Digital control of isolated Cuk power factor correction converter under wide range of load variation
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This study presents a novel digital double‐loop control method, that is, inner current loop and outer voltage loop, for a single‐stage isolated Cuk power factor correction (PFC) converter in continuous conduction mode (CCM). First, control law of current loop, consisting of a current term and a voltage term, is derived. Considering that inductance value of inductors varies with load change, an adaptive gain scheduling method is applied to change the current term. Second, control law of voltage loop is derived based on proportional‐integral control with introducing linearisation and feedforward compensation. Meanwhile, a moving average filter is utilised to decrease ripple effect of output voltage, and thus smoother input signal for current loop and fast dynamic response for voltage loop are guaranteed. A 1600 W one‐phase isolated Cuk PFC converter controlled by a digital signal processor is developed and achieves power factor higher than 0.99, total harmonic distortion of input current lower than 8.5% with load varying from 25 to 100% and fast dynamic response performance. Finally, a 4800 W three‐phase AC–DC converter based on the above PFC converter is implemented and its performance additionally indicate that current sharing issue can be easy to deal with by using the proposed control method.
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In [101], the design for an Isolated CUK converter-based PFC has been put forward, with a power rating of 1.6 kW.
“In [101], the design for an Isolated CUK converter-based PFC has been put forward.The converter has a power rating of 1.6 kW.”
From On-Board Chargers for Electric Vehicles: A Comprehensive Performance and Efficiency Review (2024) · cites this paper as [101]
The topology in [101] is characterized by a short lifespan because of the higher value of capacitance and has an efficiency of 91%.
“This topology is characterized by a short lifespan because of the higher value of capacitance and has an efficiency of 91%.”
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- Authors
- Dian, S., Wen, X., Deng, X., & Zhang, S.
- Affiliations
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Dian, Songyi
- Venue
- IET Power Electronics
- Published
- 2015-01
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 142-150
- ISSN
- 1755-4535 (ISSN-L)
- 1755-4543
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- W2018874784
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- FWCI
- 2.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- IET Power Electronics (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced DC-DC Converters
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Multilevel Inverters and Converters
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Power Quality and Harmonics
- Keywords
- Cuk converter, power factor correction, isolated DC-DC converter, current loop control, voltage control loop, adaptive gain scheduling, load variation, moving average filter, PI controller, linearization, feedforward compensation, AC-DC converter, current sharing, continuous conduction mode
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