EXPERIMENT -1

SINGLE PHASE SEMI CONTROLLED CONVERTER WITH R AND RL LOAD

AIM:
To simulate the output Voltage and Current waveform of Single Phase Semi Controlled Converter
using R and RL load.
SOFTWARE USED:
MATLAB ( R2014a 8.3.0.532 )
THEORY:
A semi converter uses two diodes and two thyristors and there is a limited control over the level of
dc output voltage. A semi converter is one quadrant converter. A onequadrant converter has same
polarity of dc output voltage and current at its output terminals and it is always positive. In semi
converter with R load, the positive half cycle of the ac supply, SCR T1 and diode D2 are forward
biased when the SCR T1 is triggered at a firing angle t = , the SCR T1 and diode D2 comes to the
on state. Now the load current flows through the path Phase-T1-R loadD2 -N. During this period,
output voltage and current are positive. At t = , the load voltage and load current reaches to zero,
then SCR T1 and diode D2 comes to off state since supply voltage has been reversed. During the
negative half cycle of the ac supply, SCR T2 and diode D1 are forward biased. When SCR T2 is
triggered at a firing angle t = + , the SCR T2 and diode D1 comes to on state. Now the load
current flows through the path N-T2-Rload D1-Phase. During this period, output voltage and
output current will be positive. At t = 2, the load voltage and load current reaches to zero then
SCR T2 and diode D1 comes to off state since the voltage has been reversed. During the period ( +
to 2) SCR and diode D1 are conducting. In half controlled rectifier with RL load output current
flow even after the source voltage has become negative, this is because of the presence of
inductance L in the load.

FORMULAE USED:
Average dc voltage, V
dc
=Vm/(1+cos) (volt)

RMS output voltage, V
rms
= (V
m
/2)[(1/)(-+(sin2/2))]
1/2
(volt)

Average output current, I
dc
=V
dc
/R (volt)

RMS output current, I
rms
=V
rms
/R






SIMULATION PARAMETERS:
S.NO PARAMETERS SPECIFICATIONS
1 AC Voltage Source
230V,50Hz
2 Firing Angle
Thyristor T1
Thyristor T3

30
210

3 Load Parameters
R
L

100
(10e-3)H
4. Simulation Time 0.04s

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:
SINGLE PHASE SEMI CONVERTER WITH R LOAD




OUTPUT WAVEFORM:


SINGLE PHASE SEMI CONVERTER WITH RL LOAD





OUTPUT WAVEFORM












RESULT:
Thus the Single Phase Semi controlled Converter with R and RL load is simulated using Matlab and
the output voltage wave form is obtained.