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Single-Phase Single-Stage Multi-Level ACDC

Converter for power factor correction
M.SUPRIYA

K. BHAVYA

PG scholar
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
Gudlavalleru Engineering College, JNTU K
Gudlavalleru, A.P, India.
e-mail: supriya.maddali@gmail.com

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
Gudlavalleru Engineering College, JNTU K
Gudlavalleru, A.P, India.
e-mail: bhavya.eee.08@gmail.com

Abstract: Single-stage power-factor-correction

(PFC) circuits usually suffer from high rising
intermediate bus voltage stress at light load
condition due to power imbalance between the
input and output. By repeating power processing
the efficiency of converter is also low. A singlestage AC-DC power-factor-corrected voltage
regulator (PFCVR) is presented for which a
portion of the input power is transferred to the
output directly after the first power process,
voltage stress decreases bus storage capacitor
while achieving a high quality of power factor. In
this paper five-level ac-dc single-stage converter is
presented. The operation of the converter is
explained, the PWM method was used to operate
the converter. Finally, the proposed topology
developed by using MATLAB/SIMULINK
software.

Conversions process resulting in higher cost and

lower efficiency which is as shown in figure1. This
has led to the emergence of single-stage Powerfactor-corrected (SSPFC) converters shown in
figure2.

Index TermsACDC power factor correction,

single-stage converters, five-level converters.

I.

INTRODUCTION

POWER FACTOR CORRECTION (PFC)

is necessary nowadays for an ac-dc power supply [9].
Three techniques are used to obtain unity power
factor. One of them is adding passive filter elements
to the traditional passive diode rectifier/LC filter to
input side; this resulting the converter size is high and
bulky of low frequency inductor and capacitors [8].
Another method is using an active PFC, by
adding the AC-DC boost converter at front end leads
to two-stage converter which can shape the input line
current almost sinusoidal shape and also for DC-DC
conversion. By adding the boost converter in spite of
its good performance, the two stage approaches [7]
requires more circuit components and two powers

SSPFC converters, particularly for lowpower acdc flyback and forward converter are
cheaper and simpler converters are widely used [5][9]. Research on the topic of higher power AC-DC
single challenging some of them are
Single-stage acdc full-bridge current-fed
converters; these converters have a boost inductor
connected to the input of the full-bridge circuit. By
using this we can get near-unity input power factor,
but absence of energy-storage capacitor across the
primary-side dc bus, high voltage stresses appears
across the dc bus. Some resonant converters that must
be controlled using varying switching-frequency
control, which makes it difficult to design.
Single-stage acdc full-bridge converter is
based on voltage-fed single-stage pulse width
modulation (PWM) converter is most commonly
used converter [4]-[7].Large energy-storage capacitor
connected across their primary-side dc bus in this
converter. By connect the bus capacitor we can
eliminates voltage overshoots and ringing across the
dc bus.
This converter can be controlled by a single
controller and the dc bus voltage is left unregulated
and this can also used for implementing the two
level topologies which can increases the high voltage
stresses. so we are going to multi level topologies.
Multilevel converters have been proposed to
try to reduce the peak voltage stresses of the
converter devices. This converter can be made to
operate with an output current that has less ripple and

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an input current that is less distorted than that of a

two-level converter.
The drawbacks of previously proposed
converters can be overcome by a three-level (TL)
voltage-fed single-stage PWM[2]converter as shown
in fig 3and its characteristics are shown in fig.4,by
using this converter turn on and turn off time period
of switches increases. This leads to increases the
stress on switches. By using this PWM method is not
standard phase shift and is therefore not found in
commercially available integrated circuits.

So we are going to a new TL acdc singlestage converter with some standard phase shift is
given to the switches so by using this converter we
can reduces the stress on switches. In this paper we
are using five level acdc single-stage converter with
some standard phase shift is used. This converter can
be used to increase the voltage levels and reduces the
stress on the individual switch. In this paper the
operation of single stage five levels AC-DC converter
can be explained.

