Power Factor Improvement in EAF using Solid State Transformer and Bidirectional Buck-Boost System using Battery Storage of Energy Matrix Converters
Abstract
The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) suffers from various drawbacks such as low quality of power, increased harmonics
and Flicker in voltage.In our work, we have proposed a new optimal solution to improve the power factor in EAF
using Solid State Transformer and Bidirectional concept of Buck-Boost system using Battery storage of energy (S2B
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Matrix Converter. To decrease the distortion from input voltage and to get a better current from input without
harmonics, the proposed converter will have Input and Output Filters. In the proposed model, to minimize the
switching rates a DSP based controller is used. Using this proposed model, the Voltage flickers and harmonics
achieved a better performance than the existing systems. The results are validated and presented. The V-I
Characteristics are compared with and without controller and with and without proposed S
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converter of matrix.