Capacitor AC Current

DESIGN PHASE:       analysis
SUB ELEMENT NAME:   capacitor ac current
VARIABLE NAME:      [HEACAP]
DATE:               REVISION LETTER:    REVISION DATE:  
APPLICABILITY:      regulator circuit or filter circuit

ACTIVITY:  Calculate ac ripple through input and output
capacitors and check against ripple current rating.

OUTPUT:  Calculations in laboratory notebook.

ALGORITHM:

[HEACAP] =          engineer hours for capacitor ac current
                    calculations
0.0+                set up time
0.0*(               time per set of capacitors
[INPUT COUNT]+
[OUTPUT COUNT])     number of sets of capacitors

DISCUSSION:

Author: Jerrold Foutz, foutz@smpstech.com

Original: Foutz, J., Power Supply Circuit Development Estimating Aid - An Expert System Application, IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference Record, New Orleans, February 1-5, 1988. Revised 22 February 2001