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This paper proposes a novel three-phase power distribution system feeding trapezoidal voltages to various power electronic loads with diode rectifier front-ends. The network distributes trapezoidal voltages generated by synchronous superposition of wave-shaping voltages onto sinusoidal voltages available from a utility power grid. The power distribution by the trapezoidal voltages allows reducing harmonics of the line currents without electronic switching devices because of a spontaneously widened conduction period of the current waveforms. The reduction of the harmonic currents also contributes to improve total power factor at the load input terminals and efficiency of the power transmission cables. Since the diodes of the rectifiers successively commutate the trapezoidal waves during periods of their flat parts, not only total harmonic distortion of the currents is improved, but also voltage ripple across the dc-buses of the rectifiers can effectively be reduced with less filter capacitors. In addition, the system offers an uninterruptible power supply function by immediately changing its outputs from the wave-shaping voltages to the trapezoidal voltages when interruption occurs in the power grid. In this paper, a prototype of the system is experimentally examined from various angles of operating characteristics and test results are presented to prove feasibility of the proposed system.
