A new single phase AC to DC harmonic reduction converter based on the voltage-doubler circuit

Author

Aintablian, H.O. ; Hill, H.W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio Univ., Athens, OH, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Sep 1994

Firstpage

452

Abstract

Modern power electronic equipment that use switch-mode technology are major sources of harmonic currents. Several methods of power factor improvement through harmonic elimination have been developed that use high frequency switches to actively shape the input current. In this paper, a single-phase harmonic reduction circuit based on the voltage-doubler circuit is presented that uses a switch operated on line-frequency. Significant reduction of the total harmonic distortion of the power supply current is achieved with the proposed method. Theoretical, simulation and laboratory waveforms of the input current and its harmonic components are presented. The advantages and disadvantages of the proposed circuit are outlined

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; circuit testing; equivalent circuits; harmonic distortion; network analysis; power factor correction; power system harmonics; switched mode power supplies; switching circuits; voltage multipliers; harmonic currents; harmonic elimination; high frequency switches; power electronic equipment; power factor improvement; power supply current; single-phase AC/DC power converter; switch-mode technology; total harmonic distortion; voltage-doubler circuit; waveforms; Analog-digital conversion; Current supplies; Frequency; Power electronics; Power system harmonics; Reactive power; Switches; Switching circuits; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, 1994. IECON '94., 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1328-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.1994.397820

Filename

397820