Interleaved three-phase boost rectifiers operated in the discontinuous conduction mode: analysis, design considerations and experimentation

Author

Barbosa, Peter ; Canales, Francisco ; Crebier, Jean-Christophe ; Lee, Fred C.

Author_Institution

Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

9/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

724

Lastpage

734

Abstract

Interleaved discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) three-phase boost rectifiers provide current ripple cancellation and increase the effective frequency of the input current ripple. As a result, the size and cost of the differential mode (DM) input filter is reduced. This work presents a detailed analysis of the input current ripple of interleaved three-phase DCM boost rectifiers. The design curves derived from the analysis are used to determine the DM input filter parameters. The experimental results are shown for two interleaved three-phase DCM boost rectifiers rated at 8 kW of total power and operated at 40 kHz with IGBTs as the main power switches. The results show that the interleaved rectifiers comply with the IEC 61000-3-2 Class A harmonic standard for this power level

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; bipolar transistor switches; harmonic analysis; harmonic distortion; insulated gate bipolar transistors; power bipolar transistors; power conversion harmonics; power harmonic filters; power semiconductor switches; rectifying circuits; switching circuits; 40 kHz; 8 kW; IEC 61000-3-2 Class A harmonic standard; IGBT power switches; current ripple cancellation; design curves; differential mode input filter; discontinuous conduction mode operation; input current ripple frequency; interleaved three-phase boost rectifiers; Circuits; Control systems; Costs; Delta modulation; Frequency; IEC standards; Irrigation; Power harmonic filters; Rectifiers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/63.949505

Filename

949505