Chapter 18

Utility Interface

• Power quality has become an important issue

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Various Loads Supplied by the Utility Source

• PCC is the point of common coupling

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 Diode-Rectifier Bridge

• Bock diagram

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Typical Harmonics in the Input Current

• Single-phase diode-rectifier bridge

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 Harmonic Guidelines: IEEE 519

• commonly used for specifying limits on the input

current distortion

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 Harmonic Guidelines: IEEE 519

• Limits on distortion in the input voltage supplied

by the utility

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Reducing the Input Current Distortion

• use of passive filters

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Power-Factor-Correction (PFC) Circuit

• For meeting the harmonic guidelines

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Power-Factor-Correction (PFC) Circuit
Control

• generating the switch on/off signals

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Power-Factor-Correction (PFC) Circuit

• Operation during each half-cycle

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 Thyristor Converters for 4-Quadrant
Operation

• Two back-to-back connected 2-quadrant converters

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 Switch-Mode Converter Interface

• Bi-directional power flow; unity PF is possible

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 Switch-Mode Converter Interface

• Rectifier and Inverter modes based on the

direction of power flow
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 Switch-Mode Converter Control

• DC bus voltage is maintained at the reference

value

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 Switch-Mode Converter Interface

• Waveforms in the rectifier mode

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3-Phase Switch-Mode Converter Interface

• Rectifier and Inverter modes based on the

direction of power flow
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 EMI: Conducted Interefence

• Common and differential modes

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 Switching Waveforms

• Typical rise and fall times

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 Conducted EMI

• Various Standards

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 Conducted EMI

• Filter arrangement

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