A new single-phase ZCS-PWM boost rectifier with high power factor and low conduction losses
Chien-Ming Wang
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Ilan Univ., I-Lan, Taiwan;
This paper appears in: Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
Publication Date: April 2006
Volume: 53,
Issue: 2
On page(s): 500- 510
ISSN: 0278-0046
INSPEC Accession Number: 8875909
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TIE.2006.870670
Current Version Published: 2006-04-03
Abstract
This paper proposes a new single-phase high-power-factor rectifier, which features regulation by conventional pulsewidth modulation (PWM), soft commutation, and instantaneous average line current control. A new zero-current switching PWM (ZCS-PWM) auxiliary circuit is configured in the presented ZCS-PWM rectifier to perform ZCS in the active switches and zero-voltage switching (ZVS) in the passive switches. Furthermore, soft commutation of the main switch is achieved without additional current stress by the presented ZCS-PWM auxiliary circuit. A significant reduction in the conduction losses is achieved because of the following reasons: 1) the circulating current for the soft switching flows only through the auxiliary circuit; 2) a minimum number of switching devices are involved in the circulating current path; and 3) the proposed rectifier uses a single converter instead of the conventional configuration composed of a four-diode front-end rectifier followed by a boost converter. Seven transition states for describing the behavior of the ZCS-PWM rectifier in one switching period are described. The PWM-switch model is used to predict the system performance. A prototype rated at 1 kW, operating at 60 kHz, with an input alternating current voltage of 220 Vrms and an output voltage of 400 Vdc, has been implemented in laboratory. An efficiency of 98.3% and a power factor over 0.99 have been measured. Analysis, design, and the control circuitry are also presented in this paper.
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