Iterative Method for Analysis of Dimmable Self-oscillating Electronic Ballast Under Bus Voltage Control

Authors

  • Maikel F. Menke Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil
  • Marcelo Freitas da Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil
  • Álysson R. Seidel Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil
  • Juliano P. Lopes Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Pato Branco - PR, Brasil
  • Marina S. Perdigão Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II Coimbra, Portugal
  • José M. Alonso Universidad de Oviedo, Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept. Gijón-Asturias, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2015.1.068075

Keywords:

Dimming, Electronic Ballast, Fluorescent Lamp, Self-Oscillating

Abstract

This paper presents a predictive method of the self-oscillating electronic ballast (SOEB) behavior under dimming conditions. This work is focused on the bus voltage variation dimming method, where a closed analysis is not possible to carry out without considering the interaction among inverter bus voltage, fluorescent lamp power/resistance nonlinear behavior, and frequency operation of the SOEB. Thus, an iterative method is proposed in order to predict the oscillating frequency related with the fluorescent lamp power under bus voltage variation. Experimental results for a T8 32 W fluorescent lamp are obtained in order to compare simulation results, and verify the feasibility of the proposed method

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Author Biographies

Maikel F. Menke, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil

was born in Três de Maio, Brazil, in 1989. He is currently doing his graduation course in electrical engineering in the Federal University of Santa Maria. He is a researcher in the Electronic Ballast Research Group (GEDRE – Intelligence on lighting) and Electrical and Computational Systems Research and Development Group (GSEC), since 2009. His main research interests include dc/dc converters, power factor correction stages, dimming systems, resonant filters, high-frequency electronic ballasts, fluorescent lamps, and self-oscillating command circuits.

Marcelo Freitas da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil

was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1970. He received the B.S., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1995, 2000 and 2012, respectively. In 2013, he was with the University of Oviedo, Spain, as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar. Since 1993, he has been with the Federal University of Santa Maria, where he is currently a Professor in the Colégio Técnico Industrial de Santa Maria (CTISM). He also serves as a Reviewer for IEEE journal and conferences in the field of power electronics. He has been with the Electronic Ballast Research Group (GEDRE), Federal University of Santa Maria, as a Researcher. Electrical and Computational Systems Research and Development Group (GSEC) since 2010. His research interests include electronic ballasts, lamps, dimming systems, power factor correction, fluorescent lamps and LEDs.

Álysson R. Seidel, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, GEDRE, GSEC Santa Maria - RS, Brasil

was born in São Pedro do Sul, Brazil, in 1975. He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. From 2004 to 2008, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil. He is currently at the Federal University of Santa Maria, where he has been a Professor at the Colégio Técnico Industrial de Santa Maria and a Researcher in the Electronic Ballast Research Group since 1997 and the Electrical and Computational Systems Research and Development Group since 2010. His research interests include resonant converters, dimming systems, simulation, discharge lamps, and lighting systems. Dr. Seidel is a member of the SOBRAEP - Brazilian Power Electronics Society, and IEEE.

Juliano P. Lopes, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Pato Branco - PR, Brasil

was born in Cruz Alta, Brazil, in 1983. He received the B.S. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil, in 2008 and 2010, respectively, where he is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. Since 2013, he has been a Professor with Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Pato Branco, Brazil. His research interests include electronic ballasts, dc–dc converters, power factor correction, dimming systems, resonant converters, and fluorescent lamps.

Marina S. Perdigão, Instituto de Telecomunicações, DEEC, Universidade de Coimbra Pólo II Coimbra, Portugal

was born in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1978. She received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Coimbra, Coimbra, in 2004. She has been working toward the Ph.D. degree from the University of Coimbra in cooperation with the University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain, since 2006. Since 2002, she has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Superior Institute of Engineering of Coimbra, Coimbra. Since 2001, she has also been a Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações. Coimbra. Her research interests include high-frequency electronic ballasts, discharge lamp modeling, high-frequency switching converters, resonant converters, power electronics for renewable energies, and computer simulation applications. Dra. Perdigão received the Best Paper Award of the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics. She also collaborates as an IEEE Transactions Paper Reviewer.

José M. Alonso, Universidad de Oviedo, Electrical & Electronics Eng. Dept. Gijón-Asturias, Spain

received the M.Sc. Degree and Ph.D. both in electrical engineering from the University of Oviedo, Spain, in 1990 and 1994 respectively. Since 2007, he has been appointed as full Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Oviedo. Prof. Alonso is co-author of more than three hundred journal and conference publications. His research interests include electronic ballasts, LED power supplies, power factor correction and switching converters in general. He was supervisor of seven Ph.D. Thesis and he is the holder of seven Spanish patents. Prof. Alonso has been awarded with the Early Career Award of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society in 2006. He also holds three IEEE paper awards. Since October 2002 he serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics. He has been Co-Guest Editor of two special issues in lighting applications published in the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (2007) and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2012) and has coorganized several conference special sessions. He is also member of the European Power Electronics Association and he belongs to the International Steering Committee of the European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE).

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2015-02-28

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M. F. Menke, M. F. da Silva, Álysson R. Seidel, J. P. Lopes, M. S. Perdigão, and J. M. Alonso, “Iterative Method for Analysis of Dimmable Self-oscillating Electronic Ballast Under Bus Voltage Control”, Eletrônica de Potência, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 68–75, Feb. 2015.

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