EP0335202A2 - Lampe à décharge à haute pression, en particulier lampe à vapeur de sodium à haute pression - Google Patents

Lampe à décharge à haute pression, en particulier lampe à vapeur de sodium à haute pression Download PDF

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EP0335202A2
EP0335202A2 EP89104825A EP89104825A EP0335202A2 EP 0335202 A2 EP0335202 A2 EP 0335202A2 EP 89104825 A EP89104825 A EP 89104825A EP 89104825 A EP89104825 A EP 89104825A EP 0335202 A2 EP0335202 A2 EP 0335202A2
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  • the invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp, in particular sodium lamp, which has a tubular ceramic discharge vessel, in the interior of which there are electrodes and a filling which maintains the discharge and contains an ionizable noble gas and a metal additive, and with a tubular ceramic discharge vessel on both sides, if appropriate integrated way, final ceramic closure element, which contains at least one bore, is formed.
  • the surface of the ceramic closure element facing the discharge space is provided with an uneven surface.
  • Discharge lamps are also known in which an ignition electrode is installed in the vicinity of the main electrode.
  • the metallic additional components which are deposited between the two electrodes hinder the ignition-promoting function of the ignition electrode. (To promote the ignition process on the part of the ignition electrode, it is necessary that the main electrode is electrically insulated from the adjacent ignition electrode)
  • the glass enamel used for soldering and the surface of the ceramic end element can become electrically conductive.
  • the focal spot of the resulting discharge arc does not form on the tip of the electrode, but on the sealing lacquer that has become conductive or on the surface of the ceramic closure element. This effect leads to the ceramic substance of the discharge vessel becoming damaged after a short time.
  • Discharge lamps are also known in which the contact between the electrically conductive metallic additional components, e.g. the sodium amalgam, and the electrodes are prevented by a special sealing element.
  • the electrically conductive metallic additional components e.g. the sodium amalgam
  • GB-A 1 465 212 Another example of such a high-pressure discharge lamp is known from GB-A 1 465 212, according to which an annular gap is formed in the closing element of the discharge tube as a storage space for the amalgam.
  • the dimensions of the gap are not determined in the description, and since the power supply, which is designed as a niobium tube, is surrounded by a gap and the temperature of which is low enough due to the thermal conductivity of the niobium tube, the metallic additional components can also be deposited there. With this construction, it cannot be avoided with desired reliability that the amalgam comes into contact with the electrode or with the feed line forming a unit.
  • a ceramic closure element is known from HU-B 181 872, which has a bag-shaped storage space for accommodating the metallic additional component.
  • the aim was that the coldest point of the discharge lamp is in the closure element (and not between the closure element and the wall of the discharge vessel) and that the metal additive is largely shielded from the discharge space.
  • DE-A1 -24 05 335 discloses such a high-pressure discharge lamp, more precisely a high-pressure sodium vapor lamp, in which the conductive metal additive, the sodium amalgam, is shielded from the electrode by an additional ceramic separating element in order to operate to prevent any flickering.
  • the structure of the end element very complicated. It has been shown that the complete shielding of the electrode against the metallic additional components is superfluous, as can be found in EP-B-74 188.
  • the formation of a ceramic shoulder around the niobium tube recommended. The height of the shoulder is determined by the fact that it should not shield the amalgam from the electrode, but the smallest possible width ensures that the electrode body has sufficient heat capacity so that the amalgam does not deposit on it.
  • the closing element of the discharge tube is formed such that an annular channel for receiving the amalgam is formed between the element and the wall of the discharge tube.
  • the greatest depth of the channel can be equal to the inside diameter of the discharge tube.
  • the aim of the present invention is to avoid the above-mentioned problems also with high-pressure discharge lamps of low power or high end temperature, e.g. in high-pressure discharge lamps improved color rendering, in particular in the case of sodium vapor lamps, and to achieve that not only when the lamps are operated for a short time, but also after a long period of operation, there is no electrical connection between the electrode and the conductive additional element.
  • a ceramic closure element in which the discharge space delimiting, i.e. the surface closing the interior of the discharge vessel is divided into surface elements of different height levels.
