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HARMONICS REDUCTION IN FRONT END RECTIFER OF UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES WITH ACTIVE CURRENT INJECTION

T. Chandrasekar1, B. Justus Rabi2 and A. Kannan3
  • 1 St. Peter’s University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
  • 2 Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, India
  • 3 Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, University, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Harmonics are the by-products of modern electronics devices so it is necessary to mitigate the harmonics and offer techniques to mitigation of harmonics. It is greatly hampered by a three phase rectifier used as a front-end ac-to-dc converter in many systems. High power factor is achieved by injecting high-frequency currents into the three-phase rectifier. This study presents the high power factor operation of the converter with reduced total harmonic distortion up to 47.06%. The power quality up gradation is due to high-frequency current injection, at the input of the front-end rectifier. Sinusoidal PWM technique is used for controlling the output voltage. DSP is used for generating the desired gate pulses. The converter has high efficiency, low EMI emissions, high power packing density and suitable for UPS system.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 11 No. 4, 2014, 564-569

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.564.569

Submitted On: 6 November 2013 Published On: 1 February 2014

How to Cite: Chandrasekar, T., Rabi, B. J. & Kannan, A. (2014). HARMONICS REDUCTION IN FRONT END RECTIFER OF UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES WITH ACTIVE CURRENT INJECTION. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(4), 564-569. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.564.569

Open AccessCopyright: © 2014 T. Chandrasekar, B. Justus Rabi and A. Kannan. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • High-Frequency-Current-Injection
  • High-Power-Factor
  • Soft-Transition
  • Power-Factor-Correction Circuit