Title page for E-project-042512-120740

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2012-04-25

Authors
Marcus Calixte Amilcar, ECE
Norbert Chu, ECE
Luis Rafael Espaillat, ECE

URN E-project-042512-120740

Title Inrush Transient Current Mitigation

Advisor
Emanuel, Alexander E., EE

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The main goal of this Major Qualifying Project was to design and implement an inrush transient current mitigation technique for high power full-wave bridge rectifiers with capacitive loads. The inrush current was simulated using PSpice V9.1 for both single-phase and three-phase bridge rectifiers. The mitigation was obtained by gradually charging the capacitive load using small pulses of current, before energizing the system. These pulses of current were controlled by an MSP430 microprocessor synchronized with the input source.

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Inrush_Transient_Current_Mitigation.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2012-04-25
Authors	Marcus Calixte Amilcar, ECE Norbert Chu, ECE Luis Rafael Espaillat, ECE
URN	E-project-042512-120740
Title	Inrush Transient Current Mitigation
Advisor	Emanuel, Alexander E., EE
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The main goal of this Major Qualifying Project was to design and implement an inrush transient current mitigation technique for high power full-wave bridge rectifiers with capacitive loads. The inrush current was simulated using PSpice V9.1 for both single-phase and three-phase bridge rectifiers. The mitigation was obtained by gradually charging the capacitive load using small pulses of current, before energizing the system. These pulses of current were controlled by an MSP430 microprocessor synchronized with the input source.
Files	Inrush_Transient_Current_Mitigation.pdf