Investigation of Turn-off Condition for Reliable Operation of Mercury Vapor Lamp

  • Park, Jun-Sung (Micro Display Gr., Digital Display Research Lab., LG Electronics) ;
  • Jeong, Sang-Sik (Micro Display Gr., Digital Display Research Lab., LG Electronics) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Gyu (Micro Display Gr., Digital Display Research Lab., LG Electronics)
  • Published : 2007.08.27

Abstract

The distributions of mercury (Hg) in the bulb of a mercury vapor lamp are significantly affected by its turn-off conditions. Most of mercury should be attached to the electrodes before ignition by a proper turn-off condition. In the present study, the effect of the transient profiles of lamp cooling after turn-off on the distribution of Hg was investigated.

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