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A three-phase soft-switched isolated AC/DC converter without auxiliary circuit
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering (EES), Electrical Machines and Power Electronics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8565-4753
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering (EES), Electrical Machines and Power Electronics.
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering (EES), Electrical Machines and Power Electronics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7330-146X
2008 (English)In: IEEE transactions on industry applications, ISSN 0093-9994, E-ISSN 1939-9367, Vol. 44, no 3, p. 836-844Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper describes an ac/dc converter system consisting of a voltage-source converter (VSC) with purely capacitive snubbers and a two-phase by three-phase cycloconverter, connected via a medium-frequency (MF) transformer. By alternately commutating the two converters, it is possible to achieve beneficial switching conditions for all semiconductor devices. A commutation and modulation algorithm is described, which allows for pulsewidth-modulation control of the output voltage while maintaining soft switching. Low-load operation of the converter is a potential difficulty because the load current may be insufficient for recharging the snubber capacitors of the VSC. However, if the cycloconverter is used to momentarily short circuit the transformer, a quasi-resonant commutation mode of the VSC can be achieved, making a fast and soft commutation of the VSC down to zero load possible, without an auxiliary circuit. Furthermore, the design and operation of a 40-kVA prototype converter system are described. The experimental results from the prototype clearly show the practical feasibility of the studied concept.

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2008. Vol. 44, no 3, p. 836-844
Keywords [en]
cycloconverter, medium-frequency (MF) transformer, soft switching, voltage-source converter (VSC)
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Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-38100DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.921430ISI: 000256404300018Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-44849084162OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-38100DiVA, id: diva2:436395
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39th Annual Meeting of the IEEE-Industry-Applications-Society Location: Seattle, WA Date: OCT 03-07, 2004 Available from: 2011-08-23 Created: 2011-08-22 Last updated: 2022-06-24Bibliographically approved

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