A new ZVS-PWM active-clamping high power factor rectifier: analysis, design, and experimentation

Author

Duarte, Cláudio Manoel da Cunha ; Barbi, Ivo

Author_Institution

Eng. Sch., Catholic Univ. of Pelotas, Brazil

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

15-19 Feb 1998

Firstpage

230

Abstract

In this paper a new single-phase rectifier is introduced, which features high power factor, regulation by conventional PWM technique, ZVS commutation and clamping action in both switches, and instantaneous average line current control. This rectifier consists of a front-end full-bridge diode rectifier followed by a ZVS-PWM, buck-boost active-clamping, boost converter. Experimental results are presented, taken from a laboratory prototype rated at 1.6 kW, input AC voltage of 220 V rms, output DC voltage of 400 V, and operating at 100 kHz. The measured efficiency at full load was 95%

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; PWM power convertors; bridge circuits; commutation; electric current control; power factor correction; rectifying circuits; switching circuits; 1.6 kW; 100 kHz; 220 V; 400 V; 95 percent; ZVS commutation; ZVS-PWM active-clamping; boost converter; buck-boost active-clamping; front-end full-bridge diode rectifier; high power factor; high power factor rectifier; input AC voltage; instantaneous average line current control; output DC voltage; single-phase rectifier; Clamps; Current control; Diodes; Laboratories; Prototypes; Pulse width modulation; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Switches; Zero voltage switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 1998. APEC '98. Conference Proceedings 1998., Thirteenth Annual

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4340-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.1998.647696

Filename

647696