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AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION

ROSLINA BINTI MOHD RAZAK

UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

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“I hereby declare that I have read this project report and in my opinion this project report is sufficient in terms of scope and quality for awarding the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Industrial Power)”

Signature: .......................................................................... Name of Supervisor: En. Azhar Bin Ahmad

Date: 8 May 2009 ………………………………………

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AUTOMATIC POWER FACTOR CORRECTION

ROSLINA BINTI MOHD. RAZAK

A project report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for awarding the degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Power Industry)”

Faculty of Electrical Engineering UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

MAY 2009

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I declare that this project report entitled “Automatic Power Factor Correction” is the result of my own research except as cited in the references. The project report has not been accepted for any degree and is not concurrently submitted in candidature of any other degree.

Signature: ……..……………………………….. Name: Roslina Binti Mohd Razak Date: 8 May 2009

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To my beloved family and friends...

Thank You

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdulillah. I am greatly indebted to Allah on His mercy and blessing for making this project successful. Secondly, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to my degree project supervisor, En. Azhar Bin Ahmad for his encouragement, guidance and valuable advices, without his continued support and interest, this project report would not have been the same as presented here. Next, I would like express my thankful to Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) and their staffs, for the opportunity and encouragement to pursue my study. My sincere appreciation also extends to all my lectures and entire staffs in Utem for their assistance at various occasions. Their views, comments and tips are very helpful in completing this

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