Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction

Generally all devise used in industrial, commercial and residential applications need to undergo rectification for their proper functioning and operation. It connected to the non-linear loads which results in production of non-sinusoidal line current. Due to the increasing demand of these devices...

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Main Author:	Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.19882021-10-14T05:52:11Z Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction 2013-02 Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Generally all devise used in industrial, commercial and residential applications need to undergo rectification for their proper functioning and operation. It connected to the non-linear loads which results in production of non-sinusoidal line current. Due to the increasing demand of these devices, the line current non-sinusoidal pose a major problem by degrading the power factor of the system thus affecting the performance of the devices. Hence there is a need to reduce the line current non-sinusoidal so as to improve the power factor of the system and led to designing of Power Factor Correction circuits. Power Factor Correction (PFC) involves two techniques, Active PFC and Passive PFC. In our project work we have designed an active power factor circuit using Buck Converter for improving the power factor. The advantage of using Buck Converter in power factor correction circuits is that better line regulation is obtained with appreciable power factor. Simulation and experimental are conducted to validate the theoretical analysis. The results show that the power factor can be improved. 2013-02 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1988/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1988/1/24p%20MUHAMMAD%20ISKANDAR%20IBRAHIM.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1988/3/MUHAMMAD%20ISKANDAR%20IBRAHIM%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/1988/2/MUHAMMAD%20ISKANDAR%20BIN%20IBRAHIM%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
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language	English English English
topic	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering Electronics Nuclear engineering Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
description	Generally all devise used in industrial, commercial and residential applications need to undergo rectification for their proper functioning and operation. It connected to the non-linear loads which results in production of non-sinusoidal line current. Due to the increasing demand of these devices, the line current non-sinusoidal pose a major problem by degrading the power factor of the system thus affecting the performance of the devices. Hence there is a need to reduce the line current non-sinusoidal so as to improve the power factor of the system and led to designing of Power Factor Correction circuits. Power Factor Correction (PFC) involves two techniques, Active PFC and Passive PFC. In our project work we have designed an active power factor circuit using Buck Converter for improving the power factor. The advantage of using Buck Converter in power factor correction circuits is that better line regulation is obtained with appreciable power factor. Simulation and experimental are conducted to validate the theoretical analysis. The results show that the power factor can be improved.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar
author_facet	Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar
author_sort	Ibrahim, Muhammad Iskandar
title	Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
title_short	Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
title_full	Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
title_fullStr	Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
title_full_unstemmed	Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction
title_sort	development of an ac-dc buck power factor correction
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektrik dan Elektronik
publishDate	2013
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Development of an AC-DC buck power factor correction

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