Title :
A Family of Electronic Ballasts Integrating Power Factor Correction and Power Control Stages to Supply HPS Lamps
Author :
Marchesan, Tiago Bandeira ; Cervi, Murilo ; Campos, Alexandre ; Do Prado, Ricardo Nederson
Author_Institution :
GEDRE, Univ. Fed. de Santa Maria
Abstract :
This paper presents a family of high power factor electronic ballasts applied to the public lighting system. Flyback, buck-boost, boost or SEPIC converter is employed in the power factor correction stage, integrated to the power control stage through a single active switch. The use of a half-bridge inverter, to supply the lamp, becomes possible through the employment of a flyback converter in the lamp power control stage. The lamp is supplied in a low frequency voltage square waveform in order to guarantee the safe lamp operation, regarding to the acoustic resonance phenomenon. The presented solutions to supply HPS lamps take the advantage of low cost and simplicity. The shared switch characteristics are analyzed and discussed during this work. A comparative analysis among the presented electronic ballasts is performed
Keywords :
acoustic resonance; discharge lamps; invertors; lamp accessories; lighting control; power control; power convertors; power factor correction; street lighting; SEPIC converter; acoustic resonance; boost converter; buck-boost converter; electronic ballasts; flyback converter; half-bridge inverter; high intensity discharge lamps; high pressure sodium lamps; lamp power control stage; power control stages; power factor correction; public lighting system; Electronic ballasts; Employment; Frequency; Inverters; Lamps; Power control; Power factor correction; Reactive power; Switches; Switching converters; HID lamps; acoustic resonance; integrated topologies;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Conference, 2006. 41st IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0364-2
Electronic_ISBN :
0197-2618
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2006.256671
