Study and characterization of waveforms from low-watt (<25 W) compact fluorescent lamps with electronic ballasts

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 2305-2311

  Cunill Solà, Jordi ^a   Salichs, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs); Harmonics; Linear time variant (LTV) load; Power quality; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC LIGHTING; ELECTRIC LOADS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; POWER QUALITY;

COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS (CFLS); LINEAR TIME-VARIANT (LTV) LOAD;

FLUORESCENT LAMPS;

EID: 35148841966     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.899551     Document Type: Article

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