Testing of fluorescent DC lamps for Solar Home Systems


Autoria(s): Narvarte Fernandez, Luis; Muñoz Cano, Javier; Lorenzo Pigueiras, Eduardo
Data(s)

01/11/2001

Resumo

With the advent of the Universal Technical Standard for Solar Home Systems, procedures to test the compliance of SHS fluorescent lamps with the standard have been developed. Definition of the laboratory testing procedures is a necessary step in any lamp quality assurance procedure. Particular attention has been paid to test simplicity and to affordability, in order to facilitate local application of the testing procedures, for example by the organisations which carry out electrification programmes. The set of test procedures has been applied to a representative collection of 42 lamps from many different countries, directly acquired in the current photovoltaic rural electrification market. Tests apply to: lamp resistance under normal operating conditions; lamp reliability under extreme conditions; under abnormal conditions; and lamp luminosity. Results are discussed and some recommendations for updating the relevant standard are given. The selected technical standard, together with the proposed testing procedures, form the basis of a complete quality assurance tool that can be applied locally in normal electrical laboratories. Full testing of a lamp requires less than one month, which is very reasonable on the context of quality assurance programmes

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://oa.upm.es/13943/

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

E.U.I.T. Telecomunicación (UPM)

Relação

http://oa.upm.es/13943/1/INVE_MEM_2001_119361.pdf

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pip.396/abstract

info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/pip.396

Direitos

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/

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Fonte

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, ISSN 1062-7995, 2001-11, Vol. 9, No. 6

Palavras-Chave #Energías Renovables #Telecomunicaciones
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

Artículo

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