Title :
Power electronics for a sulfur plasma lamp working by acoustic resonance: Full scale prototype experimental results
Author :
Gavin, S. ; Carpita, Mauro ; Courret, G.
Author_Institution :
HES-SO, Univ. of Appl. Sci. of Western Switzerland, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Abstract :
In this paper, the power electronics for a sulfur plasma lamp is presented. The plasma is obtained by heating the sulfur using microwaves generated by a magnetron. A custom high voltage (5 kV) power supply has been developed to supply the magnetron. To protect the bulb from melting, a suitable modulation technique has been implemented.
Keywords :
acoustic resonance; lamps; magnetrons; plasma radiofrequency heating; power supply circuits; sulphur; S; acoustic resonance; high voltage power supply; magnetron; modulation technique; power electronics; sulfur plasma lamp; voltage 5 kV; Electromagnetic heating; Magnetic flux; Magnetic resonance; Magnetoacoustic effects; Modulation; Plasmas; Power supplies; High voltage power converters; IGBT; Lighting; Multilevel converters; Physics research;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lappeenranta
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2014.6911061
