A variable frequency high-voltage power supply for hot-restrike modelling of HID lamps

Author

Tant, Peter ; Vanbrabant, Bart ; Driesen, Johan ; Deconinck, Geert

Author_Institution

Kath. Univ. Leuven (KU.Leuven), Leuven

fYear

2007

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This paper proposes a high-voltage power supply which produces a continuous sine-wave voltage with adjustable amplitude (0-20 kV) and frequency (10-300 kHz). The power supply is used to determine the cold and hot breakdown properties of high pressure discharge (HID) lamps, emulating the sinusoidal waveforms typically found in standard resonant igniter circuits. The test system is suited for automated measurements of hot-restrike characteristics of HID lamps, giving the required ignition voltage as a function of time after lamp switch-off Measurement results for different operating conditions are presented and discussed.

Keywords

discharge lamps; power supplies to apparatus; HID lamps; automated measurements; frequency 10 kHz to 300 kHz; high pressure discharge lamps; high-voltage power supply; hot-restrike modelling; sinusoidal waveforms; standard resonant igniter circuits; variable frequency power supply; voltage 0 kV to 20 kV; Automatic testing; Circuit testing; Electric breakdown; Frequency; High intensity discharge lamps; Power supplies; RLC circuits; Resonance; Time measurement; Voltage; Electronic ballast; HID lamp; High-voltage power converter; Power supply;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Applications, 2007 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Aalborg

Print_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-92-75815-10-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPE.2007.4417345

Filename

4417345