Active power factor correction for rectifier using micro-controller

Abstract

Industrialization increases the use of inductive load and hence power system loses its efficiency. Rigid occurrence of mains rectification circuits and the day by day increase in electronics consumers inside the electronic devices enhances the cause of mains harmonic distortion. Power is very precious in the present technological revolution and thusit requires to improve the power factor with a suitable method. This paper presents the simulation and the experimental results for active power factor correction system. Closed loop circuit is simulated in MATLAB using PI controller. The system has been implemented in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.