Light Flicker and Power Factor Labels for Comparing LED Lamp Performance

Adam Collin; Sasa Djokic; Jiri Drapela; Roberto Langella; Alfredo Testa

doi:10.1109/TIA.2019.2919643

Light Flicker and Power Factor Labels for Comparing LED Lamp Performance

Adam Collin, Sasa Djokic, Jiri Drapela, Roberto Langella, Alfredo Testa

School of Engineering

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Abstract

According to current energy efficiency labels, the majority of LED lamps on the market are considered as highly efficient devices. This makes it difficult to distinguish between lamps with different operational characteristics and performance. This paper introduces a comprehensive experimental-based labelling methodology for comparing LED lamp performance with reference to two additional important characteristics: light flicker and power factor. The new labelling methodology reveals that there is high diversity between different LED lamps with different circuit topologies but also for a given topology with different design choices. General consumers and design engineers can benefit from the simple and clear information presented by the set of comparative labels when comparing LED lamp performance.

Original language	English
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Early online date	31 May 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2919643
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 31 May 2019

Keywords

LED lamps
driver circuits
labeling
Reactive power
Topology
Indexes
efficiency
labelling
light flicker
power factor
power quality
power system harmonics
Testing

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Light Flicker and Power Factor Labels for Comparing LED Lamp Performance

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