Improvement of current waveform for 200 V input single-phase rectifiers using modified voltage-doubler circuit

Author

Fujiwara, Kenichiro ; Nomura, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Kochi National Coll. of Technol., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

3-6 Aug 1997

Firstpage

897

Abstract

To improve the current waveform of rectifiers, we propose a new operating principle for the voltage-doubler rectifiers with 200 V utility voltage. For the limited input range, 0.3 kW~1.6 kW, the conventional diode voltage-doubler rectifier can be designed such that the input current satisfies the harmonic guidelines. A high power factor of 97% and efficiency of 98% are experimentally obtained. The proposed method seems to be very attractive for an air conditioner DC source using inexpensive and reliable components

Keywords

power factor; power system harmonics; rectifying circuits; voltage multipliers; 0.3 to 1.6 kW; 200 V; 98 percent; air conditioner DC source; current waveform improvement; efficiency; harmonic guidelines; high power factor; modified voltage-doubler circuit; operating principle; single-phase rectifiers; voltage-doubler rectifiers; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Diodes; Guidelines; Power harmonic filters; Power industry; Pulse width modulation; Pulse width modulation converters; Rectifiers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Conversion Conference - Nagaoka 1997., Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Nagaoka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3823-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCON.1997.638368

Filename

638368