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H C. ALBU, Liisa HALONEN, E TETRI, F POP<br />

4.5 LED 12 W Thorn luminaire<br />

Next, a 12 W LED luminaire, manufactured<br />

by Thorn (BaseLed 165 MRE 1x12 W LED)<br />

has been tested; the dimming process was<br />

achieved with the use <strong>of</strong> a triac dimmer<br />

(CO/TECH EMD 200, 40-300 W, 230 V).<br />

The electric, luminous and power quality<br />

characteristics are presented in Table 5.<br />

Figure 7 shows the amplitude variation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

current harmonics <strong>of</strong> the light source during<br />

the dimming process (a), and the voltage and<br />

current wave-shapes (b) for the not dimmed<br />

case and dimmed at different voltage levels,<br />

with the employment <strong>of</strong> the triac dimmer.<br />

The CRI and CCT do not suffer variations<br />

during dimming. The odd current harmonics<br />

have increased amplitudes (especially the third<br />

order), as the voltage amplitude is decreased.<br />

Table 5 Electric and luminous parameters<br />

Parameter<br />

Voltage level, % <strong>of</strong> fundamental<br />

Unit Not dimmed<br />

100 75 50<br />

Active power W 11.8 11.6 8 5.6<br />

Reactive power VAR 5.4 4.8 12.3 7.1<br />

Apparent power VA 13 12.5 14.6 9<br />

Voltage amplitude V 230 229.3 172.5 112.6<br />

Current amplitude A 0.056 0.054 0.085 0.08<br />

Frequency Hz 50 50 50 50<br />

Power factor 0.92 0.92 0.55 0.62<br />

THDI % 22.34 28.46 65.70 94.28<br />

Luminous flux lm 640 638 330 195<br />

CRI 96.4 96.4 96.4 96.4<br />

CCT K 3450 3450 3450 3450<br />

Luminous efficacy lm/W 54.24 55.00 41.25 34.82<br />

(a) (b)<br />

Figure 7 The amplitude variation <strong>of</strong> the current harmonics <strong>of</strong> the light source during the dimming process (a),<br />

and the voltage and current wave-shapes (b): for the not dimmed case (voltage wave-shape – yellow, current<br />

wave-shape – light yellow), and for the mentioned voltage levels, with the employment <strong>of</strong> the triac dimmer<br />

(100% <strong>of</strong> input voltage: voltage wave-shape – orange, current wave-shape – light orange; 75% <strong>of</strong> input voltage:<br />

voltage wave-shape – blue, current wave-shape – light blue; 50% <strong>of</strong> input voltage: voltage wave-shape – green,<br />

current wave-shape – light green).<br />

14 Ingineria Iluminatului 2010; 12, 2: 5-22

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