WO2000027013A1 - Emergency light element for actuating fluorescent lamps in case of mains breakdown - Google Patents
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- WO2000027013A1 WO2000027013A1 PCT/CH1998/000462 CH9800462W WO0027013A1 WO 2000027013 A1 WO2000027013 A1 WO 2000027013A1 CH 9800462 W CH9800462 W CH 9800462W WO 0027013 A1 WO0027013 A1 WO 0027013A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
- H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
- H05B41/36—Controlling
- H05B41/38—Controlling the intensity of light
- H05B41/40—Controlling the intensity of light discontinuously
- H05B41/42—Controlling the intensity of light discontinuously in two steps only
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02J—CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
- H02J9/00—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting
- H02J9/02—Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting in which an auxiliary distribution system and its associated lamps are brought into service
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- the invention relates to an emergency light element for operating fluorescent lamps according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Emergency lighting elements for fluorescent lamps serve the purpose that the fluorescent lamp can automatically continue to shine in a kind of emergency operation in the event of an interruption or a fault in the AC voltage.
- a lamp ballast is known from DE-OS 29.05.598, which converts the mains alternating current into direct current for operating the lamps by means of direct current.
- the task of this lamp ballast is to avoid alternating fields. It is not possible to operate fluorescent lamps with this lamp ballast.
- a circuit arrangement for emergency lights in which two circuits, a direct current circuit and an alternating current circuit are formed with a common feed, in which a diode is in the forward direction in the emergency circuit.
- the power lamp which can be a fluorescent lamp
- an emergency light is provided. With AC mains voltage, the diode always flows the positive half-wave - the negative half-wave is blocked - of the AC mains current through the emergency light, which lights up in addition to the mains light.
- a further light source is thus provided.
- an emergency lighting system in which only the power lamp is provided, which can be a fluorescent lamp that is fed indirectly by a rechargeable battery voltage source in the event of a power failure or malfunction.
- an AC-DC converter is provided, the DC output voltage for operating the power lamp is converted into an AC voltage via a DC-AC converter in the form of a reversing circuit.
- An analog ballast is provided, which essentially contains an ignition transformer for starting and for operating the fluorescent lamp on the AC voltage network. The ballast cannot be operated on direct voltage, and the power of the fluorescent lamp cannot be programmed via the ballast for reduced light requirements, which is why the direct voltage / alternating voltage converter is necessary.
- the emergency lighting system can be plugged onto a standardized shortened fluorescent lamp and can therefore be placed in the holder for the usual longer standardized fluorescent lamps be plugged in. Additional wiring is not necessary. It is disadvantageous that the power requirement of the fluorescent lamp cannot be adapted to the battery voltage source in the event of a power failure or malfunction.
- Digitized electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps have been on the market since the beginning of 1998, and can process both DC and AC voltage at their input. When DC voltage is present, the luminous flux and the current consumption of the fluorescent lamp are automatically reduced. The value of the luminous flux or the current consumption can be programmed in the digital electronic ballast.
- the fluorescent lamp can be located in a bridge branch of a switching bridge with four switches, two of which are always closed diametrically arranged switches and the other two switches are open.
- the switches are controlled by a control circuit, and a switching regulator controls a switching element, via which the switching frequency and thus the power output can be specified, or the pulse duty factor for power adjustment is changed on the switching regulator.
- a 'half-bridge may be used with two switching elements, wherein the tube between the center of the bridge and is OV or between the center and rectified, smoothed network voltage.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object of specifying an emergency lighting element which can be easily adapted to existing fluorescent lamps with digital electronic ballasts without being rewired and is self-sufficient in the event of network interruptions or faults and which provides sufficient energy for operating the fluorescent lamp in an emergency over periods of several hours.
- the emergency light element according to the invention has the advantage that it can be easily attached with plug-in feeders and can be accommodated in a hollow ceiling or in a subdistribution. If the emergency power supply is disconnected from the luminaire as an emergency lighting element for maintenance purposes, the plug connections can be made are brought together and the fluorescent lamp 'continues to burn as a normal power lamp. So no rewiring is necessary because the simplest plug connections are sufficient.
- Fig. 1 The emergency light element in the switch position emergency operation
- Fig. 2 the emergency light element in the switch position mains operation.
- Fig. 1 shows the emergency light element NLE in the switch position emergency operation.
- UN is the AC mains voltage that charges the rechargeable battery voltage source Ubatt via the AC / DC converter.
- the AC / DC converter can be configured as a half-wave rectifier by means of a diode with a capacitor of appropriate capacity and a constant voltage regulator. Such circuits are commercially available as integrated modules.
- the DC-DC converter can also Constant voltage regulator can be realized; the output voltage 'then adapts to the battery voltage and the residual voltage drop across a series resistor.
- the fluorescent lamp LA is preceded by the digital electronic ballast EVG, which ignites the fluorescent lamp LA and which can process both AC and DC voltage at its input 9, 10.
