In this paper will be reported the implementation of a flexible platform to study electronic ballasts systems. The platform is a microcontrolled and FPGA-based system and was developed to generate command signals to the half bridge inverter. A specific hardware using FPGA was developed to generate the switches signals command. This hardware is responsible for the autonomous frequency (FM) and p...

This digest presents the study, design and implementation of an electronic ballast for high-pressure sodium lamp. The main feature is the capacity to detect and avoid the phenomenon known as acoustic resonance. Several techniques are discussed to solve the problems related to resonance acoustic detection, what take to real time system solution chosen. Besides this, a high efficiency prototype i...

The compatibility of the Current Sourcing Push Pull Resonant Inverter (CS-PPRI) with the driving requirements of HID lamps designated for automotive headlight applications was investigated theoretically, by simulation and experimentally. The study reveals that a based ballast (CS-PPRI) complies with the automotive requirement of very fast warm up. The experimental ballast was run under Zero Vol...

This paper presents a fixed-frequency self-oscillating high-power-factor electronic ballast supplying four independent lamps. The fixed-frequency self-oscillating driver is achieved adding a LC series filter supplying a small resistor. The primary winding of the self-oscillating transformer is the series inductor of the filter. So, if one or more lamps are damaged, the switching frequency will ...

Light-emitting Diode (LED) lamps are more versatile and energy efficient compared with conventional light sources. This paper investigates two main problems related to power quality, namely, the harmonic generation from LED lamps and the effect of voltage sags on LED lamps. Laboratory tests on various LED lamps are conducted and the electrical characteristics of LED lamps are tapped under diffe...

The current biodosimetry, a primary fluence validation method for ultraviolet (UV) reactors, is confronting some serious challenges (e.g., the high cost and the lack of accurate monitoring of the lamp output), thus greatly limiting its practical application. In this study, a monitored tunable biodosimetry (MTB) was developed to validate the fluence of UV reactors with a lower cost but a higher ...