Introduction

This book makes available, in a single volume, fundamental results in the area of three-phase rectifiers with reduced harmonic distortion of the input currents based on current injection methods. The bulk of the material is available in references [6], [7], [10], [11], [24]–[40], and [51] which have the author as one of the co-authors. Some new results are included such as magnetic devices that integrate the current injection network inductor, and the application of delta-wye transformers to provide the current injection. Also included are the simulation method applied to analyze effects caused by higher order harmonics in the rectifier, the rectifiers that apply voltageloaded resistance emulators, and square-wave current injection rectifiers. Thus an integrated approach on the subject is presented.