  • This structure is determined by the fact that the distance between the surface of the conductive metal additive and the electrode or the power supply unit which forms a unit therewith, which is determined as the length of a path measured on the surface of the terminating element, ensures insulation even during prolonged operation .
  • the conduction path must be long enough to prevent electrical contact between the conductive metal additive and the electrode throughout the life of the lamp.
  • the role of the length of the route was not recognized.
  • the solutions that dealt with dimensions indicated the depth, perhaps also the width of hollows or the width of a shoulder.
  • the surface of the ceramic terminating element was designed in such a way that the length of the path traveled from the metal additive, in particular sodium amalgam, to the power supply or electrode did not reach the size of 4 mm. It was feared that the electrode tip and the metal additive would differ too much remove. As an important parameter, the latter distance was already determined in GB-A 502 321 in such a way that it advantageously makes up about 2 mm.
  • the additional metal from the discharge space is not deposited near the power supply and even after prolonged operation there is no electrical connection between the conductive metal additive and the electrode or the power supply forming a unit with the electrode. Apart from extreme cases, the corresponding concentration of the metal additive is maintained without additional means for heat reflection in the discharge space.
  • the high-pressure discharge lamp according to the invention in particular high-pressure sodium vapor lamp, has a tubular ceramic discharge vessel, in the interior of which electrodes, a filling consisting of ionizable noble gas and a metal additive, in particular sodium amalgam, and one the ends of the discharge vessel, optionally in an integrated manner, final, at least one bore-containing ceramic closure element, which has parts of different height levels in the direction of the discharge space, but also a space formed in this closure element or between the connection element and the tubular wall of the discharge vessel, the so-called cold chamber, which is used to hold the metal additive, in particular Sodium amalgams is provided.
  • the essence of the proposed solution is in particular that the Distance between the surface of the conductive metal additive and the electrode, or the power supply unit forming a unit with the latter, measured along the surface of the ceramic terminating element, is greater than 4 mm. In other words, the conduction path is more than 4 mm.
  • An advantageous embodiment of the ceramic closure element consists in the use of two troughs and an outstanding rib arranged between the troughs, the rib determining the so-called cold chamber with the wall of the discharge vessel.
  • the length of the route i.e. the distance of the conductive metal additive from the power supply, measured on the surface of the rib and the base of the inner trough, exceeds 4 mm, the trough in the vicinity of the central axis of the discharge vessel being referred to as the inner trough.
  • the storage space in the ceramic end element that forms the cold chamber is narrower than 2 mm, and if, in the case of discharge lamps of low power, the distance between the end of the electrode directed towards discharge and the storage space of the metal additive, in particular the sodium amalgam, is less than its triple distance from the wall of the discharge vessel is, in particular less than 5 mm.
  • the outer trough advantageously forms the cold chamber.
  • the invention is used to improve high-pressure discharge lamps, in particular high-pressure sodium vapor lamps, a tubular ceramic discharge vessel 1 being arranged in a translucent outer bulb 8 (FIG. 1) and being connected to current leads 2 made of niobium.
  • the power supply lines 2 of the ceramic discharge vessel 1 of the sodium vapor lamp shown in FIG. 1, which can be switched to a power source by a threaded base 11 or in another known manner, are coupled by support wires 3 to support elements 4, 5, which fix the ceramic discharge vessel in the outer bulb 8, whereby the discharge vessel 1 is fastened to an inner recess 7 of the outer bulb 8 with the aid of an elastic clip 6.
  • the electric current flows to the discharge vessel 1 through the current leads 2 made of niobium, which, with the threaded part of the threaded base 11 and one located in the lower part of the threaded base 11, by means of the latter an insulation 12 electrically separated electrical contact 13 via a frame 10, power supply lines 9, the support elements 4, 5 and the support wires 3 are connected.
  • the base structure is known per se and the lamp construction also requires no further detailed explanation.
  • the innovation in the lamp construction according to the invention consists in a novel design of the end part of the tubular ceramic discharge vessel 1, various advantageous embodiments of this end part being applicable, some of which can be seen as an example from FIGS. 2 to 6.
