A Novel Single-Stage High-Power-Factor Electronic Ballast for High-Pressure Sodium (HPS) Lamps in Streetlight Applications

Chun-An Cheng,Wei-Shiang Hung 전력전자학회 2019 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.2019 No.5

This paper proposes a novel single-stage highpower-factor electronic ballast for high-pressure sodium (HPS) lamps suitable for streetlight applications; this ballast integrates an interleaved buck-boost converter with coupled inductors and a full-bridge inverter for supplying low-frequency square-wave sources to the HPS lamp without incurring acoustic resonance. A 250W-rated prototype HPS lamp ballast circuit operating with 110V-rms input utility-line voltage has been successfully implemented and tested. The functionalities of the presented ballast are demonstrated through satisfactory experimental results in terms of high power factor (>0.99), low utility-line current total harmonic distortion (<3%), and high circuit efficiency (>89%).

A Novel Single-Stage Cost-Effective Electronic Ballast for HID Lamps with High Power Factor

Chun-An Cheng,Chen-Wei Ku 전력전자학회 2011 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.2011 No.5

High-intensity-discharge (HID) lamps are widely utilized in a variety of lighting circumstances that need high luminance. This paper proposes a single-stage electronic ballast for HID lamps; the ballast offers power factor correction and is acoustic-resonance-free. The presented HID lamp ballast integrates a discontinuous-conduction-mode (DCM) operated bridgeless power factor correction (PFC) converter for shaping the input utility-line current with a high/low-frequency square-wave-driven half-bridge inverter for supplying low-frequency square-wave sources to the HID lamp. The features of the proposed ballast are high power factor, low total harmonic distortion (THD) of the input current, cost-effectiveness, and that it is free of acoustic resonance. This paper analyzes the operational modes, key design guidelines and experimental results of the proposed ballast for a 70W HID lamp operating with 110V-rms input utility-line voltage.

A Single-Stage LED Tube Lamp Driver with Input-Current Shaping for Energy-Efficient Indoor Lighting Applications

Chun-An Cheng,Chien-Hsuan Chang,Hung-Liang Cheng,Tsung-Yuan Chung,Ching-Hsien Tseng,Kuo-Ching Tseng 전력전자학회 2016 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.16 No.4

This study proposes a single-stage light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp driver with input-current shaping for T8/T10-type fluorescent lamp replacements. The proposed AC–DC LED driver integrates a dual-boost converter with coupled inductors and a half-bridge series-resonant converter with a bridge rectifier into a single-stage power conversion topology. This paper presents the operational principles and design considerations for one T8-type 18 W-rated LED tube lamp with line input voltages ranging from 100 V rms to 120 V rms. Experimental results for the prototype driver show that the highest power factor (PF = 0.988), lowest input current total harmonic distortion (THD = 7.22%), and highest circuit efficiency (η = 92.42%) are obtained at an input voltage of 120 V. Hence, the proposed driver is feasible for use in energy-efficient indoor lighting applications.

A Novel Single-Stage LED Driver with Coupled Inductors and Interleaved PFC

Chun-An Cheng,Chien-Hsuan Chang,Hung-Liang Cheng,Ching-Hsien Tseng 전력전자학회 2015 ICPE(ISPE)논문집 Vol.2015 No.6

This paper proposes a novel single-stage lightemitting diode (LED) driver with coupled inductors and interleaved power-factor correction (PFC), suitable for streetlight applications. The presented LED driver integrates an interleaved boost PFC converter with coupled inductors and a half-bridge-type series-resonant converter cascaded with a full-bridge rectifier into a single-stage power-conversion circuit. Coupled inductors inside the interleaved boost PFC converter sub-circuit are designed to operate in discontinuous-conduction mode (DCM) for achieving input-current shaping, and the half-bridge-type series-resonant converter cascaded with a full-bridge rectifier is designed for obtaining zero-voltage switching (ZVS) on two power switches to reduce their switching losses. Analysis of operational modes and design equations for the presented LED driver are described and included. In addition, the proposed driver features high power factor, low total-harmonic distortion (THD) of input current and soft-switching. Finally, a prototype 165W-rated LED driver is developed and tested with a utility-line input voltage of 110V. Satisfactory outcomes from experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed circuit.

