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FUZZY CONTROLLED PARALLEL AC-DC CONVERTER FOR PFC
SUBBARAO.M1, Sai BABU.Ch2, SATYANARAYANA.S3, SOBHAN.P.V.S1
1Depa men o Elec ical and Elec onics Enginee ing, Vignan’s Enginee ing College, Vadlamudi, 522 213, India
2Depa men o Elec ical and Elec onics Enginee ing, College o Enginee ing JNTUK, Kakinada, 533 003, India
3VRS& YRN Eng. College, Chi ala, 523 157, India
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[email protected], [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed], [email p o ec ed]
Abs ac . Pa alleling o con e e modules is a well-
known echnique ha is o en used in medium-powe
applica ions o achie e he desi ed ou pu powe by using
smalle size o high equency ans o me s and
induc o s. In his pape , a pa allel-connec ed single-
phase PFC opology using lyback and o wa d
con e e s is p oposed o imp o e he ou pu ol age
egula ion wi h simul aneous inpu powe ac o
co ec ion (PFC) and con ol. The goal o he con ol is
o s abilize he ou pu ol age o he con e e agains he
load a ia ions. The pape p esen s he de i a ion o
uzzy con ol ules o he dc/dc con e e ci cui and
con ol algo i hm o egula ing he dc/dc con e e . This
pape p esen s a design example and ci cui analysis o
200 W powe supply. The p oposed app oach o e s cos
e ec i e, compac and e icien AC/DC con e e by he
use o pa allel powe p ocessing. MATLAB/SIMULINK
is used o implemen a ion and simula ion esul s show
he pe o mance imp o emen .
Keywo ds
Flyback con e e , PFC, powe con e sion, uzzy
con ol.
1. In oduc ion
A numbe o powe ac o co ec ion ci cui s ha e been
de eloped ecen ly [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5]. No mally a
boos con e e is employed o PFC wi h DC/DC s age
o imp o e pe o mance o a lyback con e e is used o
educe he cos . Al hough bo h boos con e e and
lyback con e e a e capable o PFC applica ions [6],
he main di icul y in wo-s age scheme employing a PFC
boos and a DC/DC con e e is he high cos and lowe
e iciency. Howe e , single-s age me hod using he
simples lyback con e e is no able o igh ly egula e
he ou pu ol age.
Pa alleling o con e e powe modules [7] is a
well-known echnique ha is o en used in high-powe
applica ions o achie e he desi ed ou pu powe wi h
smalle size powe ans o me s and induc o s [10]. Since
magne ics a e c i ical componen s in powe con e e s
because gene ally hey a e he size-limi ing ac o s in
achie ing high-densi y and/o low-p o ile powe
supplies, he design o magne ics becomes e en mo e
challenging o high-powe applica ions ha call o high
powe -densi y and low-p o ile packaging. Ins ead o
designing la ge-size cen alized magne ics ha handle he
en i e powe , low-powe dis ibu ed high densi y low-
p o ile magne ics can be u ilized o handle he high
p ocessing powe , while only pa ial load powe low
h ough each indi idual magne ics [10], [11].
In addi ion o physically dis ibu ing he
magne ics and hei powe losses and he mal s esses,
pa alleling also dis ibu es powe losses and he mal
s esses o he semiconduc o s due o a smalle powe
p ocessed h ough he indi idual pa alleled powe s ages.
As a esul , pa alleling is a popula app oach o
elimina ing "ho spo s" in powe supplies. In addi ion, he
swi ching equencies o pa alleled, lowe -powe powe
s ages may be highe han he swi ching equencies o
he co esponding single, high-powe p ocessing s ages
because lowe -powe , as e semiconduc o swi ches can
be used in implemen ing he pa alleled powe s ages.
Consequen ly, pa alleling o e s an oppo uni y o educe
he size o he magne ic componen s and o achie e a
low-p o ile design o high powe applica ions.
Wi hou inc easing he numbe o powe s ages
and con ol-ci cui componen s, he ans o me
magne ics can be dis ibu ed by di ec ans o me
pa alleling. No only ha ans o me pa alleling
dis ibu es he p ocessed powe in each magne ics
componen s, bu also hei powe losses and he mal
s esses a e dis ibu ed a he same ime. Howe e ,
cu en sha ing among he pa alleled ans o me s needs
o be main ained o ensu e powe balance.
