High-efficiency improved 12kW switched mode telecom rectifier

In this paper an improved switched mode telecom rectifier for a 12kW telecommunication system is presented. An improved telecom rectifier is a combination of phase-shift transformer based ac-dc converter and passive high pass filter. The phase-shift transformer and high pass filter is realized with a fractional magnetic rating of the load. The supply current is almost sinusoidal with low total harmonic distortion, and the power factor (PF) is close to unity. The complete design of phase-shift transformer based ac-dc converter and passive high pass filter is presented in this paper. The 12kW telecom rectifier is designed, modeled and simulated to reduce the total harmonic distortion (THD) of the input ac mains current and to improve the power factor. A laboratory prototype of phase-shift transformer based ac-dc converter is developed and the results are presented to validate the design topology.