An Improved Non-isolated LED Converter with Power Factor Correction and Average Current Mode Control

A new type of high power LED drivers is proposed by adopting an improved two-stages non-isolated configuration. In order to improve power factor and achieve accurate average current control under universal input voltages ranging from 100 Vrms to 240 Vrms, the power factor correction and average current mode control methods operating in continuous current conduction mode are designed and implemented. With the LUMILEDS emitter type LEDs, a laboratory prototype is built and measured. And from the measured results, it could be concluded that the proposed driver has many better performances such as high power factor, low current harmonic, accurate average current control and switch protection.

Digitally Controlled Boost PFC Converters Operating with Large Scale Load Fluctuations

When boost power factor correction(PFC) circuit works with large scale load fluctuations, it is easy to cause a higher total harmonic distortion and a lower power factor because of traditional controllers and inductor current mode. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a PFC control system, which can operate with load fluctuations up to 1 000 W by using duty cycle feed-forward control theory to achieve smooth switching mode. The duty cycles in the next period of the control system are pre-estimated in the current cycle, which enhances the speeds of AD samplers and switching frequency, and reduces the cost and volume of the equipment to some extent. Introductions of system decoupling and feed-forward of input-voltage greatly improve the system performance. Both theoretical simulation and experimental results prove the advantage of the proposed scheme.

Power Factor Correction Rectifier with a Variable Frequency Voltage Source in Vehicular Application

This paper presents a PFCVF (Power Factor Correction) rectifier that uses a variable frequency source for alternators for electric and hybrid vehicles application. In such application, the frequency of the signal in the alternator changes according to the vehicle speed, more over the loading effect on the alternator introduces harmonic currents and increases the alternator apparent power requirements. To overcome these problems and aiming more stability and better design of the alternator, a new third harmonic injection technique is proposed. This technique allows to preserve a good THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) of the input source at any frequency and to decrease losses in semiconductors switches, thereby allowing more stability and reducing the apparent power requirements. A comparative study between the standard and the new technique is made and highlights the effectiveness of the new design. A detailed analysis of the proposed topology is presented and simulations as well as experimental results are shown.

New DCM Operated Single Phase Bridgeless Cuk Derived Converters for Power Factor Correction

This paper presents a power factor corrected (PFC) new bridgeless (BL) Cuk Topologies for low power applications. A BL configuration of Cuk converter is proposed which eliminates the usage of diode bridge rectifier at the front end of the PFC converter, thus reducing the switching and conduction losses coupled with it. This new BL Cuk converter has two semiconductors switches. The current flow during each switching cycle interval of the converter reduces the conduction losses compared to the conventional Cuk PFC converter. It also reduces the input current ripple and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). The inrush current during the starting period is limited and the input, output currents of the converter are continuous with minimum current ripple. Hence it is preferred mostly compared to other PFC circuits. The proposed topology works in the Discontinuous Conduction Mode (DCM) with simple control circuitry to achieve almost a unity power factor with less distortion in the input AC current. The switching of the power switches is done under zero current. The proposed PFC topologies are theoretically investigated and performance comparisons are made with the conventional rectifiers. The proposed PFC converter is simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK with Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) and results are demonstrated to evaluate the effectiveness of the controller.

A novel arc welding inverter with unit power factor based on DSP control

A novel inverter power source is developed characterized with constant output current and unit power factor input. Digital signal processor （ DSP ） is used to realize power factor correction and control of back-stage inverter bridge of the arc welding inverter. The fore-stage adopts double closed loop proportion and integration （PI） rectifier technique and the back- stage adopts digital pulse width modulation （ PWM） technique. Simulated waves can be obtained in Matlab/Simulink and validated by experiments. Experiments of the prototype showed that the total harmonic distortion （THD） can be controlled within 10% and the power factor is approximate to 1.