In i s basic o m, he in e lea ing echnique can be
iewed as a a ia ion o he pa alleling echnique, whe e
he swi ching ins an s a e phase-shi ed wi hin a
swi ching pe iod [12]. By in oducing an equal phase
shi be ween he pa alleled powe s ages, he o al
induc o cu en ipple o he powe s age seen by he
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ou pu il e capaci o is lowe ed due o he ipple
Cancella ion e ec [12].
The goal o he p oposed PFC scheme is o educe
he passi e componen size, o employ lowe a ed
semiconduc o , and o imp o e o al e iciency.
Simula ion esul s show ha he p oposed opology is
capable o o e ing good powe ac o co ec ion and as
dynamic esponse.
2. PFC Cells
2.1 Two S age PFC App oach
A wo-s age scheme shown in Fig. 1 is mainly employed
o he swi ching powe supplies since he boos s age
can o e good inpu powe ac o wi h low o al
ha monic dis o ion (THD) and egula e he dc-link
ol age and he DC/DC s age is able o ob ain as ou pu
egula ion wi hou low equency ipple due o he
egula ed dc-link ol age [13]. These wo powe
con e sion s ages a e con olled sepa a ely. Howe e ,
wo-s age scheme su e s om highe cos , complica ed
con ol, low-powe densi y, and lowe e iciency.
2.2 Single S age PFC App oach
Fo low powe applica ions, whe e cos is a dominan
issue, a single-s age scheme using he lyback con e e
Fig. 2 is mo e a ac i e han a wo-s age scheme.
2.3 Pa allel PFC App oach
A highe powe le els, since i may be bene icial o
pa allel wo o mo e DC/DC con e e s a he han using
a single highe powe uni , a pa allel-connec ed scheme
is p oposed as shown in Fig. 3. This app oach can o e
as ou pu ol age egula ion and high e iciency. The
o wa d con e e wi h DC/DC s age can o e good
ou pu ol age egula ion due o he p e y dc inpu
ol age and he lyback con e e wi h AC/DC PFC s age
ul ills inpu cu en egula ion o ob ain highly e icien
powe ac o .
Fig. 1: Two-S age PFC.
Fig. 2: Single s age PFC.
Fig. 3: P oposed pa allel-connec ed single-phase PFC scheme.
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Fig. 4: Pa allel-connec ed single-phase PFC scheme.
3. P oposed Pa allel PFC Scheme
Figu e 4 shows he p oposed pa allel-connec ed PFC
scheme which employs a diode ec i ie , dc-link
capaci o , o wa d con e e and lyback con e e . The
unc ion o a o wa d con e e wi h an elec oly ic
capaci o is o suppo ou pu ol age egula ion.
A lyback con e e ul ills he unc ion o powe
ac o co ec ion by making inpu cu en sinusoidal and
egula ing dc-link ol age. The ope a ion o he lyback
con e e is gi en in his pa ag aph conside ing ha he
o wa d con e e ope a es ideally. The PFC Cell
( o wa d con e e ) ope a es wi h con inuous conduc ion
mode in bo h an inpu induc o and a lyback ans o me .
The dc-link ol age in his scheme:
sdc VV 2. (1)
The ans e unc ion o he lyback con e e is
exp essed by de ining a con e sion a io as he a io o
he dc ou pu ol age o he inpu ol age:
)1( nD
D
V
V
Md
o
, (2)
whe e, D is he du y a io o he swi ch Qh, n (=Np/Ns), is
de ined as he a io o Np o Ns, and Np and Ns deno e he
numbe o u ns o p ima y and seconda y side,
espec i ely. To analyze he ci cui pa ame e s, basic
equa ions o ol ages and cu en s a e gi en by:
hpd iii , (3)
d
di
LV
d
d
L, (4)
d
Ld hi VVV
, (5)
Qhhih VVV
1, (6)
whe e id , ip, and ih a e he ec i ied, DC/DC Cell, and
PFC Cell inpu cu en s on dc side. VLd , Vhi, Vhi, Vd
,Vh1, VQh, and Vo and a e he inpu induc o , lyback
con e e inpu , ec i ied inpu , ans o me p ima y
winding, swi ch, and ou pu ol ages, espec i ely. Since
he wo inpu cu en s, ip and ih, a e in e lea ed, inpu
cu en , id , ipple can be signi ican ly educed.