Fig 3: Single-stage TL acdc converter with PWM

Fig 4: Typical waveforms of TL acdc converter with PWM

II.OPERATION OF PROPOSED CONVERTER

Fig 1: Two stage converter

Fig 2: Single stage converter

The proposed converter is shown in fig:5,

consists of AC-DC boost PFC into three level
DC/DC converter[13]. It consists of an ac input
section, a five-level dc-dc converter, and dc link
circuitry that contains an inductor Lin.The PFC is
performed by using an auxiliary winding taken from
the main transformer that acts like a switch that turns
on and off in an appropriate manner. The diode
rectifier bridge output is replaced by a rectified
sinusoidal source, and the thick lines represent the
paths of current conduction. The design of this
converter are identical to that presented in [2] for the
converter shown in Fig.3.The analysis of the TL
single-stage converter[1] is shown in Fig.4.

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During this mode, S2 remains ON and S1 is

OFF. Capacitor Cs1 charged by C1 and capacitor Cs4
discharges through Cf. DC-link capacitors are
charged by the energy stored in input inductor in
mode1. At the end of this mode ends when S4 turns
on.
Mode3:

Fig 5: Single-stage TL acdc converter with Phase

shift.

Modes of operation of proposed converter

are given below:
Mode1:

In this mode, S1 and S2 switches are ON,

and energy from dc bus capacitor C1 is transferred to
the output load, total dc-link capacitor voltage is
equal to voltage generated across the auxiliary
winding voltage. so that the current in input inductor
current starts rising.

In this Mode, S1 is OFF and S2 remains

ON. The stored energy in the input inductor during
Mode 1 is completely transferred into the dc-link
capacitors. The input inductor current reaches to zero
at the end of this mode and the load inductor current
freewheels in the secondary of the transformer.
Mode4:

Mode2:

In mode4, S1 is OFF and S2 is ON, the

primary current of the main transformer circulates
through diode D1 and S2, and the load inductor
current freewheels in the secondary of the
transformer.

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Mode 5:

Fig 8.Response at input side

During this mode, S1 and S2 are OFF, and

the current in the primary of transformer charges
capacitor C2 through the switch S4 and body diode of
S3.In this mode the current in load inductor
continues to transfer energy from the input to the
output. This mode ends then symmetrical period
begin, when switches S3 and S4 are switched on.
Typical converter waveforms are shown in fig 6.

Fig 9. Top switches voltages

Fig 6: Typical waveforms for the proposed converter.

Fig 10. Primary voltage of the transformer

III. SIMULATION RESULTS

Fig11.Response at output side

Fig 7Single-stage TL acdc converter with PWM

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Fig 16. Response at Output side

Fig12.Single-stage TL acdc converter with Phase shift.

IV.OPERATION OF SINGLE-STAGE FIVE

LEVEL AC/DC CONVERTERS

Fig13.Response at input side

Fig 14.Top switches voltages

The five level converter is shown in fig:17,

consists of AC-DC boost PFC into five level DC/DC
converter. It consists of an ac input section, a fivelevel dc-dc converter, and dc link circuitry that
contains an inductor Lin.The PFC is performed by
using an auxiliary winding taken from the main
transformer that acts like a switch that turns on and
off in an appropriate manner. The five levels of
voltages are obtained as follows:
1) Maximum positive output voltage, 2V: when the
switches A11, A12, A13, A14 are on remaining all
switches are off.
2) Half positive output voltage, V: when the switches
A12, A13, A14, A21 are on remaining all switches
are off.
3) Zero output voltage,0: when the switches A13,
A14, A21,A22 are on remaining all switches are off.
4) Half negative output voltage,-V: when the
switches A14, A21, A22, A23 are on remaining all
switches are off.
5) Maximum negative output voltage,-2V: when the
switches A21, A22, A23, A24 are on remaining all
switches are off.
V. SIMULATION RESULTS

Fig15.Voltage at primary of the transformer

Fig17: Single-stage five level AC/DC converter

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Fig18. Response at input side

Fig19. Voltage at primary of the transformer

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Fig20. Response at Output side

VI.CONCLUSION
A five level single-stage converter has been
proposed in this paper. The operation of the converter
was explained, and its feasibility was confirmed with
experimental results obtained from a prototype
converter. Multilevel converters have been proposed
to try to reduce the peak voltage stresses of the
converter devices. This converter can be made to
operate with an output current that has less ripple and
an input current that is less distorted than that of a
two-stage converter.
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