  • the tubular discharge vessel 1 is provided with a ceramic end element 15 on at least one side, e.g. closed with a ceramic stopper, the broken surface delimiting the interior of the discharge vessel 1.
  • This division is carried out, for example, according to FIG. 2, a projecting rib 14 dividing the inner surface of the closure element 15 into an inner and an outer space. Therefore, the separation of a metal additive 16, in the given case the sodium amalgam from the power supply 2 is ensured.
  • An inner trough 21 is advantageously formed in the central region of the closure element 15 and an outer trough 22 in the wall of the discharge vessel 1, i.e. 14 depressions are formed on both sides of the rib, one of which is provided for receiving the metal additive, for determining the cold chamber.
  • the conduction path 17 leads from the surface of the metal additive 16, which is located next to the wall of the ceramic discharge vessel 1 in the outer trough 22, via the metal additive-free one (Amalgam-free) surface of the rib 14 and the lower surface of the inner trough 21 up to the power supply 2.
  • the power supply 2 is connected to an electrode 19 projecting into the interior of the discharge vessel.
  • the wall of the discharge vessel 1 and the ceramic closure element 15 can be formed as an integrated component or the sealing of the discharge vessel is to be ensured by means of a glass enamel 18.
  • the level of the outer trough 22 is advantageously from the interior of the discharge vessel 1, i.e. seen in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electrode 19, lower than the lower level of the inner trough 21.
  • the protruding middle rib 14 which plays an important role in determining the conduction path, can be designed with a cross section according to the given conditions. Some options can be seen in Figures 2 to 6.
  • That embodiment of the solution according to the invention can be of greater importance, in which the distance of the tip of the electrode 19 from the surface of the metal additive 16 present in the ceramic end element 15 connected to the electrode 19 in the cold chamber is at most three times the Distance of the electrode 19 from the ceramic wall of the discharge vessel 1 is.
  • the first distance is advantageously not greater than 5 mm.
  • the cold chamber which advantageously has a width of less than 2 mm, can be determined by the ceramic wall of the discharge vessel 1 and the protruding rib 14.
  • the rib 14 and the wall of the ceramic discharge vessel 1 can be made from one sintered ceramic body are formed, wherein the outer recess 22 receiving the metal additive is present in the body.
  • the length of route 17 was also drawn here. In this case, the electrically conductive metal additive does not come into contact with the glass enamel (18).
  • FIG. 4 shows a ceramic tube with a fully integrated termination, the electrode being inserted from the interior of the discharge vessel 1.
  • a closure element 15 can be seen, which is designed to accommodate larger amounts of amalgam.
  • the required amalgam temperature is determined by an external means 20 for heat shielding, e.g. secured by a niobium plate.
  • the inner diameter of the ceramic discharge tube is 3.3 mm, its length 58 mm.
  • the ceramic closure element 15 of the discharge vessel 1 was designed according to FIG. 2.
  • the length of the line path 17 is 4.4 mm.
  • the high-pressure sodium lamp designed in this way was manufactured, ignited and operated in the usual way. Even after several thousand hours of operation, no harmful line developed between the electrode 19 and the amalgam 16.
  • the glow phase has been shortened to a third compared to the designs without the rib 14. This property was retained even during continuous operation. Shortening the glow phase and reducing the current asymmetry also reduced the asymmetrical loading of the electrodes.
  • the inside diameter of the ceramic discharge tube is 8 mm, its length 75 mm.
  • the ceramic closure element 15 of the discharge vessel 15 was also manufactured according to FIG. 2.
  • the length of the line path 17 is 6.1 mm.
  • the main advantage of the high-pressure discharge lamp, in which the termination element designed according to the invention is used, is that, even after continuous operation, the insulation between that part of the filling, which consists of the electrically conductive metal or such a metal alloy, for example sodium amalgam, and the electrically conductive electrode is ensured. As a result, the life of the lamp is increased without having to use a very complicated terminating element for closing the discharge vessel.

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