Case study of a highly-reliable dimmable road lighting system with intelligent remote control

2005 European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chung, H S H ^a   Ho, N M ^b   Hui, S Y R ^b   Mai, W Z ^c  

^a eEnergy Technology Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Municipal Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Dimmable road lighting system; Electronic ballasts; Emerging technology; Industrial application

Indexed keywords

BALLASTS (LAMP); DIMMING (LAMPS); ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INSTALLATION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; STREET LIGHTING;

DIMMABLE ROAD LIGHTING SYSTEM; ELECTROMAGNETIC LIGHTING SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC BALLASTS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGY;

REMOTE CONTROL;

EID: 33947695798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/epe.2005.219632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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