Power Electronics

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Lecturer: Dr. Farhad SHAHNIA
Lecturer 02

Semester 2, 2014.
Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Diode Rectifiers

AC
DC
Singlephase

Threephase

Resistive
Inductive
Resistiveinductive

Single-phase half-wave diode

rectifier (R load)

The average output voltage Vdc is defined as:

The frequency of the source is f = 1/T and w = 2f. Thus

The rms (root mean square) value of a periodic waveform is defined as:

The form factor (FF) is defined as the ratio of the root-mean- square value (heating
component) of a voltage or current to its average value:

The ripple factor (RF), which is a measure of the ripple content, is defined as:
where Vac is the effective (rms) value of the ac component of load voltage vo.

Rectification efficiency:

(0.318V )
P
R
(0.5V )
P
R
(0.318V )

40.5%
(0.5V )
2

dc

ac

Power factor:

vs(t)
is(t)

is(t)

a
vs(t)
b

Linear
System

Diode voltage drop

The conduction angle c is that part of the

cycle during which the diode is
conducting

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Single-phase half-wave diode

rectifier (RL load)

Current continues to flows for a

while even after the input voltage
has gone negative

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Freewheeling Diode

13

D1

Diode D1 is turned off when vs < E

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Single-phase full-wave diode

rectifier (R load)
Center-tapped Transformer

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The average output is:

The rms value of the output voltage is:

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Rectification efficiency:

Full-wave

half-wave

(0.318V )
P
R
(0.5V )
P
R
(0.318V )

40.5%
(0.5V )
2

dc

ac

Power factor:

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Single-phase full-wave diode

rectifier (R load)
Bridge Rectifier

Full Rectified

vs(t)

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D1

D3

+
vs

Vo

D2

D4

Full Rectified

Vo

Vr(pp)

vs(t)
In practice, if the peak-to-peak ripple voltage is small, it can be approximated as:

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Three-phase half-wave diode

rectifier

When D1 is off, VD=V1-V2 or V1-V3 which is a line voltage

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Three-phase full-wave diode

rectifier
Bridge Rectifier

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