Harmonic Comparison between Fluorescent and WOLED (White Organic LED) Lamps

Fluorescent and WOLED are widely used because it consumes less energy. However, both lamps cause a harmonics because it has semiconductors components. Harmonic is a distorted sinusoidal electric wave and cause excess heat. This study compares the amount of harmonics generated by both lamps. The test shows that both lamps have THDv(Total Harmonics Distortion of Voltage) almost the same with average 2.5% while the average of WOLED's THDi(Total Harmonics Distortion of Current) is lower than fluorescent has. The average WOLED's THDi is 29.10 % and fluorescent's 'THDi is 87. 23 %.

Authors:

• Hari Maghfiroh
• Fadhila Tresna Nugraha
• Harry Prabowo

Keywords:

• Fluorescent
• harmonic
• power factor
• WOLED

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