Department of

Electrical Engineering

Lecture 03
Power Electronics (ELEN-4121)

Prepared By:
Engr. Muhammad Usman Sardar
MSc Electrical Power Engineering
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering
Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information
Technology, Rahim Yar Khan
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RECTIFIERS

(AC to DC Converters)

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 Lecture Contents :
(Part 1 – Uncontrolled Ractifiers)

Chapter 03 (Diode Rectifiers)

Phase-control converters and Its Performance Parameters
(Uncontrolled Rectifiers)
1. Single Phase Half Wave Rectifier
I. with Resistive Load RL
II. With RL Load (R+ jXL)
2. Single Phase Full Wave Rectifier
I. with Resistive Load RL
II. with RL Load (R+ jXL)
3. Multiphase Star Rectifier
4. Three Phase Bridge Rectifier

• Including all relevant Solved Examples, Review Questions and

End Problems of Text Book: Power Electronics Circuits
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 Phase controlled rectifiers are simple and less expensive
 Efficiency of these rectifiers are, in general, above 95%
 These controlled rectifiers are also called ac-dc
converters
 These are extensively used in industrial applications,
specially in variable-speed drives, ranging from fractional
horse power to mega power level

Phase-control converters

Single-phase Three-phase
converters converters

Semiconverters Full converter Dual converters

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 Single-Phase half-wave Un-controlled
Converter with resistive load

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 For Single Phase Half Wave

VDC = =

VRMS = =

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 Single-Phase half-wave Un-controlled
Converter with RL - Load

Output Voltage
V0
goes Negative
due
to stored
magnetic
Energy in
Inductor .
The continuity
of Load current
Since By KVL:
depend upon
V0= VR+VL
Time=ωL/R
VL= V0-VR

Figure: Half Wave rectifier with RL Load (without Freewheeling Diode)

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 Single-Phase half-wave Un-controlled
Converter with RL - Load

Output
Voltage VL
goes Negative
due
to stored
magnetic
Energy .
The continuity
of Load
Since By KVL: current
V0= VR+VL depend upon
VL= V0-VR Time=ωL/R

Figure: Half Wave rectifier with RL Load (with Freewheeling Diode) V0=VR+VL
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Alpha is defined from Load current time constant

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 Home Work
Half wave Battery Charger

Example 3.2
Find the Performance parameter of a Battery Charge (Page #78) (Important)

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 Single-Phase Full Uncontrolled Center-
tapped With Resistive Load

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Single-Phase Full Uncontrolled
Bridge With Resistive Load

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 Full Wave Bridge with RL Load

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 Uncontrolled Rectifier

Peak Value of Each phase is

transferred to DC pulsating
output

At 120 Degree each phase have adjacent

Peak Value and contributing to get Output DC
Voltage

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 3 Phase Half Wave Uncontrolled Rectifier

Since KVL
V1=VD1+VL
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 Multi Phase Star Half Wave Rectifiers

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Three Phase Full Wave or Bridge Rectifier

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FIGURE : Phasor waveform
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VDC  Vcb

Vcb

-Vbc

Sin(a-b)= Sin(a)Cos(b)-Cos(a)Sin(b)
- Sin(wt-900)= Sin(wt)Cos(900)-Cos(wt)Sin(90)

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 THANKS

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