This MQP presents an H-bridge based compensator controlled by either analog circuits or a DSP. The goal of this work was to design and implement a power factor corrector used to eliminate current harmonics and compensate for out of phase current produced by real loads. The analog system uses an op-amp and comparator based controller to control the switching of the H-bridge while the digital system uses a DSP for control. The analog control system is the main part of this report, a DSP based approach is presented as an alternative possibility.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Lewko, Zachary D.
• Souza, David James

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D151M

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.

Year

• 2004

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright