WO1998054932A1 - Ferroresonant transformer ballast for regulating the current of gas discharge lamps - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to lamp ballasts, and deals more particularly with a ferroresonant transformer ballast for regulating the current of gas discharge lamps.
- a current source has a high output impedance which allows the source voltage to follow the lamp voltage.
- a commonly used method to energize a gas discharge lamp 10 is by means of a variable or alternating voltage source Vin and a ballast 12 coupled in series with the lamp 10 in order to limit the current and to bear the voltage difference between the lamp and the voltage source.
- Vin variable or alternating voltage source
- ballast 12 coupled in series with the lamp 10 in order to limit the current and to bear the voltage difference between the lamp and the voltage source.
- this method leaves the lamp current, and therefore the lamp output power, sensitive to changes in the input voltage and also reduces the input power factor.
- FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a constant voltage ferroresonant transformer 14.
- the ferroresonant transformer 14 includes an E-shaped piece 16 and an I-shaped piece 18 cooperating to form a core.
- An input coil 20 is wound around a center leg 22 of the E-shaped piece 16, and a capacitor coil 24 is wound around a secondary core portion of the center leg 22.
- An output capacitor (not shown) is coupled in series with the capacitor coil 24.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the ferroresonant transformer 14 of FIG. 2, where coils 30 represent the input coil, an inductance 32 having reactance Xs represents the leakage inductance, an inductance 34 having reactance XM represents the saturable inductance of a secondary portion of the core where the capacitor coil 24 is wound, coils 36 represent the capacitor coil, and capacitor 38 having voltage Vc is the output or resonance capacitor. Regulation is achieved as follows: any increase in the capacitor voltage Vc will further saturate whereby the value of X is decreased. A decrease in the value of XM will also decrease the equivalent capacitance, and in turn decrease the resonant gain.
- any decrease in Vc will reduce the degree of saturation of the core whereby the value of XM is increased.
- An increase in the value of XM will also increase the equivalent capacitance, and in turn will increase the resonant gain.
- the capacitor root-mean-square (RMS) current is virtually constant over a range of input voltage. As shown in FIG. 4, if a lamp 40 is inserted in series with the output capacitor 38, the capacitor current will adequately energize the lamp 40 provided that the open circuit voltage (the voltage level just before the lamp 40 ignites) is high enough to cause the lamp 40 to strike.
- the lamp current can be varied by changing the capacitive value of the resonant capacitor 38 which is usually accomplished by interchanging capacitors of varying capacitance.
- the saturated core of the ferroresonant transformer increases the crest factor (Vpeak/Nrms) of the lamp current which shortens the lamp's operating life and makes it difficult for metal additive lamps to remain lit.
- Low grade steel reduces the magnitude of the peak capacitor current which makes it the preferred choice for laminations in spite of the higher core losses and reduced efficiency.
- High power lamps require a high voltage across its terminals. Since the output capacitor 40 is in series with the lamp, as shown in FIG. 4, the output capacitor 40 has to be rated for the same voltage as the lamp. High voltage capacitors are more expensive, more difficult to source, and are physically larger than the standard 660 V type.
- the present invention resides in a ferroresonant transformer ballast for regulating the current of gas discharge lamps.
- the ballast comprises a magnetic core for supporting coil windings.
- a first or input coil is wound about the magnetic core and energizable from a variable source for supplying input voltage and current.
- a second or capacitor coil is wound about the magnetic core and magnetically coupled to the first coil so as to induce a voltage across terminals of the second coil in response to a change in current from the first coil.
- An output capacitor is connected across the terminals of the second coil for resonating about a constant average voltage level.
- a third or lamp coil is wound about the magnetic core and magnetically coupled to the second coil so as to induce a voltage across terminals of the third coil in proportion to the average voltage across the output capacitor.
- At least one gas discharge lamp is connected across terminals of the third coil whereby a current level of the gas discharge lamp is regulated in response to the average voltage of the output capacitor.
- the ferroresonant ballast may also include a control circuit and a control inductor that is switched into and out of electrical contact with the output capacitor in order to simulate core saturation and to maintain the current of the lamp at a generally constant or steady state value.
- ferroresonant ballast provides a low crest factor of the lamp current, whereby permitting the ferroresonant ballast to be used with metal additive lamps without any design changes or modifications.
- any type of lamination can be used from low grade strip steel to high grade "El" lamination.
- FIG. 1 schematic illustrates a conventional ballast used with a discharge lamp.
- FIG. 2 schematically shows a conventional ferroresonant transformer.
- FIG. 3 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the ferroresonant transformer of FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the ferroresonant transformer of FIG. 2 powering a gas discharge lamp.
