• DocumentCode
    1376085
  • Title

    Light bulb exponent-rules for the classroom

  • Author

    Agrawal, D.C. ; Menson, V.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Farm Eng., Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi, India
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    262
  • Lastpage
    265
  • Abstract
    Exponent-rules are known to describe experimentally how the observables related to incandescent lamps alter with the change in the rated voltage. Pedagogical derivation of the rules for typical observables like the life, lumens, power, etc. in the case of vacuum bulbs is presented. This is achieved by assuming a steady-state operation of the bulb, parameterizing intrinsic properties of tungsten as suitable powers of temperature, and eliminating the temperature between those observables for which the exponent-rules are sought
  • Keywords
    electrical engineering education; filament lamps; classroom; exponent-rules; incandescent lamps; intrinsic properties parameterisation; light bulb exponent-rules; lumens; rated voltage; rules pedagogical derivation; steady-state operation; tungsten; vacuum bulbs; Electrical engineering; Heat engines; Lamps; Physics; Resistance heating; Statistics; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Tungsten; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/13.865198
  • Filename
    865198