Design and evaluation of a cellular rectifier system with distributed control

Author

Perreault, David J. ; Kassakian, John G.

Author_Institution

Lab. for Electromagn. & Electron. Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

46

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

495

Lastpage

503

Abstract

This paper presents the design and experimental evaluation of a six-cell 6 kW cellular (parallel) rectifier system which operates at nearly unity power factor. The cellular rectifier system implements both distributed load sharing and distributed ripple cancellation, eliminating the need for any centralized control. The implemented system mitigates some of the major drawbacks of its single-converter counterpart and achieves performance levels that cannot be achieved with an equivalent single converter

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; distributed control; harmonic distortion; harmonics suppression; load (electric); power conversion harmonics; power factor correction; rectifying circuits; voltage control; 6 kW; cellular rectifier system; design; distributed load sharing; distributed ripple cancellation; distributed voltage control; experimental evaluation; performance levels; unity power factor operation; Control systems; Costs; Distributed control; Manufacturing automation; Power system reliability; Prototypes; Reactive power; Rectifiers; Switching converters; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.767055

Filename

767055