- FIG. 5 schematically illustrates an uncontrolled ferroresonant transformer ballast fabricated from E-shaped and I-shaped laminations according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 schematically shows a ferroresonant transformer ballast fabricated from strip steel in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the ferroresonant transformer ballasts of FIGS. 5 and 6.
- FIG. 8 schematically illustrates a conventional controlled ferroresonant transformer.
- FIG. 9 is an graph illustrating current and voltage waveforms associated with the output capacitor of the ferroresonant transformer of FIG.8.
- FIG. 10 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the controlled ferroresonant transformer of FIG. 8.
- FIG. 11 schematically shows a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast fabricated from E-shaped and I-shaped laminations according to a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 schematically illustrates a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast fabricated from strip steel according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 schematically illustrates an equivalent electrical circuit of the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast of FIGS. 11 and 12.
- FIG. 14 is a graph illustrating various voltage and current waveforms of an output capacitor and lamp associated with a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic illustrates an embodiment of a control circuit used in conjunction with a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast.
- FIG. 16 is a graph further illustrating various waveforms associated with a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast in accordance with the present invention.
- the ferroresonant transformer ballast 100 includes an E-shaped piece 102 and an I-shaped piece 104.
- An input coil 106, capacitor coil 108 and lamp coil 110 are spaced from each other and wound around a center leg 112 of the E-shaped piece 102.
- a leakage inductance magnetic shunt 114 is positioned around the center leg 112 at a longitudinal location between the input coil 106 and the capacitor coil 108. The leakage inductance shunt 114 cooperates with an opposing surface of the E-shaped piece 102 to define a first shunt air gap 116.
- a lamp choke magnetic shunt 118 is positioned around the center leg 112 at a longitudinal location between the capacitor coil 108 and the lamp coil 110.
- the lamp choke shunt 118 cooperates with an opposing surface of the E-shaped piece 102 to define a second shunt air gap 119.
- an output capacitor (not shown) is to be coupled across the terminals of the capacitor coil 108, and a lamp (not shown) is to be coupled across the terminals of the lamp coil 110. Consequently, the lamp coil 110 (as distinct from the capacitor coil 108) serves to isolate the lamp from the output capacitor. Further, the lamp choke shunt 118 serves as a choke in series with the lamp. Unlike the prior ferroresonant transformer shown by the equivalent electrical circuit in FIG. 4, the lamp current as used with the ferroresonant transformer ballast 100 of FIG. 5 has a lower crest factor due to the leakage inductance contributed by the lamp choke shunt 118. The lower crest factor permits the use of any type of lamination for the ferroresonant transformer ballast core from a low grade strip steel (see FIG. 6) to a high grade "El" lamination as shown in FIG. 5. With reference to FIG. 6, a ferroresonant transformer ballast
- the ferroresonant transformer ballast 120 has like reference numbers for like parts with the ferroresonant transformer ballast 100 of FIG. 5.
- the ferroresonant transformer ballast 120 differs from the ferroresonant transformer ballast 100 of FIG. 5 in that the ballast 120 has a core 122 fabricated from strip steel as opposed to the E and I-shaped pieces 102, 104 used for the ferroresonant transformer ballast 100 of FIG. 5.
- the ferroresonant transformer ballast 120 further includes an input coil 106, capacitor coil 108, lamp coil 110, leakage inductance magnetic shunt 121 and lamp choke magnetic shunt 123.
- FIG. 7 is the equivalent electrical circuit of the integrated ferroresonant transformer ballasts shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, where coils 124 represent the input coil, an inductance 126 having reactance Xs represents the leakage reactance, an inductance 128 having reactance X represents the saturable magnetizing reactance of the core, coils 130 represent the capacitor coil, a capacitor 132 having capacitive reactance Xc and voltage Vc is the output or resonant capacitor, inductance 134 having reactance Xlamp represents the inductance of the lamp choke shunt, coils 136 represent the lamp coil, and lamp 138 is the discharge lamp load.
- the lamp open circuit voltage is set by the lamp coil turn ratio and the system resonance gain which must be high enough for the lamp to strike. After the lamp ignites, its initial voltage will drop to approximately 10% of its steady state value. This low voltage will cause the lamp to draw more current which is limited by the leakage reactance of the lamp shunts.
- the lamp current Ilamp can be calculated as follows:
- the lamp current Ilamp will be limited to a predetermined maximum value. This initial increase in current is desirable for warming up the lamp faster which in turn prolongs the operating life of the lamp 138. As the lamp temperature and voltage reach steady state values, the lamp current will reduce to its rated value as determined by equation (1).
