Design and performance of an electronic ballast for high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps

Author

Yaakov, Shmuel Ben ; Gulko, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

44

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

486

Lastpage

491

Abstract

An electronic ballast for high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps was designed and evaluated, theoretically and experimentally. The ballast is based on the half-bridge topology and includes a high-voltage ignitor and dimming capability. It was used to drive and examine the high frequency characteristics of a commercial HPS lamp (NAV-T 150 W (SON-T), OSRAM). The experimental results reveal that, for the frequency range of this study (27-75 kHz), the lamp is free of the acoustic resonance problem. It was also found that, for the present experimental conditions, the lamp is purely resistive, and the resistance is practically independent of the power level and operating frequency. The lamp exhibited stable operation over a very large dimming range, down to about 7% of nominal power. The 2.8-kV ignition pulse was found to be sufficient for both cold and hot startup under the proposed operating conditions

Keywords

bridge circuits; electric ignition; lamp accessories; lighting control; metal vapour lamps; sodium; 150 W; 2.8 kV; 27 to 75 kHz; Na; design; dimming capability; electronic ballast; half-bridge topology; high frequency characteristics; high-pressure sodium lamps; high-voltage ignitor; ignition pulse; operating frequency; performance; power level; Electric variables; Electronic ballasts; Fault location; Fluorescent lamps; Frequency; High intensity discharge lamps; Ignition; Inverters; Resonance; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.605623

Filename

605623