Design and implementation of an electronic ballast for UV-based ozone generation using a low cost microcontroller

Author

Alonso, J.M. ; López, E. ; Ribas, J. ; Calleja, A.J. ; Rico-Secades, M. ; Losada, J.

Author_Institution

Univ. de Oviedo, Gijon, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

5-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

383

Abstract

In this paper the design and implementation of an electronic ballast for UV lamps using a very low cost microcontroller (μC) is presented. The μC is used to optimize the lamp ignition and supply, allowing the control and regulation of lamp power. Also, protection features such as overcurrent, undervoltage and overtemperature are included using the μC. The electronic ballast can drive lamps up to 40 W which are employed to generate ozone in water disinfection processes.

Keywords

gas-discharge tubes; lamp accessories; lighting control; microcontrollers; overcurrent protection; ozone; power control; ultraviolet sources; 40 W; UV-based ozone generation; electronic ballast; lamp ignition optimisation; lamp power regulation; lamp supply optimisation; low cost microcontroller; overcurrent protection; overtemperature protection; ozone generation; undervoltage protection; water disinfection processes; Batteries; Centralized control; Circuit testing; Communication system control; Costs; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Lighting control; Microcontrollers; Protection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 02 [Industrial Electronics Society, IEEE 2002 28th Annual Conference of the]

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7474-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2002.1187539

Filename

1187539