"4 D-C Characteristies
“The rectifier is not only a source of direct voltages it also generates &
cectuin ripple voltage, which may be regarded as being superimposed 0 8
See cage of constant value. The voltage ripple again causes Avehiee
cree the current, depending on the characteristics of the d- cial
ons elations are investigated and presented asa function ofthe operating
conditions in Chapter 15.No-Load Voltage
The direct voltage of a rectifier connection with zero phase control
and no internal voltage drop is clearly defined by the alternating
voltages and is therefore selected for a general voltage reference.
A formula for computing this fundamental value will be derived,
In a rectifier connection the d-« cireut is periodically “switched around”
among points of alternating potential. With open output there is no
‘current and consequently no voltage drop. Hence the direct vottage at no
oad must equal at any instant a certain combination of the alternating
voltages as, for example, the sum or the difference of the alternating
voltages of two phases. If we further assume that the alternating voltages
are undistorted, which is a general assumption for all investigations in
this book, the sum or the difference is also a sinusoidal voltage so that,