. Abstract: This paper presents a Fuzzy sliding mode controller (FSMC) used as a control technique for a Single phase AC/DC boost PFC converter for achieving high power factor and regulated voltage. The controller possesses the merits of both fuzzy controller and variable structure controller. The considered controller has advantages such as robustness when there is a large line and load variat...

In an electrical Power systems, a load with a low power factor draws more current than a load with a high power factor for the same amount of useful power transferred. Linear loads with low power factor (induction motor) can be corrected with a passive network of capacitors or inductors. The hysteresis current controller is used to track the line current command. Non-linear loads (rectifier) di...

This paper introduces a versatile control scheme for unidirectional ac–dc boost converters using fuzzy logic controller for the purpose of mitigating grid power quality. Since most power factor correction circuits available in the commercial market utilize unidirectional ac– dc boost converter topologies, this is an almost nocost solution for compensating harmonic current and reactive power in ...

A new soft-switching technique that improves performance of the high-power-factor boost rectifier by reducing switching losses is introduced. The losses are reduced by an active snubber which consists of an inductor, capacitor, rectifier, and an auxiliary switch. Since the boost switch turns off with zero current, this technique is well suited for implementations with insulated-gate bipolar tra...

This paper explains about basic working principles, implementation problems, and experimental results of a new power factor correction (PFC) topology. In this proposed topology, a totem-pole boost PFC circuit that works under interleaved critical-conduction-mode (CRM) condition is presented. The circuit is developed towards high efficiency, high performance, lowcost, simple control scheme, and ...

The paper presents a drive system consists of single-phase boost rectifier, space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) inverter, and three-phase induction motor. The single-phase boost rectifier is used to obtain near unity power factor and to reduce the harmonic distortion in the main supply. The SVPWM inverter is used to offer 15% increase in the output voltage and low output harmonic distor...

Depth-first search (DFS) is the basis for many efficient graph algorithms. We introduce general techniques for efficient implementations of DFS-based graph algorithms and exemplify them on three algorithms for computing strongly connected components. The techniques lead to speed-ups by a factor of two to three compared to the implementations provided by LEDA and BOOST. We have obtained similar ...

This study presents a novel Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drive system with power factor improvement. Recently, many of the converters with variable speed drives have no input power factor correction circuits. This results in harmonic pollution of the utility supply, which should be avoided. The effect of power factor variation in terms of harmonic content is also analyzed in this study. The ...

Anomalies in direct and indirect detection have motivated models of dark matter consisting of a multiplet of nearly-degenerate states, coupled by a new GeV-scale interaction. We perform a careful analysis of the thermal freezeout of dark matter annihilation in such a scenario. We compute the range of “boost factors” arising from Sommerfeld enhancement in the local halo for models which produce ...