A new ZVS-PWM unity power factor rectifier with reduced conduction losses

Author

de Souza, Alexandre Ferrari ; Barbi, Ivo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianapolis, Brazil

fYear

1994

fDate

20-25 Jun 1994

Firstpage

342

Abstract

This paper introduces a new single-phase high power factor rectifier, which features regulation by conventional PWM, soft commutation and instantaneous average line current control. Furthermore, thanks to the use of a single power converter, instead of the conventional configuration composed by a four-diode front end rectifier followed by a boost converter, a significant reduction in conduction losses is achieved. A prototype rated at 1.6 kW, operating at 70 kHz, with an input AC voltage of 220 Vrms and an output voltage of 400 VDC has been implemented in laboratory. An efficiency of 97.8% at 1.6 kW has been measured. Analysis, design and the control circuitry are also presented in the paper

Keywords

commutation; electric current control; insulated gate field effect transistors; losses; network analysis; network synthesis; network topology; power convertors; power factor; power transistors; pulse width modulation; rectifiers; rectifying circuits; switching circuits; 1.6 kW; 220 V; 400 V; 70 kHz; 97.8 percent; PWM; ZVS; analysis; conduction losses; control circuitry; design; instantaneous average line current control; power converter; rectifier; single-phase; soft commutation; unity power factor; Circuits; Current control; Diodes; Laboratories; MOSFET circuits; Power factor correction; Power supplies; Prototypes; Pulse width modulation; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Switches; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC '94 Record., 25th Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Taipei

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1859-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESC.1994.349711

Filename

349711