POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CONVERTER FOR AC DRIVES

Authors

  • Madasamy P Department of EEE, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi
  • Ramadas K Department of EEE, Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi

Keywords:

Variable Voltage Variable Frequency (VVVF) drive, Power factor correction (PFC) converters, Total harmonic distortion, SPWM, AC drives

Abstract

In this paper deals with a power factor correction (PFC) converter for AC drives using pulse width
modulation current control technique and also presents a topology for driving a three phase induction motor with a
single phase AC supply is proposed. Single phase buck and boost DC-DC converter is used to obtain near unity power
factor and to reduce the harmonic distortion in the main supply. The proposed scheme is simulated in MATLAB-2010-
SIMULINK. In the proposed scheme VHDL coding was developed to generate the sinusoidal PWM gate signal of
proposed PFC converter. A three phase, 415V, 0.5Hp, 3 phase induction motor is used as load for testing the developed
hardware. The simulation and experimental result confirms that power factor has been increased for all loads.

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Published

2017-09-25

How to Cite

Madasamy P, & Ramadas K. (2017). POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CONVERTER FOR AC DRIVES. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), 4(9), 436–446. Retrieved from https://ijaerd.org/index.php/IJAERD/article/view/3704

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 9 (2017): Volume 4 Issue 9 SEPTEMBER 2017

Section

Articles