Analysis, design and control of single-phase three-level power factor correction rectifier fed switched reluctance motor drive

Author

Rajesh, M. ; Singh, Bawa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Delhi, New Delhi, India

Volume

7

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

1499

Lastpage

1508

Abstract

In this study, a single-phase three-level power factor correction (PFC) rectifier fed switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive is proposed for improving the power quality at ac mains. The asymmetry in the dc-link capacitors voltages of the midpoint converter fed SRM drive is improved by using a single-phase three-level PFC rectifier. This PFC rectifier configuration uses two active semiconductor switches, an inductor and operates as a boost PFC rectifier. The proposed single-phase three-level PFC rectifier fed SRM drive is designed, modelled and its performance is simulated in MATLAB/Simulink. The simulated performance of the proposed single-phase three-level PFC rectifier fed SRM drive is experimentally validated for dc-link capacitors voltage balancing and power quality improvement.

Keywords

machine control; power convertors; power factor correction; power semiconductor switches; power supply quality; rectifiers; reluctance motor drives; variable speed drives; voltage control; MATLAB-Simulink; active semiconductor switches; boost PFC rectifier; dc-link capacitor voltage balancing; midpoint converter fed SRM drive; power quality improvement; rectifier fed switched reluctance motor drive; single-phase three-level PFC rectifier fed SRM drive; single-phase three-level power factor correction analysis; single-phase three-level power factor correction control; single-phase three-level power factor correction design; variable speed drive;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IET

Publisher

iet

ISSN

1755-4535

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/iet-pel.2013.0621

Filename

6835351