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High Frequency Electronic Ballast for Fluorescent Lamp
Is it the Panacea?
C.S.Prasanna Kumar
Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 110012, India
S.P. Sabberwal
Prof. Center for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi 110 018, India
ABSTRACT
In developing countries electromagnetic ballasts are widely used for operation of fluorescent lamps. High frequency electronic ballasts are expensive and the ones that are available at a reasonable price suffer from disadvantages like injection of harmonics to the mains, marginal energy conservation etc. The reasons for market unacceptability of these are studied. An L-C resonant ballast is also considered in the analysis to arrive at a Figure of Merit. The alternate ballast system is suggested for a DSM programme of an utility.
Key words: High frequency ballast, L-C resonant ballast, Fluorescent lamps, DSM programme.
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