Journal of Light & Visual Environment
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Volume 14, Issue 1
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  • Characteristics of Fluorescent Lamps in Direct Current Operation under High Ambient-Temperature Condition
    Yoshio WATANABE
    1990 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 1_1-1_7
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: March 18, 2011
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2150/jlve.14.1_1
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    Characteristics of a fluorescent lamp in direct current operation under high ambient-temperature conditions are investigated for application to the back-light system. It is shown that the problems relating to direct current operation of fluorescent lamps, which are light output reduction and short electrode life due to cataphoresis, can be solved by operating the lamp in such a high ambient-temperature obtained in closed fixtures of back-light systems. When the wall temperature was kept to be approximately 80°C, the total light output was approximately 6% higher in direct current operation than in alternate current operation. This may be due to the fact that the mercury atom density in the positive column is closer to the optimum value in direct current operation than in alternate current operation, when the lamp is operated in high ambient-temperature. The electrode life in direct current operation is as long as that in alternate current operation. The high mercury atom density in the cathode region due to cataphoresis may be effective to improve electrode life because of reducing cathode fall voltage.
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  • The Radiation Intensity Distribution of Rectangular Positive Column Plasma by the AC Transverse Magnetic Field
    Teruo KANEDA
    1990 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 1_8-1_14
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: March 18, 2011
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2150/jlve.14.1_8
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    The rectangular discharge tube will be used for back light sources of a liquid crystal display because the uniform luminance over a wide range is expected. In this tube, the spectral intensity distributed in a cosine function. If a DC transverse magnetic field was applied to the positive column perpendicularly to the tube axis, the spectral intensity distribution was deflected to a tube wall. Therefore, AC transverse magnetic field would make the time averaged spectral intensity into a flat distribution. In this paper, the major axis distributions of the radiation intensity in the rectangular discharge tube were measured for helium, neon and argon as functions of gas pressure and AC magnetic field. The spectral characteristics were also measured for these gases. The tube used for measurements has a rectangular profile of 2×4 cm. The discharge current was 20 mA. The gas pressure was varied from 0.2 to 5.0 Torr. Then the experimental results were discussed qualitatively.
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  • A simulated Model for High Pressure Mercury Lamp Operation by means of State Variable Equations
    Sen-ichiro Nakanishi, Toyoji Himei
    1990 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 1_15-1_24
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: March 18, 2011
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2150/jlve.14.1_15
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    Recently, low wattage HID lamps are developed and used steadily for an indoor illumination such as offices or stores. The ballast for the lamps is required to be in smaller size and lighter weight, and moreover it is required to have excellent function with good controllability. If the simulation model of the HID lamps is given for the behavior in transient such as in starting period, it is very useful for analysis and design of the ballast. In the paper, a simulation model for high pressure mercury lamps is proposed by means of state variable method. The equations are taken account of the state of each portion such as pressure, temperature and mercury vapor density, etc. The coefficient values of the equations are investigated physically and determined referred to experiment. The calculated results are in good agreement with the experimental results. Then, it is verified that the simulation model is available for the high pressure mercury lamps.
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  • Analysis and Calculation of Configuration Factor by Via-perspective Method
    Sho KAMISAKA
    1990 Volume 14 Issue 1 Pages 1_25-1_38
    Published: 1990
    Released on J-STAGE: March 18, 2011
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2150/jlve.14.1_25
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    Configuration factor can be obtained either from an area of orthographic projection on the unit-sphere method or from a means of illuminance calculation. The illuminance values can be obtained from dimensions of a building or horizontal and vertical angle values from calculating point by the via-perspective method. Therefore the calculation method using illuminance values is better rather than measuring the area of distorted figure which looks like particular barrel for orthographic projection on the unit-sphere method. Especially a method using angle values method is useful for computing required value rapidly from values measured by a transit at actual spot.
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