A constant output current three-phase diode bridge rectifier employing a novel "Electronic Smoothing Inductor"
Ertl, H.
Kolar, J.W.
Inst. of Electr. Drives & Machines, Univ. of Technol. Vienna, Austria;
This paper appears in: Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: April 2005
Volume: 52,
Issue: 2
On page(s): 454- 461
ISSN: 0278-0046
INSPEC Accession Number: 8351105
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TIE.2005.843910
Current Version Published: 2005-04-04
Abstract
This paper presents an improvement of the well-known conventional three-phase diode bridge rectifier with dc output capacitor. The proposed circuit increases the power factor (PF) at the ac input and reduces the ripple current stress on the smoothing capacitor. The basic concept is the arrangement of an active voltage source between the output of the diode bridge and the smoothing capacitor which is controlled in a way that it emulates an ideal smoothing inductor. With this the input currents of the diode bridge which usually show high peak amplitudes are converted into a 120° rectangular shape which ideally results in a total PF of 0.955. The active voltage source mentioned before is realized by a low-voltage switch-mode converter stage of small power rating as compared to the output power of the rectifier. Starting with a brief discussion of basic three-phase rectifier techniques and of the drawbacks of three-phase diode bridge rectifiers with capacitive smoothing, the concept of the proposed active smoothing is described and the stationary operation is analyzed. Furthermore, control concepts as well as design considerations and analyses of the dynamic systems behavior are given. Finally, measurements taken from a laboratory model are presented.
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