TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparative Analysis of Three Converters Providing Power to a Discharge Lamp-electronic Ballast System Designed for Water Sterilization
AU  - Aissa - Bokhtache, Aicha
AU  - Latroch, Maamar
AU  - Badni, Nadia
AU  - Toubal - Maamar, Alla Eddine
AU  - Djafer, Lemya
AU  - Merini, Amina
PY  - 2024
DA  - December
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.55549/epstem.1598050
JF  - The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
JO  - EPSTEM
PB  - ISRES Publishing
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2602-3199
SP  - 53
EP  - 65
VL  - 32
LA  - en
AB  - Water, an essential resource, has faced a continuous decline in quality over the years. Addressing this concern is crucial, and UV-C technology emerges as a fitting solution, meeting both quality treatment and environmental preservation needs. The UV bactericidal concept involves generating ultraviolet rays in a treatment chamber containing water. Ensuring a reliable power supply to low-pressure mercury-argon discharge lamps is imperative for the efficacy of UV-C disinfection. This research aims to identify the most optimal power source. To achieve this, the discharge lamp-electronic ballast system will be energized by three different converter types. The first utilizes a conventional converter with a half-bridge rectifier and inverter, employing PWM control. The second employs a 4-cell serial multicell converter, adopting a direct control strategy. The third relies on a single-phase matrix converter. Therefore, modern converters utilizing semiconductor-based switches with high switching frequencies (above 50 kHz for MOSFETs) have been used in this study.
KW  - Electronic ballast
KW  - Half-bridge inverter
KW  - Multi-cell converter
CR  - Aissa-Bokhtache, A., Latroch, M., Badni, N., Toubal-Maamar, A.E., Djafer, L., & Merini, A. (2024). Comparative analysis of three converters providing power to a discharge lamp-electronic ballast system designed for water sterilization. The Eurasia Proceedings of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (EPSTEM), 32, 53-65.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.55549/epstem.1598050
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4424726
ER  -