- the ECG is controlled via the bus with digital information.
- the output voltage of the ECG, which is applied to the tube, is - due to the fluorescent lamp - always a high-frequency high voltage.
- the digital electronic ballast EVG can be programmed for a reduced power output.
- this digital electronic ballast EVG is preceded by the emergency light element NLE at its input 9, 10 between the mains connections Zero N and line L, which is also connected to zero N and line L of the mains alternating voltage UN at its mains input terminals 1, 2, 21
- Emergency light element NLE the DC voltage DC of the rechargeable battery voltage source Ubatt is converted into a higher DC voltage DC2 via the DC-DC converter DC1 / DC2.
- the DC-DC converter DC1 / DC2 can consist of a chopper amplifier in which DC voltage is "chopped" at the input into an alternating signal. This AC voltage is amplified and then rectified again.
- the emergency light element NLE supplies 7.8 at its output 7.8 AC mains voltage UN to the input 9.10 of the digital electronic Ballast EVG or that in the event of an interruption or malfunction of the AC mains voltage UN according to FIG. 1, the emergency light element NLE delivers at its output 7.8 DC voltage DC2 converted by the DC-DC converter DC1 / DC2 to the input 9.10 of the digital electronic ballast EVG can consist, for example, of a relay controlled by the network monitoring unit NU with the switching contacts S1, S2, the switching contact S1 being closed when the AC line voltage UN is present (FIG.
- Switching contact S1 is open and switching contact S2 is closed (Fig. 1) .
- the switch contact S2 switches the DC voltage DC2 / DC2 converter DC1 / DC2 to output 8 of the emergency light element, the switch contacts S1, S2 being connected to terminal 8 at the output of the emergency light element NLE and to the line L input 9 of the digital electronic ballast EVG are connected.
- the relay is in the rest position in mains operation.
- the emergency light element NLE can be plugged in, for example, via plug-in connections between line L and zero N of the AC mains voltage UN and between line L and zero N of the connection 9, 10 at the input of the digital electronic ballast EVG.
- S3 is the main light switch and S4 is a test switch which, when pressed, switches the device to emergency operation until S4 is released. S4 thus serves to check the function of the emergency lighting element.
- the LED D lights up permanently, indicating that the battery is being charged.
- the connections 11 and 12 at the output of the digital electronic ballast (EVG) can lead to the one plug contact of the fluorescent lamp LA and the connections 13 and 14 at the output of the digital electronic ballast (EVG) can to the other plug contact of the fluorescent lamp LA.
- the emergency light element NLE has the decisive advantage that no rewiring is necessary.
- the emergency light element NLE can emit 230 V / 50 Hz AC voltage at the output in the event of a fault-free network and 240 V DC voltage in the event of a power failure.
- the mode of operation is that when the mains AC voltage UN is present, the emergency light element NLE AC voltage, which is connected in series to the digital electronic ballast EVG, is emitted and the fluorescent lamp LA can be switched on and off via the main light switch S3.
- the Ubatt battery voltage source switches on, puts the DC-DC converter DC1 / DC2 into operation and DC voltage is available at output 8 - the earth connection is connected to output 7.
- the digital electronic ballast EVG and the luminous flux and current consumption are reduced to the pre-programmed value via the pulse duty factor or the switching frequency of the digital electronic ballast EVG.
- the fluorescent lamp LA can be switched on and off again via the main light switch S3 and the battery voltage source Ubatt is recharged.
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EP98949853A EP1099292A1 (en) | 1998-10-30 | 1998-10-30 | Emergency light element for actuating fluorescent lamps in case of mains breakdown |
AU96184/98A AU9618498A (en) | 1998-10-30 | 1998-10-30 | Emergency light element for actuating fluorescent lamps in case of mains breakdown |
PCT/CH1998/000462 WO2000027013A1 (en) | 1998-10-30 | 1998-10-30 | Emergency light element for actuating fluorescent lamps in case of mains breakdown |
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PCT/CH1998/000462 WO2000027013A1 (en) | 1998-10-30 | 1998-10-30 | Emergency light element for actuating fluorescent lamps in case of mains breakdown |
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US6717367B2 (en) | 2001-07-04 | 2004-04-06 | Teknowara Oy | Emergency lighting arrangement and apparatus |
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EP2023463A2 (en) * | 2007-08-06 | 2009-02-11 | Bast Lighting Co., Ltd. | An emergency luminaire |
EP2023463A3 (en) * | 2007-08-06 | 2010-11-17 | Bast Lighting Co., Ltd. | An emergency luminaire |
WO2010043923A1 (en) * | 2008-10-17 | 2010-04-22 | Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | An emergency power supply circuit for dimmable electronic ballasts and related method |
US8587201B2 (en) | 2008-10-17 | 2013-11-19 | Osram Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung | Emergency power supply circuit for dimmable electronic ballasts and related method |
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