• DocumentCode
    3100712
  • Title

    Evaluation of Luminous Efficacy of Fluorescent Lamps using Dielectric Barrier Discharge

  • Author

    Olivares, V.H. ; Ponce, M. ; Aguilar, C. ; Juarez, M.A. ; Osorio, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Departamento de Ingenieria Electron., CENIDET
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    16-16 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    1483
  • Lastpage
    1487
  • Abstract
    Due to recent tendencies to eliminate the electrodes in discharge lamps, this paper presents a feasibility study to determine whether is possible to replace electrode terminals with capacitance coupling (dielectric barrier discharge) operating as glow discharge. The results showed that is possible to operate a fluorescent lamp using capacitive coupling at relatively low frequencies and obtain a good luminous efficacy
  • Keywords
    fluorescent lamps; glow discharges; capacitance coupling; dielectric barrier discharge lamps; electrode elimination; fluorescent lamps; glow discharge; luminous efficacy; Capacitance; Coils; Dielectrics; Electrodes; Electron tubes; Fluorescent lamps; Impedance; Plasma sheaths; Plasma waves; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2005. PESC '05. IEEE 36th
  • Conference_Location
    Recife
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9033-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESC.2005.1581826
  • Filename
    1581826