A Single-Stage LED Tube Lamp Driver with Input-Current Shaping for Energy-Efficient Indoor Lighting Applications

Cheng, Chun-An,Chang, Chien-Hsuan,Cheng, Hung-Liang,Chung, Tsung-Yuan,Tseng, Ching-Hsien,Tseng, Kuo-Ching The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2016 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.16 No.4

This study proposes a single-stage light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp driver with input-current shaping for T8/T10-type fluorescent lamp replacements. The proposed AC-DC LED driver integrates a dual-boost converter with coupled inductors and a half-bridge series-resonant converter with a bridge rectifier into a single-stage power conversion topology. This paper presents the operational principles and design considerations for one T8-type 18 W-rated LED tube lamp with line input voltages ranging from 100 V rms to 120 V rms. Experimental results for the prototype driver show that the highest power factor (PF = 0.988), lowest input current total harmonic distortion (THD = 7.22%), and highest circuit efficiency (η = 92.42%) are obtained at an input voltage of 120 V. Hence, the proposed driver is feasible for use in energy-efficient indoor lighting applications.

Trends in incidence and survival outcome of epithelial ovarian cancer: 30-year national population-based registry in Taiwan

Ying-Cheng Chiang,Chi-An Chen,Chun-Ju Chiang,Tsui-Hsia Hsu,Ming-Chieh Lin,San-Lin You,Wen-Fang Cheng,Mei-Shu Lai 대한부인종양학회 2013 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.24 No.4

Objective: To investigate the changes of incidence and prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer in thirty years in Taiwan. Methods: The databases of women with epithelial ovarian cancer during the period from 1979 to 2008 were retrieved from the National Cancer Registration System of Taiwan. The incidence and prognosis of these patients were analyzed. Results: Totally 9,491 patients were included in the study. The age-adjusted incidences of epithelial ovarian cancer were 1.01, 1.37, 2.37, 3.24, 4.18, and 6.33 per 100,000 person-years, respectively, in every 5-year period from 1979 to 2008. The age-specific incidence rates increased especially in serous, endometrioid and clear cell carcinoma, and the age of diagnosis decreased from sixty to fifty years old in the three decades. Patients with mucinous, endometrioid, or clear cell carcinoma had better long-term survival than patients with serous carcinoma (log rank test, p<0.001). Patients with undifferentiated carcinoma or carcinosarcoma had poorer survival than those with serous carcinoma (log rank test, p<0.001). The mortality risk of age at diagnosis of 30-39 was significantly higher than that of age of 70 years or more (test for trend, p<0.001). The mortality risk decreased from the period of 1996-1999 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.90; p=0.054) to the period after 2000 (HR, 0.74; p<0.001) as compared with that from the period of 1991-1995. Conclusion: An increasing incidence and decreasing age of diagnosis in epithelial ovarian cancer patients were noted. Histological type, age of diagnosis, and treatment period were important prognostic factors for epithelial ovarian carcinoma.

A High-Efficiency High Step-Up Interleaved Converter with a Voltage Multiplier for Electric Vehicle Power Management Applications

Kuo-Ching Tseng,Chun-Tse Chen,Chun-An Cheng 전력전자학회 2016 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.16 No.2

This paper proposes a novel high-efficiency high-step-up interleaved converter with a voltage multiplier, which is suitable for electric vehicle power management applications. The proposed interleaved converter is capable of achieving high step-up conversion by employing a voltage-multiplier circuit. The proposed converter lowers the input-current ripple, which can extend the input source"s lifetime, and reduces the voltage stress on the main switches. Hence, large voltage spikes across the main switches are alleviated and the efficiency is improved. Finally, a prototype circuit with an input voltage of 24 V, an output voltage of 380 V, and an output rated power of 1 kW is implemented and tested to demonstrate the functionality of the proposed converter. Moreover, satisfying experimental results are obtained and discussed in this paper. The measured full-load efficiency is 95.2%, and the highest measured efficiency of the proposed converter is 96.3%.

