A novel active current waveshaping technique for solid-state input power factor conditioners

Author

Kazerani, Mehrdad ; Ziogas, Phoivos D. ; Joos, Geza

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

38

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

2/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

72

Lastpage

78

Abstract

A novel input power factor correction method that uses a closed-loop active current waveshaping technique is presented. The novel feature of the method is that nearly sinusoidal input currents are obtained at constant switching frequencies. Moreover, the method exhibits instantaneous current control, which results in very fast response and increased switch reliability. Selected predicted system performance and design methods were verified experimentally on a 1 kVA laboratory prototype

Keywords

closed loop systems; electric current control; power factor correction; 1 kVA; active current waveshaping technique; closed-loop; instantaneous current control; power factor correction; sinusoidal input currents; solid-state input power factor conditioners; Current control; Design methodology; Laboratories; Power factor correction; Power system reliability; Prototypes; Solid state circuits; Switches; Switching frequency; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.103488

Filename

103488