Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No.

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Experiment No. 6 Full Wave Rectifier Using R-C Triggering

Pre-Lab Reading: 2. Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications, by M. H. Rashid (3e).

Objectives: To analyze full wave RC- firing network of SCR. Equipment: AC supply, oscilloscope, SCR (MCR 100-6), single phase Diode Bridge, load resistor of designed value, variable gate resistance, capacitor, connecting wires and breadboard.

Circuit Diagram:

Figure 6a Task: Vary the firing angle (90 to 180 degree) by changing the gate resistance and observe load voltage and voltage across thyristor on the oscilloscope. Sketch waveforms for selected values of firing angle.

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Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

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Design Procedure: The design equations are same as used in experiment number 3 for half wave RC-triggering. Load Resistance = ____________ ohms Rmin = ______________________ ohms Gate resistance = ______________ohms Capacitor =___________________

Procedure: 1. Adjust the supply voltage as used in design procedure. Recommended is 10 V peak at frequency of 50 Hz. 2. Arrange the circuit as shown in Figure 6a. 3. Keep the potentiometer resistance RG to its maximum value so IG is very small and SCR is not triggered. Measure and observe the voltage across load and SCR. 4. Decrease the resistance of potentiometer RG such that SCR is now fired and almost all the input voltage appears across the load. Measure and observe the change in voltage across load and SCR 5. Record your observations for at least ten different firing angles over the entire range of observation. 6. Record your observations and calculations in tabular form and also plot the waveforms observed on oscilloscope. 7. Compare the practical output voltage with theoretical output voltage.

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Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

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Observation Table:

No.

Firing Angle

Vo (dc) (Practically using DMM)

Vo (dc) (Theoretically using calculations)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Sketch voltage waveform across load resistance for firing angle in reading 2

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No. ______________________ Section: ______________________

Sketch voltage waveform across thyristor for firing angle used above

Sketch voltage waveform across load resistance for firing angle in reading 4

Sketch voltage waveform across thyristor for firing angle used above

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No. ______________________ Section: ______________________

Sketch voltage waveform across load resistance for firing angle in reading 6

Sketch voltage waveform across thyristor for firing angle used above

Sketch voltage waveform across load resistance for firing angle in reading 8

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No. ______________________ Section: ______________________

Sketch voltage waveform across thyristor for firing angle used above

Sketch voltage waveform across load resistance for firing angle in reading 10

Sketch voltage waveform across thyristor for firing angle used above

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No. ______________________ Section: ______________________

Show your calculations for voltage with firing angle in reading 3

Show your calculations for voltage with firing angle in reading 7

Sketch the variation of output voltage with firing angle.

Comments: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore

Power Electronics Laboratory Reg. No. ______________________ Section: ______________________

Performance Parameters:

Evaluate the following parameters by consulting the suggested pre-lab reading. Also consult the lab manual handout of Experiment No. 1 (use a separate paper sheet if required, to record the required observations and details of calculations):
Rectifier Efficiency = _______________ Form Factor = _______________ Ripple Factor = ________________ Transformer or Source Utilization Factor (TUF) = _________________ Express the output voltage (at firing angle of 120 degree) with Fourier series.

Session 2008

Seventh Semester

EED,UET, Lahore