Combined Fuzzy and Predictive Controller for Unity Power Factor Converter

This paper treats a design of combined control of a
single phase power factor correction (PFC). The strategy of the
proposed control is based on two parts, the first, for the outer loop
(DC output regulated voltage), and the second govern the input
current of the converter in order to achieve a sinusoidal form in phase
with the grid voltage. Two kinds of regulators are used, Fuzzy
controller for the outer loop and predictive controller for the inner
loop. The controllers are verified and discussed through simulation
under MATLAB/Simulink platform. Also an experimental
confirmation is applied. Results present a high dynamic performance
under various parameters changes.

Authors:

• Abdelhalim Kessal

Keywords:

• Boost converter
• harmonic distortion
• Fuzzy
• prediction
• unity power factor.

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