Design and simulation of electronic ballast performance for high pressure sodium street lighting

A novel method of reducing the energy consumption of street lighting using electronic ballasts was simulated on 277 units of 250 W high pressure sodium (HPS) street lights for a month. The design of the electronic ballast is detailed. A control system was utilised to dim the lights at hours of reduced traffic. The energy consumption was compared to that of the conventional system. The electronic ballast operates at a higher frequency and corrects any power distortion in the supply. Together with the light dimming capability, the electronic ballast increased the efficiency of the lighting system resulting in a monthly saving of 10.7 MWh, giving a monthly equivalent carbon dioxide reduction of 6.1 tonnes. In Malaysia, this would translate to a monthly cost saving of 37.7%.

[1]  F.B. Libano,et al.  Full Bridge Single Stage Electronic Ballast for a 250 W High Pressure Sodium Lamp , 2005, 2005 IEEE 36th Power Electronics Specialists Conference.

[2]  Marian K. Kazimierczuk,et al.  Electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps , 1993 .

[3]  K.M. Nor,et al.  Economic study on the effectiveness of photovoltaic street lighting in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia , 2008, 2008 12th International Middle-East Power System Conference.

[4]  Yoshihisa Umezawa,et al.  Dimmable Electronic Ballast for High Wattage Metal Halide Lamp , 2010 .

[5]  A.F. Zobaa,et al.  Power quality issues of fluorescent lamp circuits with magnetic ballast , 2006, 2006 Eleventh International Middle East Power Systems Conference.

[6]  S.-T. Chen,et al.  Designs and Implementation of the Dimmable Electronic Ballast for Metal-Halide Lamps , 2007, IECON 2007 - 33rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society.

[7]  M. M. Eissa,et al.  Experimental investigation of full bridge series resonant inverters for induction-heating cooking appliances , 2009, 2009 4th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications.

[8]  Bor-Ren Lin,et al.  Dimming control of metal halide lamp with high power factor , 1999, ISIE '99. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (Cat. No.99TH8465).

[9]  F Domingo-Perez,et al.  Low-rate wireless personal area networks applied to street lighting , 2013 .

[10]  Ahmet Karaarslan,et al.  DSP Microprocessor Based-On Power Factor Correction to Improve Power Quality of Converters Using Predictive Control , 2011 .

[11]  Wei Yan,et al.  Comparison of Dimmable Electromagnetic and Electronic Ballast Systems—An Assessment on Energy Efficiency and Lifetime , 2007, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

[12]  Fred C. Lee,et al.  An Integrated Electronic Ballast for High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps , 2008 .

[13]  Labo Chhun,et al.  Characterization of Acoustic Resonance in a High-Pressure Sodium Lamp , 2011, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

[14]  M. Y. Hassan,et al.  The reduction of Total Harmonic Distortion and electromagnetic interference in high pressure sodium street lighting using single stage electronic ballast , 2012, 2012 IEEE International Power Engineering and Optimization Conference Melaka, Malaysia.

[15]  Zhaoming Qian,et al.  Design of a two-stage low-frequency square-wave electronic ballast for HID lamps , 2003 .

[16]  Eric Bertrand Shen.  Alternative topological approaches to the electronic lamp ballast , 1997 .

[17]  Alice M. Agogino,et al.  Control of wireless-networked lighting in open-plan offices , 2011 .

[18]  Rohit Agarwal,et al.  Design And Simulation of Single stage High PF Electronic ballast with boost topology for multiple Fluorescent lamps , 2009 .

[19]  Hee Jun Kim,et al.  High power factor electronic ballast for high pressure sodium lamp , 1999, Proceedings of IEEE. IEEE Region 10 Conference. TENCON 99. 'Multimedia Technology for Asia-Pacific Information Infrastructure' (Cat. No.99CH37030).

[20]  Hidezoh Akutsu.  High-Pressure Sodium Lamps , 1978 .

[21]  Dianguo Xu,et al.  Dimmable Electronic Ballast for 250W HPS Lamp in Street Lighting with Analog Dimming Interface Circuit , 2007, APEC 07 - Twenty-Second Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition.

[22]  Ashish K. Panchal,et al.  Harmonic analysis of some light sources used for domestic lighting , 2011 .

[23]  C. A. Canesin,et al.  Electronic ballast for multiple fluorescent lamp systems , 2007 .

[24]  H. F. Kaan,et al.  Planning for urban-scale photovoltaic systems , 2009 .

[25]  A.E. Emanuel,et al.  The Response of Fluorescent Lamp with Magnetic Ballast to Voltage Distortion , 1997 .

[26]  Jiřı́ DŘÍNOVSKÝ,et al.  Simple Models of EMI Filters for Low Frequency Range , 2008 .

[27]  Hussain Shareef,et al.  Development of voltage acceptability curves for fluorescent lighting systems , 2009, 2009 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics.

[28]  Bruno Gaiddon,et al.  Photovoltaics in the urban environment : lessons learnt from large-scale projects , 2009 .