Abstract: The invention provides a wide bandwidth power converter. In one application the invention is useful for AC to DC power conversion from a polyphase power supply with high line impedances and includes a single stage low bandwidth AC to DC power converter providing a DC output and, a filter means for the DC output including a bidirectional shunt active filter having an energy storage element and circuitry for wide bandwidth control of fluctuations at the DC output, arising from line borne or load induced disturbances, by transferring energy to or from the energy storage element. The transferred energy is low level relative to the magnitude of the AC to DC converter output energy enabling the size of the energy storage element to be minimized.

Abstract: The invention provides a wide bandwidth power converter. In one application the invention is useful for AC to DC power conversion from a polyphase power supply with high line impedances and includes a single stage low bandwidth AC to DC power converter providing a DC output and, a filter means for the DC output including a bidirectional shunt active filter having an energy storage element and circuitry for wide bandwidth control of fluctuations at the DC output, arising from line borne or load induced disturbances, by transferring energy to or from the energy storage element. The transferred energy is low level relative to the magnitude of the AC to DC converter output energy enabling the size of the energy storage element to be minimised.

Abstract: A fluid delivery manifold and a method of manufacturing a fluid delivery manifold is provided. A first manifold portion having a contoured interior face is set in registry with a second manifold portion having a contoured interior face to form an uncoupled manifold having a plurality of fluid inlets and a plurality of fluid outlets. The contoured interiors of the first and second manifold portions form a plurality of material channels and a plurality of fluid channels in the uncoupled manifold. A second shot material is injected into the material channels to couple the first and second manifold portions and to compensate for any variation or differences between the pitch of the fluid inlets and fluid outlets.