A RESEARCH TO HIGH-PERFORMANCE MULTI-LEVEL SINGLE-PHASE AC/DC POWER FACTOR CORRECT SWITCHING CONVERTER

This letter studies and analyzes the working features of main circuit of tri-level boost Power Factor Correct(PFC) converter and the advantages of tri-level switch converter in aspects of bearing high-voltage of power components,overall system loss and magnetic component selection based upon the single-level boost PFC switch converter.Besides,relying on the application of mi-croprocessor in power converter technology and DSP(Digital Signal Processing) chip's strong cal-culating capacity,the letter presents the adoption of modified scheme of tri-level boost PFC converter under the control of predictive control algorithm.Moreover,the operating principle and control method are specified,the results of circuit test and analysis are provided and the advantages of pre-dictive control technology-based multi-level boost PFC converter is verified.

Fault Diagnosis and Phase Disposition Reconfiguration of a 5-Level Double-Boost Power Factor Corrector with Fault-Tolerant Capability

A 5-level PFC （power factor correction） topology with fault-diagnostic and fault-tolerant capability is proposed and compared to known structures. It is derived from a 3-level non differential double-boost PFC including fly-cap cells. The series-connection of the two low-voltage switching-cells is decoupled by a single flying capacitor that provides a direct fault-tolerant capability and a post-failure operation increasing the availability of converter. The monitoring of the voltages across flying capacitors allows a rapid detection and localization either for open circuit failure or short-circuits failure. A PWM （pulse width modulation） phase-disposition type reconfiguration is also used and presented in order to optimize both normal operation and post-fault continuation. The design and the most important features are highlighted thanks to a digital control frame and a mock-up rated to： AC voltage network 115 V-load 400 V-nominal power 4 kW-switching frequency 62 kHz.

一类三电平伪图腾柱无桥PFC变换器

针对传统二极管钳位型三电平整流器在单相电源前级功率校正(power factor correction,PFC)电路应用场景下全控开关器件数量多的问题,该文基于3种传统无桥PFC电路进行三电平电路拓扑设计,提出一类三电平伪图腾柱PFC电路(single-phase three-level pseudo totem-pole PFC circuit,STPT-PFC),该类三电平PFC具有双电感支路桥臂,两者相互配合工作为输入电流提供路径,在正负半周两电感支路桥臂工作于不同模态可有效降低分别流过两电感的电流;基于该类PFC的一个代表性电路,从工作电流路径过程、关键波形和调制脉冲分配等方面对其进行工作原理分析,并对其它电路进行电路特性总结,推导桥臂对地电压电平特性与开关脉冲分配的数学关系式。另外,该类STPT-PFC共有5种结构,结合该类STPT-PFC结构特点,提出统一区间判断条件的双层载波调制技术,该类STPT-PFC具有相同开关器件不同拓扑结构可采用同一调制方案的特点,便于该类调制技术移植。最后,基于STPT-PFC-I电路设计1台额定功率1 kW、直流输出电压400 V的实验样机,从稳态及动态两方面进行实验分析,实验结果验证所提出一类三电平伪图腾柱PFC电路的可行性和三电平统一双层调制方法的有效性。

基于PFC电路直流纹波抑制的二阶自适应滑模控制器设计

文中提出一种背靠背型中性点钳位式(back-to-back neutral point clamped,BT-NPC)功率因数校正(power factor correction,PFC)电路,并设计二阶自适应滑模控制方法用于提高电路鲁棒性与降低电流谐波含量。首先,分析所提三电平PFC电路工作特性,推导该电路的等效模型及其模态扰动,并分析模态扰动量对其工作特性的影响;然后,结合高阶滑模理论与自适应控制两者的优点,设计二阶自适应滑模控制器,既使电路具有变结构控制的良好鲁棒性,又能最大限度的减小控制震颤。同时,基于电流带宽分析,设计比例谐振控制器补偿交流电流与工频相位,并设计基于扩张状态观测器的直流电压采样滤波方法,用于消除二倍频纹波造成的电流谐波影响。最后,基于BT-NPC电路,搭建220 V/50 Hz、1 kW/400 V的实验样机,实验结果验证所提变换器的可行性和控制方法的有效性。

