Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit

Nowadays, Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) is used widely in electronics systems. Many electrical appliances such as televisions and computer use SMPS to provide constant internal supply, SMPS also used to achieve higher voltage supply compared to powering batteiy voltage such as tape recorders, comp...

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Main Author: Narayan, Giritharan
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spelling my-utm-ep.162632017-08-16T02:38:40Z Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit 2010 Narayan, Giritharan TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Nowadays, Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) is used widely in electronics systems. Many electrical appliances such as televisions and computer use SMPS to provide constant internal supply, SMPS also used to achieve higher voltage supply compared to powering batteiy voltage such as tape recorders, compact disc players, notebooks, mobile phones and cameras. Most critically, SMPS now is being used widely in biomedical research field since their efficiency and reliability to provide stable and constant configurable voltage range is required. Theoretically, SMPS provides 100% efficiency or lossless. However, in practical, SMPS has efficiency of 70% to 95% and this result to operation in low temperature and high reliability. Appreciating the contribution of SMPS in medical and science research environment, this thesis had focused on designing and implementing a switch mode power supply and for an electrochemical process named electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is defined as movement of particles through solvent under external electric field influence. There are several kinds of electrophoresis test and some of them require a DC power supply with some special characteristics. In this case, electric field was achieved by a Switched Mode Power Supply with characteristics such as wide range in output voltage (70-130v), output current reaching 300mA, and good voltage regulation. 2010 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/16263/ masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Narayan, Giritharan
Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
description Nowadays, Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) is used widely in electronics systems. Many electrical appliances such as televisions and computer use SMPS to provide constant internal supply, SMPS also used to achieve higher voltage supply compared to powering batteiy voltage such as tape recorders, compact disc players, notebooks, mobile phones and cameras. Most critically, SMPS now is being used widely in biomedical research field since their efficiency and reliability to provide stable and constant configurable voltage range is required. Theoretically, SMPS provides 100% efficiency or lossless. However, in practical, SMPS has efficiency of 70% to 95% and this result to operation in low temperature and high reliability. Appreciating the contribution of SMPS in medical and science research environment, this thesis had focused on designing and implementing a switch mode power supply and for an electrochemical process named electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is defined as movement of particles through solvent under external electric field influence. There are several kinds of electrophoresis test and some of them require a DC power supply with some special characteristics. In this case, electric field was achieved by a Switched Mode Power Supply with characteristics such as wide range in output voltage (70-130v), output current reaching 300mA, and good voltage regulation.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Narayan, Giritharan
author_facet Narayan, Giritharan
author_sort Narayan, Giritharan
title Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
title_short Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
title_full Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
title_fullStr Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
title_full_unstemmed Design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
title_sort design and implementation of high efficient switch mode power supply for a gel electrophoresis unit
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2010
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