Swiss rectifier - A novel three-phase buck-type PFC topology for Electric Vehicle battery charging

This paper introduces a novel three-phase buck-type unity power factor rectifier appropriate for high power Electric Vehicle battery charging mains interfaces. The characteristics of the converter, named the Swiss Rectifier, including the principle of operation, modulation strategy, suitable control...

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Published in2012 Twenty-Seventh Annual IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) pp. 2617 - 2624
Main Authors Soeiro, T. B., Friedli, T., Kolar, J. W.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.02.2012
Subjects
Inductors
Modulation
Rectifiers
Semiconductor diodes
Stress
Vectors
Voltage control
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Summary:This paper introduces a novel three-phase buck-type unity power factor rectifier appropriate for high power Electric Vehicle battery charging mains interfaces. The characteristics of the converter, named the Swiss Rectifier, including the principle of operation, modulation strategy, suitable control structure, and dimensioning equations are described in detail. Additionally, the proposed rectifier is compared to a conventional 6-switch buck-type ac-dc power conversion. According to the results, the Swiss Rectifier is the topology of choice for a buck-type PFC. Finally, the feasibility of the Swiss Rectifier concept for buck-type rectifier applications is demonstrated by means of a hardware prototype.
ISBN:9781457712159
1457712156
ISSN:1048-2334
2470-6647
DOI:10.1109/APEC.2012.6166192