Efficiency evaluation of two-level and three-level bridgeless PFC boost rectifiers

Author

Qiong Wang ; Bo Wen ; Burgos, Rolando ; Boroyevich, Dushan ; White, A.

Author_Institution

Center for Power Electron. Syst., Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

16-20 March 2014

Firstpage

1909

Lastpage

1915

Abstract

In this paper, a comprehensive efficiency evaluation of several single-phase bridgeless Power Factor Correction (PFC) boost rectifier topologies is conducted. Both two-level and three-level bridgeless PFC boost rectifier topologies are considered; including paralleled and interleaved variants of each. To improve efficiency, a three-level bridgeless PFC boost rectifier with an AC switch is proposed. Loss analysis of the topologies are provided, which shows the advantage of three-level converters and interleaved systems in achieving high efficiency.

Keywords

losses; power convertors; power factor correction; rectifying circuits; AC switch; interleaved system; interleaved variants; loss analysis; paralleled variants; power factor correction; single phase bridgeless PFC boost rectifier topology; three level bridgeless PFC boost rectifier efficiency evaluation; three level converter; two level bridgeless PFC boost rectifier efficiency evaluation; Capacitors; Clamps; Inductors; MOSFET; Rectifiers; Switches; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), 2014 Twenty-Ninth Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Fort Worth, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APEC.2014.6803566

Filename

6803566