- the ferroresonant transformer ballast will regulate the lamp output by keeping the output capacitor voltage Vc level constant in the same manner as does a constant voltage ferroresonant transformer. Since all of the right-hand side terms of equation (1) are constant, it follows that the lamp current Ilamp will also be constant.
- the lamp high voltage is independent of the output capacitor voltage which makes it possible to use standard 660 volt capacitors for any lamp voltage which may vary from 300 volts rms for low power lamps to over 2000 volts rms for higher power lamps.
- the lamp shunts limit the lamp current to a predetermined maximum value and reduce the crest factor of the lamp current.
- a low voltage isolated sensor winding added to the lamp coil allows a simple and safe method to monitor its voltage.
- any type of lamination from low grade strip steel to high grade "El" laminations may be employed.
- the ferroresonant transformer ballasts of FIGS. 5-7 can be improved by providing a current feedback closed loop ferroresonant transformer which provides the user with full control over the lamp output.
- a controlled ferroresonant transformer varies the resonance gain without saturating the core by switching an external linear inductor in parallel with the output or resonant capacitor in order to simulate core saturation with respect to output voltage regulation.
- a control circuit detects both the lamp current and voltage, and varies the duty cycle of an AC power switch to generate an appropriate inductance and resonance gain in order to regulate the lamp output.
- FIGS. 8-10 illustrate prior controlled ferroresonant transformer technology.
- a controlled ferroresonant transformer 140 is shown where like elements are labeled by like reference numbers with respect to the ferroresonant transformer ballast of FIG. 5.
- a control inductance coil 142 replaces the lamp coil 110 of FIG. 5.
- This type of ferroresonant transformer is discussed more fully in U.S. Pat. No. 3,573,606 to Kakalec, and is used as a voltage regulator with a switched control inductor that simulates core saturation.
- FIG. 10 shows a plot of the output voltage Vc and the capacitor current iC-
- the equivalent electrical circuit of this controlled ferroresonant transformer is shown in FIG. 10 where coils 144 represent the input coil, inductance 146 having reactance Xs is the leakage inductance, resistance R represents the equivalent DC resistance of all the windings, coils 148 represent the capacitor coil, capacitor 150 having reactance Xc and voltage Vc is the output capacitor, coil 152 having reactance X represents a control inductance, coil 154 having reactance XM represents the magnetizing inductance, and switch 156 is preferably a solid state switch, operated by a control circuit 158 for switching the control inductance into and out of parallel relationship with the output capacitor 150 in order to simulate core saturation.
- a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast according to the present invention will be explained in detail where like elements with respect to the ferroresonant transformer of FIG. 8 are labeled with like reference numbers.
- a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast is generally designated by the reference number 200.
- the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast 200 is different, in part, from the ferroresonant transformer of FIG. 8 with respect to the type and placement of windings around the center leg 112.
- the windings wound around the center leg 112 are an input coil 106, capacitor coil 108, power supply coil 202, lamp coil 110 and voltage sense coil 204. As can be seen in FIG.
- the capacitor coil 108 and the power supply coil 202 generally occupy the same longitudinal position on the center leg 112 between a lamp choke shunt 118 and a leakage inductance shunt 114.
- the lamp coil 110 and voltage sense coil 204 generally occupy the same longitudinal position on the center leg 112 between the lamp choke shunt 118 and the I-shaped piece 104.
- the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast is fabricated from "El" laminations. However, a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast may also be fabricated from strip steel because of a low crest factor associated with the ferroresonant transformer ballast 200. As shown in FIG. 12, a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast 206 employs strip steel for the core 208.
- FIG. 13 schematically shows an equivalent electrical circuit 210 of the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballasts of FIGS. 11 and 12.
- Coils 212 represent the input coil
- an inductance 214 having reactance Xs represents the leakage inductance
- coils 216 represent the capacitor coil
- capacitor 218 having reactance Xc and voltage Vc is the output capacitor
- coil 220 having reactance Xlamp is the inductance of the lamp shunt
- coils 222 represent the lamp coil
- coil or inductor 224 having reactance XL represents an external switched inductor.
- a control circuit 226 receives inputs from a lamp voltage sensor 228 and lamp current sensor 230 and has a control output 232 for opening and closing a switch 234 to switch the inductor 224 into and out of parallel relationship with the output capacitor 218 in response to the sensors 228 and 230 in order to simulate core saturation.
- the operation of the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast embodied in FIGS. 11-13 consists of three stages: ignition, warm-up and steady state.
- the control circuit 226 forces the lamp open circuit voltage to rise to a maximum value in order to strike the lamp.
