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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2002)

Published: January 31, 2002

Pages: 30-41

Original Article

High Power Factor AC/DC Converter

A. S. Alsheraidah 1 M. M. Ibrahim R. S. Fyath
1Dept. of Electrical Eng -College of Engineering-University of Basrah, Basrah - IRAQ
History
  • Received: November 30, 2001
  • Available Online: January 31, 2002
DOI

https://doi.org/10.37917/ijeee.1.1.3

Abstract

A single phase boost rectifier circuit is studied with and without feedforward techniques. The circuit is implemented and tested experimentally. It can be operated at high power factor (greater than 0.99), and at line current total harmonic distortion (THD) (less than 0.06), by selecting a suitable control parameters at the desired output power.

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