Design and Implementation of a Predictive Power Factor Correction Controller

该项目是温莎大学和Liburdi自动化公司（LAI）的合作项目。该项目的重点是为LAI制造的一种设备设计和实施高效发电机。由LAI制造的发电机正在进行重新设计，需要增加功率因数校正（PFC）控制器。要求PFC能够处理大范围的输出负载和频率。

This project is a collaborative work between the University of Windsor and Liburdi Automation Inc. (LAI). The focus of the project is on design and implementation of efficient power generators for one of the equipment manufactured by the LAI. The power generator manufactured by the LAI is undergoing a re-design and requires the addition of a Power Factor Correction (PFC) controller. It is required for the PFC to be able to handle a wide range of output load and frequency. There are various methods to control and correct the Power Factor (PF), but most of these methods rely on simple configurations of the controller and employ a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) without examining the efficiency of the FPGA board itself. This project will take a new look at the methods for correcting the PF, and design of a controller using a predictive duty cycle method, optimizing the operations required to be performed by the controller from a numerical and operational point of view. Moreover, to remove errors and increase the efficiency of the controller, a phase detection-based method by applying a PLL will be used.