Analysis and Implementation of a Single-Phase Bridgeless Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Rectifier in Discontinuous Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction-

 

Analysis and Implementation of a Single-Phase Bridgeless Hybrid Switched-Capacitor Rectifier in Discontinuous Conduction Mode for Power Factor Correction

 Chrystian Mumic 1,∗, Marcus V. Soares 2, Yales R. de Novaes 1, Alan J. Watson 3 1Santa Catarina State University, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Joinville, Brazil. 2Silicon Austria Labs, Division Power Electronics, Graz, Austria. 3University of Nottingham, Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT 

This work presents the quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as the experimental results of a practical implementation of the Single-Phase Bridgeless Hybrid Switched Capacitor Rectifier operating in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) to achieve a high input power factor. Operating in DCM provides several advantages, including natural power factor correction (PFC) behavior of the input current and reduced semiconductor switching losses. The paper begins with a literature review on key studies of hybrid switched-capacitor converters with a high power factor. Subsequently, the converter analysis, including its modulation scheme, operational stages and design methodology, is detailed. The proposed approach is validated with results from a practical prototype implementation, achieving an output voltage of 1200 V and an output power of 315 W from an input voltage of 220 V. The converter demonstrated an efficiency of 97.3%, a power factor of 0.99, and harmonic distortion levels within the limits specified by IEC61000-3-2.

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