Abstract
This paper presents an analysis of the steady and transient characteristics of capacitor-input-type diode rectifier circuits connected to a delta-star transformer in a three-phase rectangular-waveform distribution system. Equations are derived for the input current, output voltage, and total input power factor of the rectifier circuits. The total input power factor can be improved from 0.91 to 0.98 by using the delta-star transformer. Further, design methods are developed for both the input reactor and output capacitor of the rectifier circuits. A small input reactor is desirable for obtaining a large total input power factor and a constant output voltage. The output capacitor can be designed to obtain the required output voltage variation in steady and transient states. The effectiveness of the proposed analysis is experimentally verified by using a 2.4kW prototype.
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