The ope a ional sequences a e as ollows:
0- 1: As shown in Fig. 5(a) The cu en o lyback
ans o me does no low simul aneously in bo h
windings. When he swi ch Qh is u ned ON a o,
VQ becomes ze o and diode Doh is u ned OFF
wi h a e e se bias. The ol age ac oss he diode
Doh equals o Vo + Vhi/n. Ene gy, LmhI2, is cha ged
in he magne ic ield in he p ima y winding o he
lyback ans o me . P ima y cu en , ih, amps up
om he emaining magne izing cu en and
eaches Id wi h he slope, (Vhi /Lmh), ip dec eases
wi h a slow cu en ail, and slowly dec eases un il
ip eaches ze o. A he same ime he o wa d
con e e swi ch Qp is OFF because, as he swi ch
Qh is ON he po en ial a he junc ion o diode Dp
and inpu induc o Ld i.e. VLd >Vhi, he diode Dp is
e e se biased. The diode Dop is also e e se
biassed due o he pola i y o he o wa d
ans o me and a nega i e ol age o -nVo. The
ol age ac oss he ou pu induc o is VL= -Vo and
he induc o cu en iL dec eases and iL along wi h
ioh, ci cula es h ough diode D , and supplied o
load.
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Fig. 5(a): Fo wa d con e e swi ch Qp is OFF and lyback con e e
swi ch Qh is ON.
1- 2: The p ima y cu en o lyback con e e
inc eases by Vd /(Lmh + Ld ). The ol age ac oss
swi ch Qp dec eases om 2Vd o Vd . The inpu
induc o cu en amps up o ill swi ch Qh is OFF.
Fig. 5(b): Fo wa d con e e swi ch Qp is ON and lyback con e e
swi ch Qh is OFF.
2- 3: As shown i Fig. 5(b), when he swi ch Qh is
u ned OFF, Doh is u ned ON wi h o wa d bias.
The cu en in he p ima y winding ceases o low.
The s o ed ene gy is ans e ed o he seconda y
winding. A his ime, he swi ch ol age, VQh,
becomes Vhi+nVo, ip becomes id and dec eases
depending on inpu ol age, and he seconda y
cu en dec eases wi h he slope (n2Vo/Lmh). When
he swi ch Qp is ON, he diode Dp is o wa d
biassed because he po en ial a junc ion be ween
he diode and induc o is VLd <Vhi+nVo. The
p ima y cu en o o wa d ans o me amps up
and he ene gy s o ed in he p ima y winding is
ins an aneously ans e ed o seconda y, because
o he same pola i y o he o wa d ans o me .
The diode Dop is o wa d biassed and diode D is
e e sed biassed. The ou pu induc o cu en iL
inc eases along wi h ioh which is deli e ed o load.
The cu en slope h ough he magne izing
induc o when he swi ch Qh is u ned o is gi en
as:
o
mh
o
mh T
L
nV
i , (7)
whe e, To is he u n-o ime. Simila ly, he change o
he lyback con e e inpu cu en ip h ough a diode is:
o
d
d
pT
L
VVdc
i
. (8)
Based on wo slopes o imh and ip, he ailed diode
cu en mode in which he diode cu en has cu en ail,
when he slope o imh is g ea e han ha o ip:
mh
d odcmh
d L
LnVVL
. (9)
In con inuous conduc ion inpu induc o cu en
mode, when he MOSFET is swi ched on, he diode Dp is
o ced in o e e se eco e y a a high a e o change in
he diode cu en ip. In his ailed mode ope a ion,
howe e , he diode cu en slowly dec eases so ha he
e e se eco e y e ec can be minimized.
To analyze he lyback con e e ope a ion, an
open loop du y a io is ob ained om (2) as:
od
o
hopen nV
nV
D
,, (10)
whe e, inpu ol age SinV sd
2:
d
s
ond
hiD
T
Ti
i. , (11)
d p iDi ).1( , (12)
whe e, inpu cu en SinIi sd
2.
