High performance front-end PFC rectifier for telecom power supplies

High-current low-voltage (HCLV) rectifiers are used in the telecom industries, electroplating and induction heating system. Typical power rating of these rectifiers varies from tens of kW to hundreds of MW. In this paper, a three-phase three-level boost type PWM rectifier is proposed as an active front-end PFC scheme for telecom load. The proposed active front-end PFC converter is modeled by switching cycle average model and relation between duty ratio and the dc-link capacitor voltage is derived as in terms of system input currents. Also, the switching states have been derived for the feasible converter operation. The detailed analysis of front-end PFC converter is carried out by equivalent circuit. The power quality also well improved by proposed active front-end PFC rectifiers. The experimental setup for a 12 kW active front-end PFC rectifier is developed in the laboratory to validate the MATLAB simulation results.