Comparison of 3-phase, 3-level UPF rectifier circuits for high power applications

Author

Krishna, K.M.J. ; John, Vinod

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis and comparison between two circuit topologies of the 3-phase, 3-level unity power factor (Vienna) rectifier on the basis of packaging issues and semiconductor power losses. The analysis indicates the suitability of one particular circuit variant due to restrictions on switching frequency at higher power levels. A comparison is also done between hysteresis and carrier based PWM strategies for current control of the rectifier, along with experimental evaluation of the control strategies on a hardware prototype of the rectifier. The comparison indicates that the carrier based modulation strategy is better suited for use with higher order filters that are utilized in high power applications.

Keywords

PWM rectifiers; electronics packaging; losses; modulation; network topology; 3-phase 3-level UPF rectifier circuits; 3-phase 3-level Vienna rectifier; 3-phase 3-level unity power factor rectifier; carrier-based PWM strategies; carrier-based modulation strategy; circuit topologies; circuit variant; high power applications; higher power levels; hysteresis strategies; packaging issues; rectifier control; rectifier hardware prototype; semiconductor power losses; switching frequency; Current control; Frequency control; Hysteresis; Switches; Switching frequency; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bengaluru

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4506-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2012.6484310

Filename

6484310