Design and performance of an electronic ballast for high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps

Sam Ben-Yaakov, Michael Gulko

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Abstract

Design requirement and performance evaluation were carried out on an experimental electronic ballast for High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lamp. The ballast included a high voltage ignitor and dimming capability. It was used to drive and examine the high frequency characteristics of a commercial HPS lamp (NAV-T 150W (SON-T), OSRAM). The experimental results reveal that for the frequency range of this study (27 + 75kHz), the lamp is free of the acoustic resonance problem. It was also found that for the present experimental conditions, the lamp is purely resistive and that the resistance is practically independent of the power level and operating frequency. The lamp exhibited stable operation over a very large dimming range, down to about 7% of nominal power. The 2.8kV ignition pulse was found to be sufficient for both cold and hot start up under the proposed operating conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages5.4.6/1-5
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1995
EventProceedings of the 18th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel - Tel Aviv, Isr
Duration: 7 Mar 19958 Mar 1995

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 18th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel
CityTel Aviv, Isr
Period7/03/958/03/95

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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