Title :
Dimming Characteristics of Metal-Halide Plasma Lamps
Author :
Peters, S. ; Kettlitz, M. ; Schneidenbach, H. ; Wendt, M. ; Kloss, A.
Author_Institution :
Leibniz- Inst. for Plasma Sci. & Technol., Greifswald
Abstract :
The dimming of metal-halide plasma lamps means leaving the optimized technical lamp performance. As a consequence, the discharge behavior changes, which affects the photometric properties, the efficiency, and the lifetime of the lamps. In order to understand the plasma physical mechanisms of the dimming process, a simplified lamp system was studied, providing good comparability between the experiment and the model.
Keywords :
metal vapour lamps; plasma devices; dimming characteristics; discharge behavior; lifetime; metal-halide plasma lamps; photometric properties; Electrodes; Filling; High intensity discharge lamps; Mercury (metals); Photometry; Plasma applications; Plasma properties; Plasma sources; Plasma temperature; Power system modeling; dimming; energybalance; metal halid plasma lamps; spectroscopy;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2008.920904
