Active Front-End Rectifier Modeling and Analysis

Modeling and comprehensive analysis of the Active Front-End (AFE) rectifier is addressed in this work. The particular emphasis is on the comparison of two state feedback control frameworks: state-space and frequency domain. The equivalence of both frameworks for the AFE case was shown. Moreover, analytical relations between control gains and system parameters was derived, allowing for explicit gain scheduling as a function of operating point over the mission profile. The state observation of grid currents has also been addressed. Finally, the work shows the example of robustness evaluation in presence of system variation using the Lyapunov functions approach. The system in nominal conditions was shown to be robust with respect to $50\%$ AC hardware parameter variations.