LIST TO CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION TO POWER FACTOR 1

1.1 POWER FACTOR 1

1.2 POWER TRIANGLE 3

CHAPTER 2

POWER FACTOR VARIATION 5

2.1 CAUSE OF VARIATION IN POWER FACTOR 5

2.2 VALUE VARIATION OF POWER FACTOR 5

2.3 REASONS FOR LOW POWER FACTOR 7

2.4 LOADS THAT RAISE PF 8

2.5 POWER FACTOR VARIATION IN LINEAR CIRCUIT 8

CHAPTER 3

SIGNIFICANCE OF POWER FACTOR CORRECTION 10

3.1 IMPORTANCE OF GOOD POWER FACTOR 10

3.2 ADVANTAGES OF GOOD POWER FACTOR 10

3.3 DISADVANTAGES OF POOR POWER FACTOR 11

CHAPTER 4

POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT 13

4.1 INTRODUCTION 13

4.2 POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT METHODS 13

4.2.1 SYNCHRONOUS CONDENSER 13

4.2.2 SINGLE OR FIXED PFC 14

4.2.3 GROUP PFC 14

4.2.4 CAPACITOR METHOD OF IMPROVEMENT 14

CHAPTER 5

SHUNT CAPACITANCE METHOD 15

5.1 INTRODUCTION 15

5.2 EFFECT OF ADDING A CAPACITOR 15

5.3 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM 16

5.4 MAJOR COMPONENTS (TABLE 5.1) 17

5.5 CIRCUIT DISCRIPTION 19

5.6 COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 20

CHAPTER 6

ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES AND APPLICATONS OF SHUNT

CAPACITOR METHOD 44

6.1 ADVANTAGES OF CAPACITOR METHOD OF PFC 44

6.2 DISADVANTAGES OF CAPACITOR METHOD OF PFC 49

6.3 APPLICATIONS 50

CHAPTER 7

PCB FABRICATION TECHNIQUE 51

7.1 INTRODUCTION 51

7.2 PCB FABRICATION PROCESS DETAILS 51

7.2.1 CHOOSE BOARD TYPE AND DIMENSION

[MATERIAL] [LAYERS] 53

7.2.2 PCB LAYOUT 54

7.2.3 ETCHING 57

7.2.4 CLEANING 62

7.2.5 DRILLING 63

7.2.6 MASKING 64

7.2.7 PLACING COMPONENTS 68

7.2.8 SOLDERING 66
 7.2.9 CUTTING 68

7.2.10 TESTING PROCESS 69

CHAPTER 8

CALCULATIONS 70

CHAPTER 10

COST APPROXIMATION (TABLE 10.1) 72

CONCLUSION 74

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