混合工作模态的高功率因数无桥Buck PFC变换器

AC-DC降压型功率因数校正PFC(power factor correction)变换器广泛应用于低压场合,为解决该类拓扑因输入电流死区导致功率因数PF(power factor)低、输入电流总谐波THDi(total harmonic distortions of input current)高的问题,首先引入Buck-Boost单元以构建1种高PF的混合工作模态降压型无桥PFC变换器,其在正、负半个工频周期分别工作在Buck和Buck-Boost模式。虽然Buck-Boost单元效率低于Buck单元,但所提变换器在负半工频周期运行于Buck-Boost模式,可以避免输入电流死区以提高PF并降低THDi。在正半工频周期运行于Buck模式,变换器仍保留Buck单元的高效率优势。其次,通过分析所提无桥变换器工作模态与PF值来证明变换器的高PF特性。最后,通过仿真实验,验证所提变换器的可行性和理论分析的正确性,并比较所提变换器与传统Buck PFC变换器的性能。

Boost型PFC变换器的自适应超螺旋全局滑模控制

针对Boost型功率因数校正(PFC)变换器,提出一种自适应超螺旋全局滑模控制(ASTTSMC)方法。该方法可以保证PFC变换器在理想工作条件下具备良好的性能,并且在面对负载突变、电网电压波动和电感参数变化等系统不确定性情况下时仍然能够保持全局鲁棒性。在控制律的设计中,采用全局滑模控制作为基准模型,从而确保系统在整个响应过程都具有鲁棒性;同时,切换项采用自适应超螺旋算法,考虑系统不确定项,通过自适应超螺旋算法中的切换增益参数来改善系统潜在的“抖振”现象;此外,基于李雅普诺夫稳定定理证明了所设计控制系统的稳定性。实验结果表明,在理想工作条件下和系统存在不确定性的情况下,该方法都能够有效改善网测电流的质量和提高变换器的功率因数,验证了该方法的有效性和所设计控制器的鲁棒性。

A repetitive-PI Current Controller for Boost Single Phase PFC Converters

In this paper, the Author presents the theory and application of repetitive proportional integral current con-troller for boost single phase ac-dc converter with power factor correction (PFC). A repetitive controller which is inserted in series with the proportional integral ( PI) controller shows very low crossover distortion of input current, low total harmonic distortion and very low tracking error when is compared with the con-ventional proportional integral controller. Full analysis of proposed controller is given and Matlab/Simulink is used for simulation. The simulation results show the validity of the proposed control method.

A double closed loop APFC control with feed-forward

In order to improve the steady state performance,dynamic response and power factor of traditional power factor correction(PFC)digital control method and reduce the harmonic distortion of input current,a double closed loop active power factorcorrection(APFC)control method with feed-forward is proposed.Firstly,the small signal model of Boost PFC control systemis built and the system transfer function is deduced,and then the parameters of the main device with Boost topology is estimated.By means of the feed-forward,the system can quickly respond to the change in input voltage.Furthermore,the use ofvoltage loop and current loop can achieve input current and output voltage regulation Simulink modeling shows that this methodcan effectively control the output voltage in case of input voltage largely fluctuating,improve the system dynamic response abilityand input power factor,and reduce the input current harmonic distortion

交错并联Boost PFC电路的技术研究

针对常规Boost变换器的开关器件电压应力过大的问题,研究了交错并联Boost变换器。首先对交错并联Boost功率因数校正(PFC)电路在减小输入电流纹波、电感磁芯尺寸和输出电容电流方面上的优势进行推导;然后对变换器主电路的关键参数进行设计,设计基于平均电流控制的双闭环控制系统;最后仿真实验验证。结果证明交错并联Boost变换器在大功率场合中既能很好地实现PFC,又能有效地降低功率器件的电流应力、减小输入电流纹波和电感磁性元件的体积,提升功率等级。

