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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Abb Technology Ltd., Zürich, CH;
Inventors:
Jiaqi Liang, Cary, NC (US);
Li Qi, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/12 (2006.01); H02M 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/12 (2013.01); H02M 7/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a first DC rail and a second DC rail, and a rectifier coupled with the first and second DC rails. A multilevel converter is also coupled with the DC rails and operable to limit input current harmonics to the rectifier. Differences between voltage phase and current phase in AC electrical power supplied to the system are compensated via closed loop control of a voltage output of the multilevel converter.