Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (FEAS)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Program: B.Sc. in EEE
Course Code: EEE 378 Name of Course: Power Electronics Laboratory

Experiment No. 10: SINGLE PHASE AC CONTROLLER

Objectives of this experiment are to:

1. Understand and learn SCR characteristics are used to control AC voltages.
2. Learn the advantages of AC voltage control.
3. Learn the advantages of controlled rectifiers over uncontrolled rectifiers.
4. Learn how gate signals are generated for controlled rectification.

Course Outcomes (COs), Program Outcomes (POs) and Assessment:

Domain / level
Expt Delivery methods
CO Statement Corresponding PO of learning Assessment tools
No. and activities
taxonomy
Lab tests
Simulation
CO1: Implement Investigation Lab reports
different designed (PO4) Experiment
Affective Final lab test
converters such as Modern Tool
01 domain/ Practice lab
AC-DC, DC-DC, Usage: (PO5) Open ended
AC-AC, DC-AC etc. analyzing level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation
Lab tests
Simulation
CO2: Design Lab reports
different converter Investigation Experiment
Affective Final lab test
circuits using PSIM (PO4)
02 Modern Tool domain/analyzi Practice lab
software. Open ended
Usage: (PO5) ng level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation

Required Equipments:

1. ED-2040-J (SINGLE PHASE AC CONTROLLER)

2. Single phase AC 220V
3. Oscilloscope
4. Load connection cord
5. Power supply connection cord

Theory:

Figure 10-1: Single Phase AC controller

Figure 10-1 shows single phase AC controller. As shown in the picture, SCR is connected by
antiparallel at the same time, gate signal circuit gives a signal to S1 lagged by as much as α and
another signal to S2 lagged half cycle than S1 at zero cross point of power supply voltage
v.
lf polarity of power supply is positive (+), S1 is forward biased and S2 is reverse biased. That’s why
power supply and load are connected by S1 from θ=α ¿ θ=π and connected by S2 from
θ=α + π ¿ θ=2 π. The output and relevant gate signal is shown in Figure 10-2.

When R-L load is used in Figure 10-1, coil has a series circuit of resistance R and inductance L as
shown in Figure 10-3. lf the current iL, flows from power supply to load, input current is extended
beyond θ=π because the current iL, is inductance load current which can’t become 0 instantaneously.
The current instead becomes 0 at a later time at θ=β which is called the extinction angle. The larger
the value of L, the larger the β. The waveform is shown in Figure 10-4.

The rms output voltage is given by:

√
V rms =
1
∫
2π α
V 2 id(wt )=V
1
π√( β−α )+
sin 2 α −sin 2 β
2
 Figure 10-2: Output waveform of Single Phase AC controller.

The gate circuit is shown in Figure 10-5 and output waveform of each part of gate circuit is shown in
10-6.
 Figure 10-3: Equivalent circuit of coil.

Figure 10-4: Output Waveform of R-L load

 Figure 10-5: Gate circuit

Figure 10-6: Gate circuit output waveform

Working Procedure:
1. Measurement of Sig-In Terminal Voltage: Connect the circuit as shown and record the
waveform.
 Figure 10-7: Measurement of Sig-In terminal voltage of Single Phase AC Controller

2. Measurement of V-Ref terminal: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by
adjusting the Volt-Variable Knob. Set the knob at 50% and record waveform.

Figure 10-8: Measurement of V-Ref terminal voltage of Single Phase AC Controller

3. Measurement of Freq terminal: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by
adjust phase-variable knob. Set the knob at 60%, record waveform and compare with (d) in
Figure 10-6
 Figure 10-9: Measurement of phase terminal voltage of Single Phase AC Controller

4. Measurement of input power: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform.

Figure 10-10: Measurement of input power of Single Phase AC Controller

5. Measurement of SCR gate terminal: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform
of S2 gate terminal. Connect similarly with S1 for recording the waveform at the gate of S1
 Figure 10-11: Measurement of SCR gate terminal voltage of Single Phase AC Controller

6. Measurement of R Load: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by adjusting
the Volt-Variable knob and Phase-Variable knob.

Figure 10-12: Single Phase AC Controller with R Load waveform recording

7. Measurement with R-L Load: Connect the circuit as shown and record the waveform by
adjusting the Volt-Variable knob and Phase-Variable knob.

Figure 10-13: Single Phase AC Controller with R-L load

Measured Results:
Observe, measure and record the waveform of the input voltage and the output voltage from steps 1-8
in working procedure. Plot them neatly in your graph paper.
Home Works:
1. Explain why the output wave shapes are different from each other in the steps 6 and 7.
2. Comment on how the output wave shapes changed due to change in firing angle α.
3. Explain the difference between cyclo converter and this converter.