dc.contributor.advisor | Steven B. Leeb, Peter Lindahl and Arijit Banerjee. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gutierrez, Manuel, (Scientist in electrical engineering and computer science) Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-18T15:09:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-18T15:09:49Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2017 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111914 | |
dc.description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017. | en_US |
dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-113). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Constant power loads (CPLs) are a class of loads steadily increasing in use. They are present whenever a load is regulated to maintain constant output power, such as with LED drivers in high quality lighting that is impervious to input fluctuations. Because CPLs exhibit a negative incremental input impedance, they pose stability concerns in DC and AC systems. This thesis presents a power converter for a constant power LED bulb that presents a favorable input impedance to the grid. The use of an energy buffer allows the converter to draw variable power in order to resemble a resistive load, while the output consumes constant power. A switched-mode power supply consisting of a cascaded boost and buck converter accomplishes this by storing energy in the boost stage output capacitor. Experimental results demonstrate that the converter exhibits a resistive input impedance at frequencies over 0.5 Hz while maintaining constant power to the LED load. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Manuel Gutierrez. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 113 pages | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. | en_US |
dc.title | An energy buffer for constant power loads | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 1005261430 | en_US |