Modelling and control of CCM boost PFC using
K-factor method
Divya K S
School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
REVA University
Email: divya@revainstitution.org
Abstract—The widespread(increasing) usage of electronic ap-
pliances in day to day life has resulted in a new problem for
power system engineers. The
I. I NTRODUCTION
Bridge rectifiers with large electrolytic capacitors are very
popular in single phase power supplies for electronic appli-
ances. A typical power supply for an electronic appliance is
shown in Fig1
Fig. 1. Off-line regulated dc power supply
The downside of this arrangement is poor power factor due
to spiky nature of input current drawn from ac mains Fig 2.
Fig. 2. Voltage and current waveforms in a rectifier+filter system
Capacitor draws current from AC mains only during its
charging phase. The filter capacitor would be charged near to
the peak of input ac voltage. Under steady state conditions,for
moderate loading conditions, charging phase is much smaller
compared to overall time period. This implies capacitor has
to be charged quickly with a high current to ensure charge
balance in each cycle.This results in highly discontinuous
spiky input current which inturn causes a poor power factor
and high THD[refernce].This discontinuous input current also
causes further burden on EMI filter[refernce].Hence power
factor correction techniques have to be employed to meet
the various hamonics standards such as IEC 6100 and IEEE
Standard 519[1][1]
Various methods for power factor corrections are proposed
according to load type(Linear load and Nonlinear load).Using
shunt capacitor banks for power factor correction (PFC) is a
very well established passive power factor correctionapproach.
1) Passive 2) Active
The primary objective of any active power factor correction
circuit is to shape the input current exactly as that of input
voltage waveform with zero phase difference. The various
means 1) average current mode 2) Peak current mode
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A. K factor method
Pole-zero location is chosen such that the geometric mean
of the zero frequency and pole frequency is equal to crossover
frequency.
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II. C ONCLUSION
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank...
R EFERENCES
[1] Limits for Harmonic Current Emissions (Equipment input current 16 A
per phase), International Standard IEC61000-3-2, 2000. S. M. Halpin,
”Revisions to IEEE Standard 519-1992,” in IEEE PES Transmission and
Distribution Conference and Exhibition, 2006, pp. 1149-1151.