• DocumentCode
    834054
  • Title

    Dimming Characteristics of Metal-Halide Plasma Lamps

  • Author

    Peters, S. ; Kettlitz, M. ; Schneidenbach, H. ; Wendt, M. ; Kloss, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Leibniz- Inst. for Plasma Sci. & Technol., Greifswald
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1178
  • Lastpage
    1179
  • Abstract
    The dimming of metal-halide plasma lamps means leaving the optimized technical lamp performance. As a consequence, the discharge behavior changes, which affects the photometric properties, the efficiency, and the lifetime of the lamps. In order to understand the plasma physical mechanisms of the dimming process, a simplified lamp system was studied, providing good comparability between the experiment and the model.
  • Keywords
    metal vapour lamps; plasma devices; dimming characteristics; discharge behavior; lifetime; metal-halide plasma lamps; photometric properties; Electrodes; Filling; High intensity discharge lamps; Mercury (metals); Photometry; Plasma applications; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Power system modeling; dimming; energybalance; metal halid plasma lamps; spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.920904
  • Filename
    4599077