An Active Power Factor Correction Technique for Single Phase AC to DC Boost Converters

Abstract

In this paper a high performance active input power factor correction technique is presented and analyzed for single phase boost converters operating with discontinuous current conduction. The operation is based on variable turn-oil time. The equal area criteria (EAC) is applied to the discontinuous current operation. From simulation and experimental results obtained on a laboratory prototype it can be concluded that input power factor remains nearly unity for any variations in the load.

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P M Patil

P M Patil received his BE, in Electronics from Amravati University in 1989 and ME in power Electronics from Marathwada University, Aurangabad in 1992. He has fourteen years of Teaching experience. Presently he is working as Assistant Professor in Electronics Department, SRES college of Engineering, Koparagaon. He is a Lifetime member of IE and ISTE. He is Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, His topics of interest are Power Electronics, Fuzzy Logic, Neural Network Digital Signal Processing and Image Processing. He has published fifteen papers at national and international journals and conferences including IEEE.