• DocumentCode
    256040
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    26-28 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    7
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications (EPE'14-ECCE Europe), 2014 16th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lappeenranta
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2014.6911061
  • Filename
    6911061