Determining Lamp/Ballast System Performance with a Temperature Controlled Integrating Chamber

TitleDetermining Lamp/Ballast System Performance with a Temperature Controlled Integrating Chamber
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsSiminovitch, Michael J., Francis M. Rubinstein, and Rudolph R. Verderber
Secondary TitleJournal of the Illuminating Engineering Society
Volume14
Number1
Pagination364-378
Publication Languageeng
Call NumberLBL-17285
Abstract

This paper describes an experimental integrating chamber for measuring the photometric and electrical performance of fluorescent light sources over a wide range of bulb-wall temperatures. The system was used to measure the relative light output and system efficacy of various solid-state ballasted fluorescent lighting systems for minimum bulb-wall temperatures between 20 degrees and 65 degrees C. For lamp-wall temperatures between 30 and 60 degrees C, the relative efficacies of the solid-state ballasted systems were found to be less sensitive to changes in bulb-wall temperatures than standard or efficient (low-loss) core-coil ballasted systems.

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LBNL Report NumberLBL-17285
Citation Key11729
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