Characterization of acoustic resonance in a high-pressure sodium lamp

L Chhun, P Maussion, S Bhosle… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decades, the high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamp has been supplied in high
frequency in order to increase the efficacy of the lamp/ballast system. However, at some …

Acoustic-resonance-free high-frequency electronic ballast for metal halide lamps

CS Moo, CK Huang, CY Yang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To avoid the acoustic resonance on operating metal halide lamps, an autofrequency-
searching method is implemented on the high-frequency electronic ballast. The proposed …

Analysis and implementation of an HPF electronic ballast for HID lamps with LFSW voltage

HL Cheng, CS Moo, CS Yang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel high power-factor electronic ballast for metal-halide (MH) lamps based
on integration of a buck-boost converter, a buck converter, and a full-bridge inverter is …

Automatic lamp detection and operation for warm-start tubular fluorescent lamps

LM Lee, SY Hui - IEEE transactions on power electronics, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The availability of T5 high-efficiency (HE) and T5 high-output (HO) fluorescent lamp families
not only increases the number of commonly used tubular fluorescent lamps from 9 to 18, but …

A novel single-stage high-power-factor electronic ballast for metal-halide lamps free of acoustic resonance

HL Cheng, PW Wang - IEEE transactions on power electronics, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel single-stage high-power-factor electronic ballast for metal-
halide lamps. By integrating two buck-boost converters, a full-bridge inverter and a …

Acoustic resonance characterization and numerical model including acoustic streaming in an HPS lamp

A Toumi, L Chhun, S Bhosle, G Zissis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a numerical model of high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps, including
acoustic streaming. The model is implemented in COMSOL and is based on the finite …

Acoustic resonances in HID lamps: Model and measurement

J Hirsch, B Baumann, M Wolff, S Bhosle… - Journal of Physics D …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
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Characterization of discharge arc flicker in high-intensity discharge lamps

J Schwieger, M Wolff, B Baumann… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-intensity discharge lamps frequently suffer emission disturbances due to the excitation
of acoustic resonances. This paper presents experimentally determined light flicker …

An alternative optical method for acoustic resonance detection in HID lamps

W Kaiser, RP Marques… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Acoustic resonances are observed in high-pressure discharge lamps operated with ac input
modulated power frequencies in the kilohertz range. This paper describes an optical …

Arc shape of high-intensity discharge lamps: simulation and experiments

J Schwieger, B Baumann, M Wolff - International journal of thermophysics, 2015 - Springer
A stationary compressible three-dimensional (3D) model of photothermal processes inside
an arc tube of a high-intensity discharge lamp is developed on the basis of the finite element …