A High-Efficiency High Step-Up Interleaved Converter with a Voltage Multiplier for Electric Vehicle Power Management Applications

Tseng, Kuo-Ching,Chen, Chun-Tse,Cheng, Chun-An The Korean Institute of Power Electronics 2016 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.16 No.2

This paper proposes a novel high-efficiency high-step-up interleaved converter with a voltage multiplier, which is suitable for electric vehicle power management applications. The proposed interleaved converter is capable of achieving high step-up conversion by employing a voltage-multiplier circuit. The proposed converter lowers the input-current ripple, which can extend the input source's lifetime, and reduces the voltage stress on the main switches. Hence, large voltage spikes across the main switches are alleviated and the efficiency is improved. Finally, a prototype circuit with an input voltage of 24 V, an output voltage of 380 V, and an output rated power of 1 kW is implemented and tested to demonstrate the functionality of the proposed converter. Moreover, satisfying experimental results are obtained and discussed in this paper. The measured full-load efficiency is 95.2%, and the highest measured efficiency of the proposed converter is 96.3%.

Key Application Technologies of High Efficiency Power Quality Control Systems

Ding-Guo Liu,Zhi-kang Shuai,Chun-ming Tu,Ying Cheng,An Luo 전력전자학회 2013 JOURNAL OF POWER ELECTRONICS Vol.13 No.3

Large capacity reactive power compensation and harmonic control in the low-voltage grid of an enterprise, are important technical means to improve power quality and reduce power loss. In this paper, the principle of an efficient power quality controller is analyzed. Then, key application technologies of the HPQC which would influence the performances of the HPQC are studied. Based on an analysis of the harmonic shunt problem, a frequency dividing control strategy of the HPQC continuous subsystem is proposed. A parameter design method of the HPQC discrete subsystem and its installation method are also proposed to ensure the system compensation effect. HPQC systems have been designed for a copper foil plant. The effectiveness of this paper has been verified by the simulation and application results.

Use of In Vivo-Induced Antigen Technology to Identify In Vivo-Expressed Genes of Campylobacter jejuni During Human Infection

( Yuan Qing Hu ),( Jin Lin Huang ),( Qiu Chun Li ),( Yu Wei Shang ),( Fang Zhe Ren ),( Yang Jiao ),( Zhi Cheng Liu ),( Zhi Ming Pan ),( Xin An Jiao ) 한국미생물 · 생명공학회 2014 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.24 No.3

Campylobacter jejuni is a prevalent foodborne pathogen worldwide. Human infection by C. jejuni primarily arises from contaminated poultry meats. Genes expressed in vivo may play an important role in the pathogenicity of C. jejuni. We applied an immunoscreening method, in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT), to identify in vivo-induced genes during human infection by C. jejuni. An inducible expression library of genomic proteins was constructed from sequenced C. jejuni NCTC 11168 and was then screened using adsorbed, pooled human sera obtained from clinical patients. We successfully identified 24 unique genes expressed in vivo. These genes were implicated in metabolism, molecular biosynthesis, genetic information processing, transport, and other processes. We selected six genes with different functions to compare their expression levels in vivo and in vitro using real-time RT-PCR. The results showed that the selected six genes were significantly upregulated in vivo but not in vitro. In short, these identified in vivo-induced genes may contribute to human infection of C. jejuni, some of which may be meaningful vaccine candidate antigens or diagnosis serologic markers for campylobacteriosis. IVIAT may present a significant and efficient method for understanding the pathogenicity mechanism of Campylobacter and for finding targets for its prevention and control.