UCC28180: Line to Line boost PFC for delta three phase AC input

Part Number: UCC28180

Tool/software:

Hello,

I want to design a 500W DC-DC with delta three phase 480VAC/60Hz input and 24V/20A output. I am thinking of implementing below strategy, where line to line boost PFC using UCC28180 is implemented to provide 800V DC link voltage. All three outputs of boost PFC are shorted and single HB LLC DC-DC is used to convert 800V to 24V. 

Please share your feedback on this. Is this technically feasible? Are there any drawbacks? How to improve these drawbacks?

Thanks

Best Regards

Dhananjay 

  • Hello Dhananjay, 

    Your proposed 3-phase arrangement (shown above) is not technically feasible and will not work. In fact it will damage one or more components, usually one of the diodes in each diode bridge and the fuses will blow. 

    This arrangement does not work because the three GNDs of each PFC stage are NOT common and cannot be connected directly together.  Each GND will rise and fall with the positive and negative peaks of the input line and since the 3 lines are 120 degrees out of phase, the three GNDs are never all the same voltage at the same time.   

    There are three ways around this problem: 
    1.  Use a "Vienna Rectifier" which generally requires and MCU to control it; 
    2.  Use 3 separate LLC stages (one for each PFC) and connect their isolated outputs together (with load-sharing, if necessary);
    3.  Use a 6-diode rectifier bridge at the input and feed all 3 lines into it.  This is simplest, however, the PF will be lower and THDi will be higher.  Many users still find this arrangement to be sufficiently high-enough PF and sufficiently low-enough THDi to pass requirements. 

    Regards,
    Ulrich