EP2260682A1 - Procédé et système approprié, utilisés pour réduire à un minimum la sollicitation de l'isolation dans un système de lampes à décharge sous haute pression - Google Patents

Procédé et système approprié, utilisés pour réduire à un minimum la sollicitation de l'isolation dans un système de lampes à décharge sous haute pression

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EP2260682A1
EP2260682A1 EP08735438A EP08735438A EP2260682A1 EP 2260682 A1 EP2260682 A1 EP 2260682A1 EP 08735438 A EP08735438 A EP 08735438A EP 08735438 A EP08735438 A EP 08735438A EP 2260682 A1 EP2260682 A1 EP 2260682A1
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Alois Braun
Joachim MÜHLSCHLEGEL
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Osram GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/02—Details
    • H05B41/04—Starting switches
    • H05B41/042—Starting switches using semiconductor devices
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S315/00—Electric lamp and discharge devices: systems
    • Y10S315/07—Starting and control circuits for gas discharge lamp using transistors

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  • the invention relates to a method for minimizing the insulation stress when igniting a high-pressure discharge lamp, with a control gear, generates a high voltage for ignition of the high-pressure discharge lamp, and this method Ausstoryt.
  • the invention is based on a method for minimizing the insulation stress during ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp according to the preamble of the main claim.
  • Conventional operating devices for high-pressure discharge lamps usually use a fairly simple method to ignite a high-pressure discharge lamp.
  • the high-pressure discharge lamp also referred to below as a lamp, is supplied with high-voltage pulses which have a sufficient voltage to produce a dielectric breakdown in the discharge lamp between the lamp electrodes. Since not every lamp ignites immediately at the first ignition pulse, the lamp is charged with a large number of ignition pulses, which are combined to form so-called ignition pulse packages.
  • a plurality of these Zündpulsevere is discharged at a predetermined distance to the lamp, as shown in FIG. 3 can be seen.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention with a method for minimizing the insulation stress of a high-pressure discharge lamp system, with an operating device which generates a high voltage for ignition of the high-pressure discharge lamp, wherein an ignition voltage time sum applied at lamp start is minimized.
  • the ignition voltage time sum is the sum of all time periods Z 1 , during which the amount of the ignition voltage exceeds an ignition voltage limit.
  • the ignition voltage limit is defined as the factor range of an absolute maximum value of the applied high voltages. The maximum value in this case is the highest value of the amount of voltage that occurs in total for at least 2 ⁇ s while the ignition voltage is applied.
  • the factor range is preferably between 0.6 and 0.95, more preferably between 0.8 and 0.9.
  • the duration of the first period (t a ) is preferably between Is and 2min, more preferably between 30s and 1min.
  • the duration of the second time interval (t b ), however, is preferably between 15 minutes and 25 minutes, more preferably 20 minutes.
  • ignition pulse packets with a packet duration of 0.5 s - 1.5 s are generated with a distance between two ignition pulse packets of 7 s - 35 s, a cold high-pressure discharge lamp can be ignited particularly well.
  • the ignition pulse packets generated in the second time interval (t b ) with a packet duration of 0.05 s-0.15 s with a spacing between two ignition pulse packets of 30 s-7 min are optimized for the ignition of a hot high-pressure discharge lamp.
  • ignition pulse packets with a packet duration of 0.5 s - 1.5 s are preferably generated for a first period (t a ), which is a distance between two ignition pulse packets of 7 s - 35s have.
  • t a a first period
  • ignition pulse trains are fired for a first time period (t a ) with a packet duration of 0.5 s - 1.5 s and for a second time interval (t b ) with a packet duration of 0, 05s - 0.15s generated.
  • the distance between two Zündpulswen for the first period (t a ) is thereby 7s - 35s
  • the distance between two Zündpulswen for the second period (t b ) is 30s - 7min.
  • FIG. 1 a shows the illustration of a first method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress during the ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp in the case of a cold lamp.
  • FIG. 16 shows the illustration of a first method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress during the ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp in the case of a hot lamp.
  • FIG. 2a shows a second method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress when igniting a high-pressure discharge lamp in a first variant.
  • FIG. 2b shows the illustration of a second method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress during the ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp in a second variant.
  • FIG. 2c shows the representation of a second method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress when igniting a high discharge lamp in a third variant.
  • FIG. 3 shows the illustration of a method for igniting a high-pressure discharge lamp according to the prior art.
  • FIG. 1a shows a graphic representation of a first method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress during the ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp in the case of a cold lamp.
  • the voltage applied to the lamp ignition voltage is applied, on the transverse axis of the elapsed time since the first ignition pulse z. Since a cold lamp can be ignited immediately, only a few Zündpulsevere should be applied one behind the other to the lamp. If the lamp does not light until then, it must be assumed that it is defective or no lamp is present.
  • it is two ignition pulse packets which are executed in succession but which have a relatively long packet duration in order to overcome the poor ionization of the lamp in the cold state.
  • an ignition voltage having a first intensity IN ta is applied to the lamp in order to start it.
  • no ignition pulses are applied to the lamp.
  • the intensity is the sum of all the ignition pulses Z applied to the lamp in this time period per unit of time or the absolute duration of the time during the first period of time applied to the high pressure discharge lamp ignition voltage per unit time.
