Design and Implementation of a Predictive Power Factor Correction Controller

该项目是温莎大学和Liburdi自动化公司之间的合作项目。（LAI）。该项目的重点是为LAI制造的一台设备设计和安装高效发电机。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能够处理宽范围的输出负载和频率。有各种方法来控制和校正功率因数（PF），但这些方法中的大多数依赖于控制器的简单配置，并采用现场可编程门阵列（FPGA），而不检查FPGA板本身的效率。本项目将重新审视校正PF的方法，并使用预测占空比方法设计控制器，从数值和操作角度优化控制器所需执行的操作。此外，为了消除误差并提高控制器的效率，将使用通过应用PLL的基于相位检测的方法。

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.