- the control circuit 226 will sense the lamp low voltage and increase its current by keeping the switch 234 open for as long as Vlamp is below its steady state value.
- the control circuit 226 will sense the lamp current via the lamp current sensor 230 and maintain the lamp current at a constant value independently of the input voltage Vi -
- FIG. 14 is a plot of the various waveforms Vl mp Ilamp/ NC and Ic of the controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast depicted by the equivalent electrical circuit of FIG. 13. Important advantages in utilizing a controlled ferroresonant transformer ballast is a low crest factor of the lamp current which is critical for the employment of metal-additive gas discharge lamps, and a high input power factor which is a characteristic of all ferroresonant transformers.
- FIG. 15 schematically illustrates an embodiment of the control circuit 226 of FIG. 13 used in conjunction with a ferroresonant transformer to form a controlled ferroresonant ballast 235 embodying the present invention.
- the control circuit includes a lamp voltage sensor 236 preferably wound around a magnetic core of the ferroresonant transformer ballast 235 to sense the lamp voltage, and further includes a lamp current sensor 238 preferably positioned adjacent to the supply line to the lamp in order to sense the lamp current.
- the lamp voltage sensor 236 is coupled to an input of a DC reference module 240, and the lamp current sensor 238 is coupled to an input of a first rectifier 242.
- a power supply coil 244 is coupled to an input of a second rectifier 246.
- An output of the first rectifier 242 is coupled via a potentiometer 248 to a first input of an error amplifier 250.
- An output of the DC reference module 240 is coupled to a second input of the error amplifier 250.
- An output of the error amplifier 250 is coupled to a first input of a comparator 252.
- a ramp generator 254 has an input coupled to an output of the second rectifier 246, and an output coupled to a second input of the comparator 252.
- An output of the comparator 252 is coupled to an input of a drive circuit or buffer 256.
- An output of the drive circuit 256 is coupled a control input of a switch 258, such as the gate of a silicon-controlled rectifier switch, which is coupled in series with a switched control inductor 260.
- the control inductor 260 is electrically coupled in parallel with an output capacitor 262 of a ferroresonant transformer ballast circuit when the switch 258 is closed.
- the operation of the control circuit of FIG. 15 will now be explained with respect to the three lamp operating stages: ignition, warm- up and steady state. During the ignition stage, the average lamp voltage rises with that of the output capacitor, and the lamp current is zero before the lamp ignites.
- the lamp voltage sensor 236 and the lamp current sensor 238 respectively generate voltage signals proportional to the voltage level across the lamp 40 and the current level flowing through the lamp. Because the lamp 40 has not yet been ignited, the current flowing through the lamp 40 is approximately zero amps, and therefore the voltage level generated by the current sensor is approximately zero volts. Consequently, the difference between the voltage signals generated by the voltage sensor 236 and the current sensor 238 is a relatively high value which is amplified by the error amplifier to produce an error signal V e .
- An alternating voltage is induced in the power supply coil 244 which is in turn rectified by the second rectifier 246.
- the rectified voltage signal is then input into the ramp generator 254 to produce a sawtooth signal having a period equal to one half of the alternating input signal supplied to the ferroresonant transformer at the input coil.
- the relatively high V e signal and the ramp signal are then input into the comparator 252.
- the comparator generates a digital output of "1" (i.e., output goes high) during the portion of the ramp signal cycle when the ramp signal rises above the level of Ve- Because V e is a relatively high signal before ignition, the ramp signal generally does not rise above the level of V e .
- the output of the comparator remains at a digital output of "0" (i.e., output remains low), and the switch 258 remains open so that no current can be diverted from the output capacitor 262 to the switched control inductor 260. Therefore, full current can be directed to charge the output capacitor 262 so that the voltage across the output capacitor 262 may rise. Because the lamp coil 110 is magnetically coupled to the capacitor coil 108, as the voltage across the output capacitor 262 rises, the voltage across the lamp 40 also rises until the lamp voltage level is high enough to strike the lamp (i.e., turn the lamp on).
- FIG. 16 is a graph of an error amplifier voltage signal 264, a ramp generator voltage signal 266, switch control or gate voltage signal 268 and control inductor current signal 270. As can be seen in FIG.
- the gate signal 268 used for controlling a silicon-controlled switch is activated in response to the comparator 252 going high in order to allow current (as shown by the inductor signal 270) to flow through the control inductor 260.
- the lamp current may be adjusted by components (not shown) for varying the reference voltage of the error amplifier.
- Such components may be, for example, logic control switched resistors and opto-isolators which interface with PLCs.
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