An Experimental Investigation and Feasibility Analysis of a Novel Modified Vienna Rectifier for Harmonic Mitigation in an Induction Heating System
Rahul Raman,
Anand Kumar,
Heba G. Mohamed,
Pradip Kumar Sadhu,
Ritesh Kumar,
Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan,
Edward Randolph Collins,
Tomonobu Senjyu
Affiliations
Rahul Raman
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad 826004, India
Anand Kumar
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sarala Birla University, Ranchi 835103, India
Heba G. Mohamed
Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
Pradip Kumar Sadhu
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad 826004, India
Ritesh Kumar
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SR University, Hasanparthy, Warangal 506371, India
Shriram Srinivasarangan Rangarajan
Enerzinx India Private Limited, Velankani Tech Park, No. 43, 3rd Floor South Wing, Block 1, Hosur Rd, Suryanagar Phase I, Electronic City, Bengaluru 560100, India
Edward Randolph Collins
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Tomonobu Senjyu
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
This paper presents a novel single-phase modified Vienna rectifier (MVR) for the harmonic mitigation and power factor improvement of an induction heating (IH) system. The latter employs a high-frequency resonant inverter that is responsible for the generation of high-frequency harmonics, which, in turn, deteriorates the power quality. This mitigation must be done in accordance with harmonic regulations such as IEEE Std. 519-2014,IEC-555, and EN 61000-3-2, etc. Consequently, an MVR is placed between the power supply and the IH system. The proposed novel MVR topology overcomes the limitations of conventional Vienna rectifiers, such as their unbalanced voltage across output capacitors, high ripple at the output DC bus, and high THD in the supply current, etc. The efficacy of the proposed model has been verified by a series of simulations in PSIM. It is followed by a hardware validation using an Arduino Uno ATmega328 digital controller on a 1.2 kW experimental prototype of the IH system. The simulation and experimental results of the power quality indices comply with the IEEE-519 standards.
