Power factor correction (PFC) is a technique of counteracting the undesirable effects of electric loads that create a power factor that is less than one. Power factor correction may be applied either by an electrical power transmission utility to improve the stability and efficiency of the transmission network or correction may be installed by individual electrical customers to reduce the costs...

this paper presents an innovative active power filter design method to simultaneously compensate the current harmonics and reactive power of a nonlinear load. the power filter integrates a passive power filter which is a rl low-pass filter placed in series with the load, and an active power filter which comprises an rl in series with an igbt based voltage source converter. the filter is assumed...

ABSTRACT: In this paper a bridgeless Cuk rectifier is used for Power factor correction (PFC) for a BLDC motor. Bridgeless Cuk converter has only two semiconductor switches in the current flowing path. During each interval of the switching cycle it result in less conduction losses and an improved thermal management compared to the conventional Cuk PFC rectifier. To achieve almost unity power fac...

We briefly introduce the source and harm of aircraft grid harmonic and summarise the common methods of harmonic reduction, such as passive filter, multi-pulse rectifier, power factor correction and active power filter. Then we introduce the disadvantages of the above methods, analyse the application status, advantages and deficiencies of active power filter in aircraft grid harmonic reduction, ...

In recent years the aerospace industry has made a growing effort to develop a quieter and more environmentally friendly aircraft. In particular, several research activities have been focused on innovative solutions aimed at the design/optimization of an on-board electric system fully compatible with this new approach. A first important step in the evolution towards an All Electric Aircraft (AEA...

Metal Halide High Intensity Discharge lamps are becoming popular because of its high efficacy. The operating characteristic of Metal Halide High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps is complex as it has several stage of operation. So electric control system is required to control the operation of metal halide high intensity discharge lamps. Electric control system involves a number of non linear dev...

Power Factor Correction (PFC) provides well-known benefits to electric power systems. These benefits include power factor correction, poor power factor penalty utility bill reductions, voltage support, release of system capacity, and reduced system losses. The performance of fuzzy logic controller only depends on the selection of membership function and Inference of fuzzy rules, fuzzy logic con...