This thesis investigates the impact of preheating and glow current on the life-time of rapid-start fluorescent lamps during the starting transient period. A set of electronic ballast circuit is designed to adjust the starting transient preheating current, open-circuit voltage, and preheating time, so that the preheating conditions and the intended amount of glow current can be scheduled. In the experiments, the tested lamps are frequently switched on and off for 35 seconds and 25 seconds, respectively, to accelerate the life-cycle test.
Experimental results show that the effect of the glow current on the life-cycle is trivial. Insignificant difference is found between the test lamps with different glow currents when the preheating conditions are the same. On the other hand, the preheating degree is found to be the main factor that affects the lamp life-time. The tested lamps which are adequately preheated last for more than 100000 test cycles. On the other hand, the tested lamps with insufficient preheating are premature with black ends or even damaged only after the several thousands cycles.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0910108-102057 |
| Date | 10 September 2008 |
| Creators | Ke, Shih-Pin |
| Contributors | Ying-Chun Chuang, Hung-Ling Cheng, Chin-Sien Moo |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0910108-102057 |
| Rights | campus_withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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