by dimmable electronic ballasts with frequency control

Kateri, ID; Bouroussis, CA; Topalis, FV

dc.contributor.author	Kateri, ID	en
dc.contributor.author	Bouroussis, CA	en
dc.contributor.author	Topalis, FV	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:27:32Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:27:32Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	1751-8660	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18499
dc.subject	Electronic Ballast	en
dc.subject	Frequency Control	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Electrical & Electronic	en
dc.subject.other	Atoms	en
dc.subject.other	Ballasts (lamp)	en
dc.subject.other	Electric frequency control	en
dc.subject.other	Hysteresis	en
dc.subject.other	Mercury (metal)	en
dc.subject.other	Waveform analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Electrical circuit	en
dc.subject.other	Electronic ballasts	en
dc.subject.other	Luminous flux	en
dc.subject.other	Fluorescent lamps	en
dc.title	Variation of the instantaneous luminous flux of fluorescent lamps fed by dimmable electronic ballasts with frequency control	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1049/iet-epa:20070034	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa:20070034	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Effects of hysteresis and inertial processes on the instantaneous luminous flux of fluorescent lamps (FLs) are experimentally investigated, which are fed by frequency controlled, dimmable, electronic ballasts. Other phenomena are also examined, such as the time displacement between the light ripple and the waveform of the electrical power of the lamp, the 'modulation' of the instantaneous luminous flux waveform and generally, the behaviour of the lamp at varying high frequency (HF) levels. For a typical FL, fed by dimmable electronic ballast with frequency control, inertial processes are reduced, as the operating frequency of the lamp decreases. The time displacement between the instantaneous luminous flux and the lamp power has maximal and minimal as frequency varies. As frequency of the FL increases, the diffusion of the metastable states of the Hg atoms is enhanced and the 'modulation' of the instantaneous luminous flux decreases. The hysteresis and the looping of lamp's voltage-current and luminous flux-current characteristics at various frequency levels indicate that it is necessary to add an inductance and a capacitance to the equivalent electrical circuit of a FL at HFs. © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2007.	en
heal.publisher	INST ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY-IET	en
heal.journalName	IET Electric Power Applications	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1049/iet-epa:20070034	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000251069700005	en
dc.identifier.volume	1	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	890	en
dc.identifier.epage	896	en