  • FIG. 1 b shows a graphic representation of a first method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress when igniting a high-pressure discharge lamp in the case of a hot lamp.
  • the lamp has to cool first in order to be able to ignite, so that a continuous loading of the lamp with ignition pulses from the beginning, as described in the prior art, is not optimal. Therefore, an optimized method is used which provides longer time periods between the ignition pulses. Since the lamp state measurement implemented in the operating device may be very inaccurate, it may be that the lamp has already cooled down a long way, and therefore it is ready to ignite after a short time. Therefore, ignition pulses are still generated from the beginning to cover this case.
  • an ignition voltage having a first intensity IN ta is applied to the lamp for a predetermined first time period t a .
  • an ignition voltage having a predetermined second intensity IN tb is applied to the lamp for a predetermined second time period t b .
  • the predetermined second time interval t b is significantly longer than the predetermined first time period t a .
  • the predetermined second intensity INy 3 of the ignition voltage is lower than the predetermined first intensity IN t a • If ignition pulses are applied to the lamp, then the predetermined first intensity IN ta as the sum of all time periods of the ignition voltage (ignition voltage time sum) applied during this period of time
  • FIG. 2 a shows the illustration of a second method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress during the ignition of a high-pressure discharge lamp in a first variant.
  • the second method according to the invention is a simplified variant in which no state measurement of the lamp is made. As a result, the operating device can be made much simpler and thus cheaper.
  • the procedure since the control gear does not know the condition of the lamp, the procedure must be suitable for both cold and hot lamps. Since it has been shown that cold lamps require ignition pulse packages with a longer package duration for optimal ignition due to their low tendency to ionise, at the beginning as in the first method according to the invention with hot lamps, a few long ignition pulse packages are generated for the period t a .
  • the inventive method changes the strategy and extends the pauses between the Zündpulseveren in the subsequent period t b . It has also been found that for hot lamps due to their temperature, ignition pulse packages with a short package duration are sufficient to ignite the lamp. Therefore, not only the breaks are extended, but also greatly reduced the package duration. These measures ensure a significant reduction in the lamp
  • FIG. 2b shows the illustration of a second method according to the invention for minimizing the insulation stress when igniting a high-pressure discharge lamp in a second variant.
  • the second variant is similar to the first variant, only the strategy for the ignition of a hot lamp is another.
  • a Zündpulsb is applied to the lamp for firing a hot lamp at very large intervals for the period t b , which is similar to that for the cold ignition.
  • the fact that the distances between the Zündpulsween are even greater than in the first variant, the Zündnaps-time total during the period t b compared to the prior art also be significantly reduced.
  • This variant is suitable for high-pressure discharge lamps, which have a bad ignitability even when hot, which is why this second variant compared to the first variant also defined for the hot ignition Zündpulswee with a longer package duration.
  • a third variant which is illustrated in FIG. 2c, the methods according to the first and the second variant are combined. Again, the cold ignition already described above for the period t a is first performed with a few long Zündpulsween. Then it switches to an ignition strategy as in the first variant. At short intervals, short ignition pulse packets are applied to the lamp for the time t b .
  • the operating device detects a breakthrough between the lamp electrodes at time t lr , the ignition pulse packet is significantly extended in order to safely ignite the lamp in the further course.
  • this strategy one achieves a significant reduction of the ignition voltage time sum while improving the lamp ignition. The entire insulation in the high voltage range, including the lamp socket and the creepage distances in the operating device, are thus protected.
  • the duration of the first time period t a is then between Is and 2min, particularly advantageously between 30 s and 1 min.
  • the duration of the second period is thereafter 15min to 25min, more preferably about 20min.
  • the limit for which a high voltage applied to the lamp is still considered ignition voltage pulse z is defined as the ignition voltage limit.
  • the ignition voltage limit is in the range of 60% to 95%, advantageously in the range of 80% to 90% of the maximum value of all amounts of the high voltages applied to the lamp in the period t a and in the time period t b .
  • the maximum value in this case is the highest value of the amount of voltage that occurs in total for at least 2 ⁇ s while the ignition voltage is applied.
  • the ratio changes the ignition voltage time sums of the first and second periods moved in a certain range.
  • Good is a ratio of 1 ⁇ wherein a ratio of H is particularly advantageous.
  • the ratio of ignition voltage sums of the prior art is in the range of 1/10 to 1/40, which entails a significantly higher insulation stress than the method according to the invention.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé destiné à réduire à un minimum la sollicitation de l'isolation dans un système de lampes à décharge sous haute pression, avec un sstème approprié qui produit une haute tension pour l'amorçage de la lampe à décharge sous haute pression. Selon ce procédé, une somme des temps d'application de la tension d'amorçage au démarrage de la lampe est réduite à un minimum, la somme des temps de tension d'amorçage est la somme de toutes les périodes de temps Zi pendant lesquelles la valeur de la tension d'amorçage dépasse une limite de tension d'amorçage, et la limite de tension d'amorçage est définie comme une plage de facteur d'une valeur maximale quantitative des hautes tensions appliquées. L'invention concerne également un système approprié qui applique ce procédé.
EP08735438.7A 2008-03-19 2008-03-19 Procédé et système approprié, utilisés pour réduire à un minimum la sollicitation de l'isolation dans un système de lampes à décharge sous haute pression Not-in-force EP2260682B1 (fr)

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