Optimal design of lcl harmonic filters for three-phase pfc rectifiers

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3114-3125

  Muhle Thaler, Jonas ^a   Schweizer, Mario ^a   Blattmann, Robert ^a   Kolar, Johann W ^a   Ecklebe, Andreas ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABB SWITZERLAND LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

LCL filter; magnetic components; optimization

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCEDURE; EMI FILTERS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FILTER LOSS; GENERIC OPTIMIZATION; HARMONIC FILTER; LCL FILTERS; LINE FILTERS; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; POWER FACTOR CORRECTIONS; SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS; THREE-PHASE PFC; THREE-PHASE RECTIFIERS;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; POWER TRANSFORMERS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84872013338     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2012.2225641     Document Type: Article

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