Full-Wave Controlled Rectifier with Resistive Load

There are many ways we can develop a full-wave controlled rectifier. Some of them are shown below. Idea here is to control the dc output voltage when the maximum value of the input voltage cannot be changed.

Given data: R := 100 f := 60 Hz = 376.991 Vm := 170 V := 2 f rad/s

Let us assume that the firing angle is

:=

= 30 deg

Let us sketch the waveforms for one time period:t := 0 , 0.01 .. 2 The source voltage: Then the expression for the output voltage is vo ( t) := if ( t , v ( t) , if ( + t 2 , v ( t) , 0) ) v ( t) := Vm sin ( t)

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Compute the rms values of the input voltage, output voltage, and output current as:
2

Vsrms :=

1 2 0

v ( a) da

Vsrms = 120.208 V

Vorms :=

2 2 vo ( a) da 2
2

Vorms = 118.462 V

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The general expression for the mrs value of the output voltage in terms of the firing angle is 1 sin ( 2 ) + 2 2 4

Voeff := Vm

Voeff = 118.462 V

Note that we have used the subscripts rms and eff (short for effective) just to differentiate the fact that we have employed two methods to obtain the same quantity. The rms current through the load is Vorms R

Iorms :=

Iorms = 1.185 A

The dc values of the output voltage is 2 Vodc := vo ( a) da 2

Vodc = 100.976 V

The general expression for the average value of the output voltage in terms of the firing angle is Voavg := Vm ( 1 + cos ( ) ) Voavg = 100.976 V

Once again, we have used different subscripts for the average value to highlight the fact that we have computed it two different ways. Vodc R

Average current:

Iodc :=

Iodc = 1.01 A

DC Power Output:

Podc := Vodc Iodc PoT := Iorms R

3

Podc = 101.961 W PoT = 140.333 W

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Total Power Output:

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Apparent power output:

So := Vorms Iorms

So = 140.333 VA

Rectification ratio:

:=

Podc So

= 0.727

For a Center-tapped transformer

Effective current through each diode:

ID1rms :=

2 1 vo ( a) da 2 R

ID1rms = 0.838 A

The diode current can also be computed from the rms value of the output current as Iorms 2

ID1eff :=

ID1eff = 0.838 A

Apparent Power Input:

Sinput := 2 Vsrms ID1rms

Sinput = 201.386 VA

Transformer utilization factor: TUF :=

Podc Sinput

TUF = 0.506

Power factor:

pf :=

PoT Sinput

pf = 0.697

V 1 Hz 1

A 1 H 1

W1

VAR 1 VA 1

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