The e o e, wo cu en s can be ob ained:
os
so
hnV SinV
SinInV
i
2
2, (13)
hs
os
o
sp
i SinI
nV SinV
nV
SinIi
2
2
12
. (14)
The ins an aneous powe s h ough he diode Dp
and he ans o me T2 a e calcula ed by using he inpu
induc ance and he magne izing induc ance:
].[
2
,up
LL
LL
P
d mh
d mh
pup
, (15)
].[
2
,up
LL
L
P
d mh
mh
puh
, (16)
whe e, Lmh and Ld deno e he magne izing induc ance o
T2 and inpu induc ance, espec i ely, and he inpu o al
powe ].[1
,,, upPPP puhpuppuin
. On he o he hand
by employing he open loop du y a io Dopen, h, wo
ins an aneous powe s can be de i ed by:
hsspdcp i SinIViVP
22. , (17)
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pinh PPP , (18)
whe e }2cos1{ IVP ssin
. The ela ions be ween wo
induc ances and wo inpu a e age powe s o wo
con e e s a e exp essed as:
a eh
a ep
mh
d mh
P
P
L
LL
,
,
, (19)
1
,
,
a eh
a ep
mhd P
P
LL . (20)
The ou pu cu en s o he wo cells a e gi en by
u ns a io:
hoh
op
ini
ini
.
.
. (21)
Since he ou pu load cu en io may con ain only
dc and swi ching equency componen s, he ha monic
con en s o he p ima y cu en o he lyback con e e -
I is exp essed as:
o
ss
ohopo V
IV
iii , (22)
xhx ii ,, , (23)
whe e, x = (2 , 4, 6, e c.) is ha monic o de . F om (23),
he dc-link capaci o cu en can be es ima ed as a second
ha monic:
.2cos)( 2,2,2, iii hpdc
(24)
The e o e, he ol age ipple o he dc-link
capaci o is ob ained as:
C
ii
V
p
hp
ippledc
2sin
2
2,2,
,
, (25)
whe e, Cp is he capaci ance o he dc-link capaci o .
4. Con e e Con olle s
To con ol he p oposed app oach, wo con ol s ages a e
equi ed o PFC and ou pu ol age egula ion as shown
in Fig. 6. Flyback con e e is egula ed by a
con en ional PFC con olle which consis s o inne inpu
cu en loop and ou e dc-link ol age [13] o ob ain high
powe ac o . DC-link ol age is 1,414*Vs, which is
be e o educe he ol age ac oss d ain-sou ce o
MOSFET Qp . Based on he PFC con olle , a eed-
o wa d con ol block is added o imp o e inpu cu en
shape. Since he open loop du y a io Dopen,h o he PFC
cell is calcula ed om (10), he inal du y a io o he
swi ch ga e inpu is ob ained as
pihopenh DDD ,, (26)
whe e Dpi, is he closed loop du y a io ob ained om S-
R lip lop cu en con olle . The ou pu Dpi o he S-R
lip lop cu en egula o con aining a small amoun o
a ia ions p o ides he co ec ion o he inal du y a io.
On he o he hand, ou pu ol age Vo con ol is achie ed
by o wa d con e e . Figu e 8 shows a Fuzzy ol age
con olle wi h a open loop du y a io Dopen,h which is
calcula ed simila ly o Dopen,p in e ms o powe a ings o
each con e e
pupod
pupo
popen PnV
PnV
D
.
.
,
. (27)
Final du y a io Dp is ob ained by adding he du y
a io Dpi om con olle wi h Dopen,p. The ou pu ol age
con ol esponse is much as e han single s age scheme
since wo con e e s a e employed o sepa a e con ol
unc ion.
Fig. 6: Con e e con olle s.
5. Design Example
The p oposed PFC ci cui is designed acco ding o he
ollowing pa ame e s:
o al ou pu powe (Po) = 200 [W],
inpu ol age (Vs) = 230 [V],
ou pu ol age (Vo) = 48 [V],
line equency = 50 [Hz],
swi ching equency = 37000 [Hz],
ou pu dc capaci ance (Co) = 1500 [μF],
ans o me u ns a io (n) = 4,41:1.
