USING OF VARIABLE-OUTPUT-VOLTAGE HIGH PFC AC-DC CONVERTER FOR COMPACT FLUORESCENT INTEGRAL

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USING OF VARIABLE-OUTPUT-VOLTAGE
HIGH PFC AC-DC CONVERTER FOR
COMPACT FLUORESCENT INTEGRAL
LAMPS FEEDING
Abstract – This article presents a design of a variable–
output-voltage high-power-factor-correction AC-DC
converter used for compact integral fluorescent lamps
feeding. Those lamps condition direct incandescent lamp
retrofitting with all the profits that the fluorescent
lighting offers. The main problems with the compact
integral fluorescent lamps sold in Brazil are the absence
of power factor correction (for input power below 60 W)
and the absence of filament pre-heating and input filter.
The proposed rectifier resolves these problems and offers
the dimming function.
Mikhail M. Polonskii was born in Stavropol, Russia, on 3 de October, 1956. He received the M.Sc. degree from the High Technical School named after Baumann of Moscow in 1978, and the Ph. D. degree from the State University of Technology (STANKIN), Moscow, in 1992. At present he is Adjunct Professor at Electrical Engineering Department of Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brazil. His research interests include Mechatronics, Engineering Education and Music Visualization.