Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme

Miranda-Vidales, Homero; Flota-Bañuelos, Manuel; Cruz, Braulio; Chan-Puc, Freddy I.; Espinosa-Trujillo, María

doi:10.3390/en18246549

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Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme

by

Homero Miranda-Vidales

^1,*

,

Manuel Flota-Bañuelos

^2,*

,

Braulio Cruz

²

,

Freddy I. Chan-Puc

³

and

María Espinosa-Trujillo

⁴

¹

Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78210, Mexico

²

Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida 97302, Mexico

³

División de Ciencias e Ingeniería, Universidad de Quintana Roo, Chetumal 77019, Mexico

⁴

División Industrial, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Merida 97279, Mexico

^*

Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Energies 2025, 18(24), 6549; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246549

Submission received: 20 October 2025 / Revised: 2 December 2025 / Accepted: 11 December 2025 / Published: 15 December 2025

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel multi-loop control strategy for Vienna rectifiers that eliminates coordinate transformations while achieving superior performance under adverse grid conditions. Unlike conventional

d q

-frame controllers that suffer from computational complexity and degraded performance during unbalanced conditions, the proposed

a b c

-frame scheme achieves a power factor of

98 %

with total harmonic distortion (THD) below

5 %

across all operating conditions. The system exhibits a settling time under 120 μs for

90 %

load transients and ensures robust operation during Type A voltage sags while maintaining a

94 %

power factor. Furthermore, it guarantees zero steady-state neutral point deviation. The controller employs a dual-loop architecture with high-gain current tracking and PI-based voltage regulation, validated through extensive PSIM/C++ co-simulations at 120 kw. Comparative analysis demonstrates a

35 %

reduction in computational burden relative to

d q

-frame alternatives, while fully complying with IEEE-519:2022 standards. These results highlight the proposed method as a practical and robust solution for industrial rectification applications requiring grid-fault tolerance.

Keywords: Vienna rectifier; power quality; nonlinear control; voltage sag compensation; harmonic distortion

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Miranda-Vidales, H.; Flota-Bañuelos, M.; Cruz, B.; Chan-Puc, F.I.; Espinosa-Trujillo, M. Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme. Energies 2025, 18, 6549. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246549

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Miranda-Vidales H, Flota-Bañuelos M, Cruz B, Chan-Puc FI, Espinosa-Trujillo M. Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme. Energies. 2025; 18(24):6549. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246549

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Miranda-Vidales, Homero, Manuel Flota-Bañuelos, Braulio Cruz, Freddy I. Chan-Puc, and María Espinosa-Trujillo. 2025. "Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme" Energies 18, no. 24: 6549. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246549

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Miranda-Vidales, H., Flota-Bañuelos, M., Cruz, B., Chan-Puc, F. I., & Espinosa-Trujillo, M. (2025). Enhancing Vienna Rectifier Performance with a Simplified abc Frame Multi-Loop Control Scheme. Energies, 18(24), 6549. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18246549

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