Fo wa d Con e e :
powe a ing = 109,4 [W],
magne izing induc ance (Lmp) = 0,5 [mH],
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DC capaci ance = 660 [µF].
Flyback Con e e :
powe a ing = 90,6 [W],
magne izing induc ance (Lmh) = 1,2 [mH].
The p oposed scheme p o ides small inpu
induc o since he induc o cu en depends on, dc-link
ol age is smalle so ha he ol age s ess on he swi ch
o he o wa d con e e is less, he powe a ing o
DC/DC s age is a bi highe han a e age powe due o
lowe ha monic componen s, and he diode e e se
eco e y loss is minimized because o he ailed diode
conduc ion mode.
The membe ship unc ions o he inpu s e o ,
change in e o and ou pu a e iangula as shown in
Fig. 7.
Fig. 7: Single s age PFC.
Tab.1: FIS ule able.
E/ce NB NS ZE PS PB
PB NS NS NS NS NB
PS ZE ZE ZE NS NS
ZE ZE ZE ZE ZE ZE
NS PS PS ZE ZE ZE
NB PB PS PS PS PS
In e ence sys em ule able used o he design o
uzzy con olle is shown in Fig. 8.
Fig. 8: MATLAB/Simulink model o p oposed opology.
6. Simula ion and Resul s
The p oposed opology is implemen ed using
MATLAB/Simulink is shown in Fig. 8. The esul s o he
p oposed opology a e shown in Fig. 9, 10 and 11. Uni y
powe ac o and igh ou pu ol age (48 V) egula ion
can be achie ed. The dc-link ol age is 1,414*Vs=325 V,
and he ol age ipple o he dc-link is 0,4 V which
mainly depends on he dc-link capaci ance. Two con ol
sys ems a e implemen ed o p o e he p oposed scheme
7. Conclusion
A pa allel-connec ed single phase powe ac o co ec ion
(PFC) opology using Fuzzy con olle o o wa d
con e e and a lyback con e e has been p oposed. I
has been shown ha ou pu ol age egula ion is achie ed
by DC/DC cell and he inpu powe ac o co ec ion is
achie ed by AC/DC PFC cell. The p oposed app oach
o e s he ollowing ad an ages: smalle size passi e
componen s, lowe ol age-ampe e a ing o DC/DC
s age, and highe e iciency. Simula ion esul s
demons a e he capabili y o he p oposed scheme.
powe gui
Con inuous
Vol age Measu emen
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Scope5
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m
D
S
Mos e
g
m
D
S
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12
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Con olle
Diode 6
Diode 5Diode 4
Diode 3
Diode 2
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i
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Fig. 9: Sou ce ol age & cu en .
Fig. 10: Ou pu cu en .
Fig. 11: Ou pu ol age.
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ISBN 0-7803-0485-3.
Abou Au ho s
SUBBARAO.M was bo n in 1982. He ecei ed B. Tech
om JNTUH in 2000. M. Tech om JNTUA in 2007. He
is cu en ly pu suing he Ph.D. Deg ee a JNTU college
o Enginee ing, Kakinada. His esea ch in e es s include
Powe Elec onics and D i es.
Sai BABU.Ch ob ained Ph.D. Deg ee in Reliabili y
S udies o HVDC Con e e s om JNTU, Hyde abad.
Cu en ly he is wo king as a P o esso in Dep . o EEE in
Uni e si y College o Enginee ing, JNT Uni e si y,
Kakinada. His a eas o in e es a e Powe Elec onics and
D i es, Powe Sys em Reliabili y, HVDC Con e e .
SATYANARAYANA.S, ob ained Ph.D. Deg ee in
Dis ibu ion Au oma ion om JNTU college o
Enginee ing, Hyde abad. His esea ch in e es s include
Dis ibu ion Au oma ion and Powe Sys ems.
SOBHAN.P.V.S was bo n in 1977. He ecei ed M.E
Deg ee om AU, Vishakapa nam in 2002. He is
cu en ly pu suing he Ph.D. Deg ee a JNTU college o
Enginee ing, Kakinada.