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The new soft starting methods for electronics ballasts of UV lamps based on microcontroller

  • Wang Yifeng*
  • , Xu Dianguo
  • , Guo Desheng
  • , Liu Xuening
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Based on microcontroller (MCU) controlled half-bridge LCC series-parallel resonant inverters, the triple-frequency harmonics starting method and the double-capacitances starting method were respectively designed for high and middle power electronics ballasts of ultraviolet (UV) lamps. The principle and the experiments were presented and explained in details. The lamp can be ignited by using two mentioned methods without surge current at -40F to 104F. Finally, the application ranges, advantages and drawbacks of the two methods were compared. Also, the improved microcontroller programs make those methods more accurate than traditional methods, and the protection features during starting phase are included in the lamp soft-start programme, which can protect ballasts against all of error states during start stage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2006 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 24 May 200626 May 2006

Publication series

Name2006 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications

Conference

Conference2006 1st IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ICIEA 2006
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period24/05/0626/05/06

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