Steady-state modeling, analysis, and performance of transistor-controlled AC power conditioning systems

Steady-state modeling, analysis, and solution of transistor-controlled systems are developed and experimentally verified over a wide range of operation. General features of the system performance and the effects of the chopping frequency on the performance parameters and harmonic generation are thoroughly investigated. Over most of the control range, and for chopping frequencies in the order of several hundred hertz and higher, it is demonstrated that the harmonic contents of the load current are almost negligible, providing highly desired operating conditions for many applications where the fundamental current is the only useful component.>