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Current fed multipulse rectifier approach for unidirectional HVDC and MVDC applications

Lambert, Gustavo; Vieira Soares, Marcus; Wheeler, Patrick; Lobo Heldwein, Marcelo; Romulo de Novaes, Yales

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Authors

Gustavo Lambert

Marcus Vieira Soares

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PATRICK WHEELER pat.wheeler@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Power Electronic Systems

Marcelo Lobo Heldwein

Yales Romulo de Novaes



Abstract

Even though multipulse rectifiers are a long established and well-known technology, still their behavior is not fully described in the literature when they are fed by three-phase balanced sinusoidal currents sources. To address the aforementioned gap, this work presents the operation and properties of current-fed multipulse rectifiers. The undertaken aim is achieved by analyzing the examined topology through circuit analysis and then, the theoretical results are validated through comparisons with the simulated waveforms and experimental results. Furthermore, the expected harmonic content and the duality with traditional voltage-fed multipulse rectifiers are presented. In the proposed structure, the transformer voltages present a multipulse waveform, instead of its primary currents as in voltage-fed multipulse rectifiers. This implies on limiting the voltage steps and its derivative which might be beneficial to reduce cost and volume of insulation, particularly for MVDC and HVDC applications. Besides that, by actively controlling the primary currents, a possible copper loss reduction is shown in the transformer windings, differentiating the proposed structure from its voltage controlled counterpart.

Citation

Lambert, G., Vieira Soares, M., Wheeler, P., Lobo Heldwein, M., & Romulo de Novaes, Y. (in press). Current fed multipulse rectifier approach for unidirectional HVDC and MVDC applications. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2849927

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 17, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 25, 2018
Deposit Date Jul 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
Print ISSN 0885-8993
Electronic ISSN 0885-8993
Publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2018.2849927
Keywords Multipulse Rectifier, DC-DC, Medium Frequency, Current Source
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/941674
Publisher URL https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8395005/
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