TY - GEN
T1 - Analysis of ride through capability of fluorescent lamps during voltage sags
AU - Shareef, Hussain
AU - Mohamed, Azah
AU - Marzuki, Nazri
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper presents a comparative analysis on the sensitivity of various low-wattage fluorescent lamps (FL) used in residential and commercial lighting, during voltage sags. Based on recent testing standards and utilizing a modern industrial power corrupter and advanced photometer, extensive tests were conducted for three 18 Watt FLs with different ballast types. For predefined malfunction criterion of zero illuminance condition, sag depth and duration are varied to construct individual voltage immunity curves. The different ballast technologies adopted in driving a FL seems to play a vital role in riding through in the event of voltage sag. The experimental results of tested FLs show that the lamp with electromagnetic ballast is more sensitive to voltage sags than that of the lamps equipped with electronic ballasts. Finally, when the voltage immunity levels of the tested FLs are compared with the ITIC and SEMI F47 standard, the lamp with electromagnetic ballast and CFL do not satisfy their design goals.
AB - This paper presents a comparative analysis on the sensitivity of various low-wattage fluorescent lamps (FL) used in residential and commercial lighting, during voltage sags. Based on recent testing standards and utilizing a modern industrial power corrupter and advanced photometer, extensive tests were conducted for three 18 Watt FLs with different ballast types. For predefined malfunction criterion of zero illuminance condition, sag depth and duration are varied to construct individual voltage immunity curves. The different ballast technologies adopted in driving a FL seems to play a vital role in riding through in the event of voltage sag. The experimental results of tested FLs show that the lamp with electromagnetic ballast is more sensitive to voltage sags than that of the lamps equipped with electronic ballasts. Finally, when the voltage immunity levels of the tested FLs are compared with the ITIC and SEMI F47 standard, the lamp with electromagnetic ballast and CFL do not satisfy their design goals.
KW - Ballast
KW - CFL
KW - Fluorescent lamps
KW - Ride through capability
KW - Voltage sags
KW - Voltage tolerance curves
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950607956
SN - 9780889868106
T3 - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Identification, MSI 2009
BT - Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Identification, MSI 2009
T2 - IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation, and Identification, MSI 2009
Y2 - 12 October 2009 through 14 October 2009
ER -