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A comparative study of two controllers for single stage three-level AC/DC converters

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  • Queen's University Kingston

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Abstract

This paper studies the performance of two control strategies applied to a new single-stage three-level resonant AC/DC converter. Two Control techniques are studied in order to achieve : i) tightly regulate the output voltage, ii) input current shaping as well as iii) DC-bus voltage regulation over the whole input voltage and loading range. The two controllers are: a) variable frequency pulse width modulation control and b) variable frequency phase shift control. The first controller uses pulse width modulation to regulate the dc-bus voltage to a pre-specified value, whereas the second employs phase shift control to achieve this target. The variable frequency is used to regulate the output voltage. Using these methods of control greatly reduces the frequency range required for output voltage regulation from no-load to full-load. The operation principles and limitations for both controllers are studied and the different topologies to which each controller can be applied. The performance of the two control techniques is studied for a three level LCC resonant half bridge converter with an input inductor connected to the lower pair of switches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE'06
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages235-238
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)1424400384, 9781424400386
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE'06 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: May 7 2006May 10 2006

Publication series

NameCanadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conference

Conference2006 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, CCECE'06
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period05/7/0605/10/06

Keywords

  • Power factor correction
  • Single stage converters
  • Three level resonant converters

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