EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE POWER FACTOR COMPENSATION CONVERTER

The conventional power converters determine harmonic pollution of the alternative power grid, leading to a non-economically functioning and a reduced power factor. A solution of the problem could be the insertion of some auxiliary elements, named power factor compensators, between the power grid and converter. These elements force a sinusoidal current from the power grid. The aim of this paper is to study, using modeling and simulation, a single-phase rectifier with symmetrical command of the commutation devices toward the maximum voltage value.