A Series Arc Fault Detection Strategy for Single-Phase Boost PFC Rectifiers

Younghoon Cho; Jongung Lim; Hyunuk Seo; Sun-Bae Bang; Gyu-Ha Choe

A Series Arc Fault Detection Strategy for Single-Phase Boost PFC Rectifiers

Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 1664-1672, Nov. 2015

10.6113/JPE.2015.15.6.1664

Arc fault detection

Power factor correction

Series arc

UL1699

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Abstract

This paper proposes a series arc fault detection algorithm which incorporates peak voltage and harmonic current detectors for single-phase boost power factor correction (PFC) rectifiers. The series arc fault model is also proposed to analyze the phenomenon of the arc fault and detection algorithm. For arc detection, the virtual dq transformation is utilized to detect the peak input voltage. In addition, multiple combinations of low- and high-pass filters are applied to extract the specific harmonic components which show the characteristics of the series arc fault conditions. The proposed model and the arc detection method are experimentally verified through a boost PFC rectifier prototype operating under the grid-tied condition with an artificial arc generator manufactured under the guidelines for the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1699 standard.

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[IEEE Style]

Y. Cho, J. Lim, H. Seo, S. Bang, G. Choe, "A Series Arc Fault Detection Strategy for Single-Phase Boost PFC Rectifiers," Journal of Power Electronics, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1664-1672, 2015. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2015.15.6.1664.

[ACM Style]

Younghoon Cho, Jongung Lim, Hyunuk Seo, Sun-Bae Bang, and Gyu-Ha Choe. 2015. A Series Arc Fault Detection Strategy for Single-Phase Boost PFC Rectifiers. Journal of Power Electronics, 15, 6, (2015), 1664-1672. DOI: 10.6113/JPE.2015.15.6.1664.