15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF A MULTI-PHASE LIGHTING SYSTEM
Roberto Zanasi*, Germano Sandoni*
* University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, DSI
Via Vignolese 905, 41100 Modena, Italy,
Phone: +39 59 2056161, Fax: +39 59 2056126
E-mails: roberto.zanasi@unimo.it, sandoni.germano@unimo.it

In the paper, the dynamic model of a lighting system is taken into account and a simple control strategy for controlling the load voltages is presented. All the main components of the electronic system (supply, rectifier, capacitive filter, inverter, etc.) have been modelled in details by using the graphical modelling technique named Power-Oriented Graphs. A control strategy for minimizing the neutral current is also presented. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the presented control strategies.
Keywords: Algorithms, Control system design, Models, System analysis, Light, Electronic systems
Session slot T-Th-E09: Advanced control concepts for power plants and power systems II/Area code 7c : Power Plants and Power Systems