Title :
An active PFC boost converter topology for power factor correction
Author :
Pratap Ranjan Mohanty;Anup Kumar Panda;Dhiman Das
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India-769008
Abstract :
This paper introduces a single-stage active power factor correction (PFC) AC-DC converter which provides almost unity power factor and minimizes the THD to 7.4 %. For a constant DC output voltage a single phase diode bridge rectifier with a large output capacitor is considered in this paper. This standard topology has a shortcoming of introducing lower order harmonics and become cause of poor power factor, which needs to be improved. MATLAB Simulation software is used to simulate a simulation model of 350 W output for both passive and active PFC methods. Simultaneously, the experimental prototype for 350W/390V output with active PFC method is designed and experimental results are verified.
Keywords :
"Reactive power","Voltage control","Rectifiers","Capacitors","Integrated circuits","Inductors","Harmonic analysis"
Conference_Titel :
India Conference (INDICON), 2015 Annual IEEE
Electronic_ISBN :
2325-9418
DOI :
10.1109/INDICON.2015.7443118