Inrush related problems caused by lamps with electronic drivers and their mitigation

V. Cuk; J.F.G. Cobben; W.L. Kling

Inrush related problems caused by lamps with electronic drivers and their mitigation

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Abstract

New types of appliances sometimes bring unexpected power quality problems. On several locations it was reported that energy-saving lamps cause random false tripping of circuit breakers. In all of these cases these lamps had electronic drivers. An investigation of this phenomenon is presented in the paper. Laboratory measurements were done on several types of LED and gas-discharge lamps to obtain their inrush characteristics. Some lamps are found not to cause the problem even in large numbers, while other lamps show the ability to cause a false trip even in small numbers. Different solutions to the problem are considered. One of the proposed solutions is mitigation trough an external device, and a prototype of such a device was built and tested in the laboratory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems, 14-16 July 2011, Corfu, Greece
Editors	N. Mastorakis, V. Mladenov, Z. Bojkovic
Place of Publication	S.l.
Publisher	WSEAS PRESS
Pages	321-327
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61804-023-7
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	conference; 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems; 2011-07-14; 2011-07-16 - Duration: 14 Jul 2011 → 16 Jul 2011

Conference

Conference	conference; 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems; 2011-07-14; 2011-07-16
Period	14/07/11 → 16/07/11
Other	15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems

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Cuk, V , Cobben, JFG & Kling, WL 2011, Inrush related problems caused by lamps with electronic drivers and their mitigation. in N Mastorakis, V Mladenov & Z Bojkovic (eds), Proceedings of the 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems, 14-16 July 2011, Corfu, Greece. WSEAS PRESS, S.l., pp. 321-327, conference; 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems; 2011-07-14; 2011-07-16, 14/07/11.

Proceedings of the 15th WSEAS International Conference on Systems, 14-16 July 2011, Corfu, Greece. ed. / N. Mastorakis; V. Mladenov; Z. Bojkovic. S.l. : WSEAS PRESS, 2011. p. 321-327.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic

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