A Soft-Switching Single-Stage AC-DC Converter

TL;DR

This paper presents a current regulated, soft-switching AC-DC converter with active damping and power factor control, enhancing reliability and grid integration for high-frequency partial resonance converters.

Contribution

It introduces a novel current regulation and control strategy for partial resonance AC-DC converters, including active damping and grid integration techniques.

Findings

Successful implementation of active damping using grid current feedback.

Effective power factor and power flow control achieved.

Stable operation with mitigation of filter resonance oscillations.

Abstract

Partial resonance high frequency AC link converters are recognized to provide soft-switching, single-stage power conversion. They are highly reliable due to elimination of DC capacitors. Previous work has focused on proof of concept topologies and design requirements. In this work, a current regulated AC-DC converter from this family of converters is presented. The control design and grid integration requirements are discussed. An active damping method using grid current feedback is implemented to mitigate the filter resonance oscillations. The current control is implemented in the synchronous frame using voltage oriented control which enable power factor and power flow control. The result of converter operation and its control loops performances are presented