Powermax automatic voltage regulator

• Main Authors: Chan, Alexander, Tantuco, Rafael, Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1993
• Subjects: Automatic control; Power electronics; Voltage regulators; Electronic circuits design
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/6013
• Institution: De La Salle University

The group's thesis is the design and construction of a commercially marketable relay type automatic voltage regulator with emphasis on cost efficiency in manufacturing especially concerning parts and labor and reliability as compared to other commercial products of the approximate specifications. The system should regulate or stabilize the input voltage level of a computer according to the computer's safe operating voltage rating. The system will consist of an auto-transformer and sensor. The sensor feeds the irregularity to the tapping which, in this case, slide up and down the primary windings in such a proportion determined by the transformer's ratio. In our case, integrated circuits (ICs) are used as sensors to increase the reliability and keep the cost of materials down to a minimum and it utilizes the relay to trigger the tapping.The prototype should be marketable in the sense that it will not be expensive and can be bought and its operations understood by most end-user of computers in the market.