Average output voltage of a single-phase thyristor converter with continuous output

current

Supply (input) voltage

vin 2 Vin-rms sin(t ) , (1.1)

where Vin is the rms value and t the electrical angle of the input voltage. If only the first
period of the output voltage waveform is considered, the output voltage

2 Vin-rms sin(t ) when t
vo (1.2)
2 Vin-rms sin(t )
otherwise

The fundamental period of the output voltage is . Thus the average output voltage

T
1 1
Vo-avg
T 0
vo dt vo d(t ) .
0
(1.3)

The integral can be simplified by setting the integration limits to and (instead of 0
and ).

1 1
Vo-avg


vo d(t )


2 Vin-rms sin(t ) d(t ) (1.4)

2 Vin-rms 2 2 Vin-rms
Vo-avg cos( ) cos( ) cos 0.9 Vin-rms cos (1.5)

List of trigonometric identities:

cos( ) cos (1.6)

cos( ) cos( ) (1.7)
The effect of line inductance on DC-voltage

During commutation all the thyristors are conducting and the voltage over line inductance
equals the supply voltage.

diLs
uLs Ls
dt

Multiply both sides by d t .

diLs
uLs d t Ls d t
dt

Take the derivative in terms of d t . Volt-seconds can be obtained by integrating from to

the end of commutation +u. Input current changes from Id to +Id.

diLs
uLs d t Ls d t Ls diLs
d t
u Id

2Vs sin t d t Ls 1 di Ls 2 Ls I d
Id

Left side of the equation corresponds to area Au in the lecture slides (in volt-radians) when
the output voltage is zero. I.e., the average output voltage is reduced by a factor of

Au
2 Ls I d .

The average output voltage of a single-phase thyristor rectifier is therefore

2 2 2
Vd ( ) VRMS cos( ) Ls I d .