KAVIKULGURU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND

SCIENCE RAMTEK-441106
Department Of Electrical Engineering

PROJECT TITLE

ACTIVE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION USING

BOOST CONVERTER

Under guidance of

MR.AJAYKRISHNA B

PROJECTEES

•Ganesh Bhiogade (EL14027)

•Khemedrakumar Gaikwad (ELD14088)
•Sandip Gaidhane (ELD14090)
•Vinit Sarode (ELD14094)
•Utkarsh Barodkar (EL13042)
CONTENT

1. Introduction

2. Block Diagram

3. Power Circuit

4. Control Circuit

5. Component

6. Referance
 INTRODUCTION

• With the vast development in the usage of Power electronic devices like Rectifiers
(nonlinear loads) the current drawn from the line is distorted resulting in a High
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) and Low Power Factor (PF).

• Hence there is a continuous need for Power factor improvement and reduction of line
current harmonics.

• The most popular topology for Active PFC is a boost converter as it draws
continuous input current.

• This input current can be manipulated by Average current mode (ACM) control
technique.
Block Diagram
Power Circuit
CONTROL CIRCUIT
Components :-

•IC UC3854

•Diode

•Inductor

•Capacitor

•MOSFET

•Resistor

•Transformer

•IC 7815
UC3854

Features :-

• Control Boost PWM to 0.99 Power Factor

• Limit Line-Current Distortion to < 5%

• World-Wide Operation Without Switches

• Feed forward Line Regulation

• Average Current-Mode Control

• Low Noise Sensitivity

• Low Startup Supply Current

• Fixed-Frequency PWM Drive

• Precision Voltage Reference

Block Diagram
 Parameter

Supply voltage (VCC) :- Min. :-10 V Max:-20 V

Supply current :- 2-mA maximum

VCC turn-on threshold :- 16-V typical

Current amplifier bandwidth :-1MHz typical

Current amplifier offset :- 4-mV –4-mV maximum

VSENSE input :- 7.5 V

DIODE

FEATURES :-

• Low Voltage Drop

• High Surge Current Capacity

 SPECIFICATION:-

•Peak Repetitive Reverse Voltage :- 1000 V

•Average Rectified Voltage :- 1 Amp

•Non Repetitive Forward Surge Current :- 30 V

Inductor :-
•Inductance :-1 mH

•Maximum peak line current :- 4.42 Amps

•Ripple Current :-0.9 Amps

•Duty factor :- 0.71

Capacitor :-

 Output Capacitor :-

• Capacitance :- 450 uF

• Voltage :- 450 V
MOSFET
FEATURES :-

•N-channel enhancement mode field-effect

•Repetitive Avalanche Rated

• Fast switching

•Stable off-state characteristic

•High thermal cycling performance

•Low thermal resistance

Specification :-

•VDSS = 500 V
•ID = 20 A
•RDS(ON) ≤ 0.27 Ω
Transformer :-
Specification:-

•Voltage Ratio :- 230/ 15-0-15

•Current rating :- 5 Amps

Voltage Regulator IC(7815)

:-
FEATURES :-

•Output current in excess of 1.5A

•Output voltage of 15V

•Internal thermal overload protection

•Output transition Safe-Area compensation

 REFERNCES:-

•Mohammad H Rashid, power electronics Handbook

•S.Ramprasath, P.Ramesh Babu and A.Rekha, “Design and Simulation of

Superior Quality Input Current Rectifier Based on Boost Topology”
International Conference on Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies