Two New High Power Factor Single-Phase Diode Rectifiers Using Optimum Ripple-Power Conversion

Author

Sakkos, Tiiu ; Sarv, Vello

Author_Institution

Dept. of Fundamentals of Electr. Eng. & Electr. Machines, Tallin Univ. of Technol., Tallinn

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006

Firstpage

1636

Lastpage

1641

Abstract

Two new schemes of low-distorting single-phase diode-bridge rectifiers with capacitive smoothing of the output voltage are proposed, analyzed, and verified. The harmonic distortion reduction proposed is based on optimum conversion of the ripple power to an additional quantity of DC power consumed in the load. To verify the feasibility and usefulness of the proposed improved rectifier circuits, they were tested by computer simulation. In addition, the corresponding laboratory rectifiers of 0.5 kW were built and tested. In proposed schemes, low values of the total harmonic distortion hold in wide range of the load variation

Keywords

digital simulation; harmonic distortion; power consumption; power conversion harmonics; power semiconductor diodes; rectifying circuits; 0.5 kW; DC power consumption; capacitive smoothing; computer simulation; high power factor single-phase diode rectifiers; ripple-power conversion; total harmonic distortion; Circuit testing; Computer simulation; Diodes; Harmonic distortion; Laboratories; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Smoothing methods; Total harmonic distortion; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2006. EPE-PEMC 2006. 12th International

Conference_Location

Portoroz

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0121-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEPEMC.2006.4778639

Filename

4778639