基于退火PSO-PI与重复PR的图腾柱PFC

功率因数校正(power factor correction,PFC)被广泛应用于车载充电机以提高充电效率、减小对电网产生的谐波污染。本文常用的双闭环比例积分(proportional integration,PI)控制的基础上,研究了退火粒子群算法(particle swarm optimization,PSO-PI)和改进重复比例谐振(proportional resonance,PR)控制,通过退火PSO算法对电压环的PI控制器参数进行优化,提高了响应速度;将电流环由PI控制变为改进重复PR控制,以解决PI控制对高频信号跟踪能力弱的缺点,并选用了近几年比较热门的图腾柱PFC拓扑结构,最终提高了响应速度,降低总谐波畸变率(total harmonic distortion rate,THD)。最后通过Matlab/Simulink仿真验证了控制策略的正确性,相比传统的图腾柱PFC,响应速度得到一定提高,THD值降低了2.07%。

一种Boost PFC电路改进VOT控制策略研究

为了解决恒定导通时间(COT)控制策略下负向谐振电流和输入滤波电容引起功率因数(PF)和总谐波失真(THD)性能变差的问题,提出一种改进变导通时间(VOT)的控制策略。通过自适应增加导通时间以抵消负向谐振电流,减小相位差,使电感平均电流在工频周期内接近正弦波,并分析其工作原理与控制过程。结合主电路设计关键参数,研制1台额定功率320 W的样机,进行COT控制策略和改进VOT控制策略的对比实验。计算机仿真和实验结果表明,改进VOT控制策略在265 V高电压输入20%负载工作时,PF值由0.726提升至0.801,THD由27.92%降低至18.4%;在40%~100%负载时满足PF>0.9、THD<15%的要求,验证所提控制策略的有效性。

Investigation of Current Control Techniques of AC-DC Interleaved Boost PFC Converter

This paper presents the comparison of various current control strategies employed for an interleaved power factor correction (PFC) boost converter for improving the power quality. The major control strategies discussed in this paper are: peak current control, average current control, hysteresis control, borderline current control and non-linear control. These strategies are implemented in MATLAB/SIMULINK and the performance of the proposed converter is compared under open loop and closed loop operation. From the results, the input current waveform was close to input voltage waveform implying improved power factor and reduced total harmonic distortion for nonlinear current control technique. Experimental results validate the proposed method.

一种BCM Boost PFC电路的VCFF控制策略

临界导通模式Boost功率因素校正(PFC)电路通常采用恒定导通时间(COT)控制策略,导致开关频率的变化与输入电压、输出功率以及电感有关,轻载下过高的开关频率将影响电路的转换效率,故提出一种谷底计数频率反走(VCFF)控制策略。通过检测MOS管两端电压谷底计数,使电路轻载时工作在断续模式,从而降低开关频率以提升轻载效率。实验结果表明,相比于COT控制策略,所提控制策略能够有效提高轻载效率。输入电压为220 Vrms下,10%~50%负载时效率在0.96以上。

基于输入输出线性化的三电平Boost PFC控制策略

针对传统双闭环控制动态调节时间过长的问题,提出了一种基于输入输出线性化的三电平Boost PFC变换器控制策略。首先,分析了三电平Boost PFC变换器的工作模态,建立了状态空间方程;然后,推导出三电平Boost PFC变换器输入输出非线性模型,判断线性化的可行性,进而对系统进行线性化;最后,利用经典控制理论设计控制器,并增加电压平衡控制,保证变换器的中点电位平衡。仿真结果表明:负载恒定时,输入电流可跟随输入电压相位变化并保持正弦波形,电流波形更为平滑;负载跳变时,电压电流调节迅速,输出电压除纹波稍有变化外,电压平均值保持恒定。证明了所提控制策略具备良好的动、静态特性及强鲁棒性。

Phase Angle Control Based Three-phase DVR with Power Factor Correction at Point of Common Coupling

This paper investigates the ability of correcting the power factor at the point of common coupling(PCC)of the source side using dynamic voltage restorer(DVR).By applying the phase angle control(PAC)method,the DVR compensating voltage will be injected with a specific phase angle and magnitude in series with the transmission line,which leads to a power factor angle shift of the resultant load voltage.As a result,the source voltage is always in phase with the source current under different load conditions,which means that the power factor correction is achieved at the PCC of the source side.A laboratorial prototype of the DVR is utilized to verify the proposed control algorithm.The experimental results validate that an approximate unity power factor can be maintained at the source side.