Title :
Simulation and measurements for testing an emergency luminaire circuit
Author :
Konstantinou, Dimitrios K. ; Dimopoulos, Michael G. ; Papakostas, Dimitris K. ; Spyronasios, Alexios D. ; Hatzopoulos, Alkis A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
Abstract :
In this paper simulation and measurements used for testing an emergency luminaire are presented. Model validation is accomplished by comparing the PSpice data with the experimental data acquired with the help of an oscilloscope and a measuring system which offers real-time storage of current and voltage waveform measurements. Simulations of the fault-free circuit and faulty circuit instances proved to be in good accordance to the measured data. From the simulated fault-free and several commonly encountered faulty circuit cases, a fault dictionary can be built in order to be used in a fault circuit diagnosis method for emergency luminaire circuits.
Keywords :
analogue integrated circuits; circuit simulation; fault simulation; integrated circuit testing; analog circuit testing; emergency luminaire circuit; fault circuit diagnosis method; fault-free circuit simulation; faulty circuit; real-time current storage; voltage waveform measurements; Battery charge measurement; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Current measurement; Dictionaries; Emergency power supplies; Fault diagnosis; Fluorescent lamps; Voltage control; Analog circuit testing; circuit simulation; fault models;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 2008. MELECON 2008. The 14th IEEE Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1632-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1633-2
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2008.4618508
