AC Voltage Controllers 437

50 A

Load current

0A

SEL>>
−50 A
I(Vx)
200 V

Output voltage

0V

−200 V
0s 10 ms 20 ms 30 ms 35 ms
V(C:2) Time

FIGURE 12.19 Plots for Example 12.6 for delay angle α = 60°.

From Equation 7.3, the input power factor is

1 1
PF = cos φ1 = × 0.344 = 0.341 (lagging)
(1 + THD 2 )1/ 2 (1 + 0.1412 )1/ 2

12.5 LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

The following two experiments are suggested to demonstrate the operation and
characteristics of thyristor AC controllers:

Single-phase AC voltage controller

Three-phase AC voltage controller

12.5.1 EXPERIMENT AC.1

Single-Phase AC Voltage Controller
Objective To study the operation and characteristics of a single-phase AC voltage controller
under various load conditions.
Applications The single-phase AC voltage controller is used to control power flow in industrial
and induction heating, pumps and fans, light dimmers, food blenders, etc.

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