Current Distortion Mitigation in Grid-Connected Vienna Rectifier during Nonunity Power Factor Operation

D. A. Molligoda, J. Pou, S. Ceballos, K. Satpathi, F. Sasongko, C. J. Gajanayake, A. K. Gupta

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Abstract

The Vienna rectifier is an attractive converter solution due to the three-level voltage generation and its simple structure. When the Vienna rectifier operates with nonunity power factor, the reference voltage and the input current have different signs during some intervals around the current zero crossings. This creates low-frequency distortion in the current waveforms. One of the preferable methods to reduce this distortion is the zero sequence injection which, however, risks the converter entering into overmodulation. This paper analyses the above distortion and introduces the operation of the Vienna rectifier in two modes, which includes injecting a proper zero sequence and reactive power compensation. This allows the converter to operate in a wide range of power factors without constraining the modulation index. The required reactive current is obtained analytically from the instantaneous values of the converter at any operating point.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - IECON 2020
Subtitle of host publication46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4085-4090
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728154145
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Oct 2020
Event46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020 - Virtual, Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 19 Oct 202021 Oct 2020

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume2020-October

Conference

Conference46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2020
Country/TerritorySingapore
CityVirtual, Singapore
Period19/10/2021/10/20

Keywords

  • Active front end rectifier
  • Vienna rectifier
  • current distortion at zero crossing
  • nonunity power factor
  • reactive power compensation

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