Impact of T5 Fluorescent Lighting on Total Harmonic

Distortion for Ethiopian Industry Park Projects

Daniel Mekonnen (GSE/1065/2007)
AAiT, Ethiopia

Abstract
Under Ethiopian growth and transformation plan II (GTP II) (2015/16- 2019/20),
Ethiopian Industry Park Corporation is developing more than ten industry park projects
and Hawassa is the first industry park project inaugurated in June 2016. The first phase of
the park comprises of fifty sheds (factory buildings), and more than twenty commercial
and administration buildings. All the factory buildings adopt T5 fluorescent high bay
lighting due to high energy saving capability. Though T5 has a very positive impact on
energy saving, it is also a source of harmonic due to the electronic ballast. This article
assesses the lighting design for Hawassa Industry Park Project as case study and analyzes
the impact of the harmonic distortion due to the electronic ballast of T5 fluorescent
lighting using DigSielnt PowerFactory Version 14.0 simulation software. For harmonic
analyses the grid bus bar is taken as PCC as per the IEEE STD 519-2014.
Keywords: T5 fluorescent lighting, electronic ballast, total harmonic distortion,
power quality, Hawassa Industry Park

I. Introduction
II. Body
III. Conclusion
IV. Reference
V. Biography

Submitted to Dr, Getachew Bekele January 13, 2017