In this thesis, based on the existing researches on power factor correction technology, I analyze, design and study the Boost type power factor correction technology, which is applied in the in-board two-stage battery charger. First I analyzed the basic working principle of the active power factor corrector. By comparing several different topologies of PFC converter main circuit and control methods, I specified the research object to be the average current control (ACM) boost power factor corrector. Then I calculated and designed the PFC circuit and the ACM controller applied in the first level charging of EVs. And I run the design in Simulink and study the important features like power factor, the input current waveform and the output DC voltage and the THD and odd harmonic magnitude.

Creator

• Liu, Ziyong

Contributors

• Emanuel, Alexander E.
• Huang, Xinming

Degree

• MS

Unit

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• etd-071416-063806

Keyword

• boost converter
• average current mode control
• power factor correction
• first level electric vehicle charging

Advisor

• Emanuel, Alexander E.

Committee

• Huang, Xinming

Defense date

• 2016-06-13

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-07-14

Resource type

• Thesis

Rights statement

• In Copyright