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    A 20-Pulse Asymmetric Multiphase Staggering Autoconfigured Transformer for Power Quality Improvement
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) P, P.; Kalpana, R.; Singh, B.; Bhuvaneswari, G.
    This letter presents a 20-pulse multiphase staggering autoconfigured transformer (MSAT) for power quality improvement in medium and high power applications. The proposed autoconfigured transformer is a combination of delta and zig-zag transformers. Contrary to the prior art multipulse autoconnected transformers, magnetic rating of the proposed configuration is only 40% of the load rating in addition to improved power quality indices. Moreover, the creation of a neutral point ascribed to inbuilt zig-zag windings supplements as one of the remarkable advantages of the proposed MSAT. Therefore, with this suggested configuration, the performance of zig-zag transformer is accomplished within the autoconfigured transformer. A detailed comparison of the proposed MSAT configuration with that of other multipulse autoconnected transformers in terms of magnetic rating and power quality indices are presented. Further, the feasibility and operability of the proposed MSAT are verified and validated through experimental tests on the laboratory prototype. The test results so obtained complies with the IEEE-519 and IEC 61000-3-2 standards on power quality requirements. © 2017 IEEE.
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    Power Quality Enhancement Using Current Injection Technique in a Zigzag Configured Autotransformer-Based 12-Pulse Rectifier
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Kalpana, R.; Chethana, K.S.; P, P.; Singh, B.
    This paper proposes a DC-side circuit configuration that improves the harmonic suppression ability of a 12-pulse diode bridge rectifier (DBR) using a zigzag configured autotransformer. The DC-side circuit uses a single-phase DBR along with interphase transformer which generates the required circulating current thereby modifies the DC currents at the DBR output, in turn shapes the input line current near to a sine wave. The proposed single-phase DBR is connected in parallel with the load which enables to reuse the harmonic energy thus improving the energy conversion efficiency. The zigzag configured autotransformer used for 12-pulse DBR possesses the inbuilt ability to hinder the zero-sequence components, which expel the need of zero sequence blocking transformer. The proposed configuration is analyzed, simulated in MATLAB Simulink and the simulation results are presented, which confirm the reduction of total harmonic distortion (THD) in the input line current thereby improving the power quality under large load variations. Furthermore, the viability of the proposed configuration is verified by experimental results, which confirm the suitability of the proposed configuration in industrial applications. © 1972-2012 IEEE.
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    Application of voltage multiplier in 12-pulse rectifier for sinusoidal input current
    (Institution of Engineering and Technology journals@theiet.org, 2018) P, P.; Kalpana, R.; Singh, B.; Bhuvaneswari, G.
    A DC current injection circuit of a trifurcated autotransformer (TAT)-based 12-pulse diode bridge rectifier (DBR) is proposed which can help reduction of harmonics in the AC mains. The circuit at the DC side employs a voltage multiplier (VM) circuits namely voltage doubler, voltage tripler and voltage quadrupler and an interphase transformer which provides the required circulating current. This induced circulating current shapes the input AC line current near to a sine wave. The output of VM circuits is connected across the load and thereby reuses the harmonic energy absorbed by the system. Thus, improves the energy conversion efficiency of the proposed system. The TAT-based 12-pulse DBR has the implicit ability to prevent the zero sequence components thus expels the necessity of zero sequence blocking transformer. The proposed configuration is analysed, simulated in MATLAB Simulink and the simulation results are presented, which confirms the improvement in power quality parameters in the input AC line current. Further, the viability of the proposed configuration is verified by experimental results which confirm the suitability of the proposed configuration in AC-DC applications. © 2018 Springer Verlag. All rights reserved.