POWER FACTOR CORRECTION OF CO2 WELDING MACHINE USING SINGLE-SWITCH THREE-PHASE AC/DC CONVERTER

  • Published : 1998.10.01

Abstract

This paper describes for reducing harmonic distortion on CO2 welding machine with nonlinear load characteristic using single-switch three-phase AC/DC converter. The low-order harmonic component amplitude of the phase current of single-switch three-phase discontinuous mode is calculated. Experimental results show that CO2 welding machine with single-switch three-phase AC/DC converter is effectively controlled with power factor correction for phase current during welding time.

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