Simulation and analysis of a single phase AC-DC boost PFC converter with a passive snubber for power quality improvement

Author

Aiswariya, S. ; Dhanasekaran, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Syed Ammal Eng. Coll., Ramanathapuram, India

fYear

2014

fDate

8-10 May 2014

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

425

Abstract

In this paper an ac-dc boost Power Factor Correction (PFC) converter with a passive snubber is introduced. The proposed passive snubber decreases the conduction losses but increases the range of soft switching achieved. The switch is given Zero Current Switching (ZCS) turn ON and Zero Voltage switching (ZVS) turn OFF. There are no additional stresses on all the semiconductor devices used. Due to the soft switching features, the PFC converter attains a high power factor of 0.98. The proposed converter with passive snubber is simulated in MATLAB and analyzed mode wise with detailed corresponding waveforms.

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; power factor correction; power supply quality; snubbers; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; MATLAB; ZCS; ac-dc boost power factor correction converter; passive snubber; power factor; power quality improvement; single phase ac-dc boost PFC converter; soft switching; zero current switching; zero voltage switching; Inductors; Reactive power; Semiconductor diodes; Snubbers; Soft switching; Switches; Zero current switching; Boost converter; Current stress; PFC; Passive Snubber; Voltage stress; ZCS; ZVS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICACCCT), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ramanathapuram

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3913-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACCCT.2014.7019477

Filename

7019477