PRESENTED BY

VRUSHABH HINOTE

GUIDED BY
PROF. ATUL DAHANE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

PROF RAM MEGHE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT,
BADNERA
 Introduction
RF Lighting Source
Discharge type
1. Capacitive RF Discharge
2. Inductive RF Discharge
3. Wave sustained RF Discharge
Choice of frequency and discharge type
Commercial RF light sources
Advantages
Disadvantages
Future scope
Conclusion
Reference
 RF light sources follow the same principles of converting

electrical power into visible radiation as conventional gas

discharge lamps.

The fundamental difference between RF lamps and

conventional lamps is that RF lamps operate without

electrodes.
 RF LIGHTING
RF lamps , appeared about 100 years ago, a half century before the

basic principles lighting technology based on gas discharge had been

developed.
 DISCHARGE TYPES
There are three practical ways to energize RF light sources, though
there are more ways to create RF plasma.

1. Capacitive RF Discharge

2. Inductive RF Discharge

3. Wave sustained discharges

 In an inductive RF discharge, the plasma RF current is closed within the plasma

without forming RF sheaths.

The electric field that maintains the discharge is induced by an RF current

flowing through an induction coil outside or inside the plasma. Inductive RF

discharges (IRFD) operate over a wide range of gas pressure and frequency for

which L.
 Wave-sustained RF discharges (WRFD) are maintained by electromagnetic waves that are
incident on the plasma surface or propagate along a plasma boundary.

The wavelength in a wave-sustained RF discharges is comparable to the plasma size (>>L),

which implies a relatively high RF driving frequency.

Wave discharges usually maintained by microwave power sources at frequency in the

GHz range.

However, in some surface wave discharges with a long plasma column working as slow wave
structure, the length of the propagating wave is much shorter than in a vacuum, and the
driving frequency may be much be smaller than (10-100MHz).
 ADVANTAGES
It has instant and harmless starting.

Efficiency is high.

Control actions from remote places are easy.

The lamp luminous can be easily controllable.

 Cost is higher than fluorescent and incandescent lamps.

With increasing frequency efficiency will decrease.

If the frequency changes there are more problem with EMI.

More complex design.

Maintenance is not much easy.

 FUTURE SCOPE

Induction lighting is an economical choice for many plants.

Induction lamps are suitable for a range of installations, including general

lighting within a plant, as well as out door areas.

 CONCLUSION
The elimination of electrodes opens up great opportunity for increased

durability, light output and efficiency.

It removes many of the lamp-shape restrictions of conventional

electrode discharge lamps.

 REFERENCE
Bright idea: Radio frequency Light sources By V.A.GODYAK from IEEE

Industry applications magazine, May/June 2002.

RF lighting tunes in improved Illumination By Joe Kinsley from www.ecmweb.com.

Website www.plantservices a good fit.com.

Website www.SeminarsTopics.com

McGraw Hill Encyclopaedia for Science and Technology Volume-14.

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