A 20-kW, 10-kHz, Single-Phase Multilevel Active-Front-End Converter with Reactive Power Control

Author

Louganski, Konstantin P. ; Lai, Jih-Sheng

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

8-12 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

576

Lastpage

582

Abstract

A 20-kW single-phase multilevel active-front-end converter has been developed as a high-performance alternative to traditional line-frequency rectifiers. The newly introduced generalized average-current-mode-control (GACMC) scheme utilizes the leading-phase admittance cancellation method (LPAC) to allow a low 10-kHz switching frequency, which reduces switching losses and increases converter efficiency, without the line current phase shift inherent to the traditional average-current-mode control when a low switching frequency is used. The GACMC features reactive power source capability, which allows the converter to be used as a static reactive power compensator in the power system independently of its function as an ac-dc converter. The medium-voltage (2.4 kV) or distribution-system-voltage (13.8 kV) level converter can be implemented with high-voltage IGBTs or high-voltage silicon carbide devices

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; insulated gate bipolar transistors; reactive power control; silicon compounds; static VAr compensators; wide band gap semiconductors; 10 kHz; 13.8 kV; 2.4 kV; 20 kW; GACMC scheme; LPAC; SiC; ac-dc converter; active-front-end converter; generalized average-current-mode-control scheme; high-voltage IGBT; high-voltage silicon carbide devices; leading-phase admittance cancellation method; multilevel converter; power factor correction; reactive power control; reactive power source capability; single-phase converter; static reactive power compensator; traditional average-current-mode control; Admittance; Analog-digital conversion; Power systems; Reactive power; Reactive power control; Rectifiers; Static power converters; Switching converters; Switching frequency; Switching loss; active-front-end converter; multilevel converter; power factor correction; reactive power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2006. 41st IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0364-2

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2006.256585

Filename

4025271