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SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS

Half wave Rectifiers

Department of Electrical Power Engineering

Universiti Tenaga Nasional
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Learning Outcomes
Able to describe and illustrate the operation of single-phase
half-wave thyristor rectifier with R, RL, and RLE load
Able to analyse the operation of single-phase half-wave
thyristor rectifier with R, RL, and RLE load
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Controlled Half-Wave Rectifier

Two condition must be met

before SCR can conduct:
• The SCR must be
forward biased (VSCR>0)
• Pulse (Current based)
must be applied @
SCR’s gate
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Derive the Average and RMS Output Voltages


1 Vm
Vo  Vm sin  t  d  t   1  cos  
2  2
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Example 3-10
Determine the firing angle of a half-wave rectifier to produce an
average voltage of 40 V across a 100- load resistor from a
120V rms 60 Hz ac source. Determine the power absorbed by
the resistor and the power factor
π
1
Vo,rms  
 mV sin ωt 2
dt

2π 
1 Vm
Vo,dc   Vm sin t dt  1 cos   Vm 1 sin 2 
2  2 Vo,rms  π    
2 π 2 
169 .7
40  1 cos   Vo,rms  75.6V
2
  2   Load pow er;
  cos1 40   1  1.07rad
  169 . 7   Vo2,dc 40 2
Pout ,dc    16
R 100
Vo2,rms
75.62
Pout ,rms    57.1
R 100
P 57.1
PF  out ,rms   0.63
Pin 75.6
120 X
100
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With RL Load
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Current in the Circuit with RL Load



V   t  /  
i  t    m  sin  t     sin      e
 Z  
for   t  
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Exercise 1
Refer to example 3-11 (3-26)
A controlled half-wave rectifier has a 120 V rms and 50 Hz ac
source. The series RL load has R= 25 and L = 25 mH. The delay
angle is 30. Determine
a) An expression for the load current
b) The average load current
c) The power absorbed by the load
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RL-Source Load
VSCR
+ 
+

Vo

Sketch the output voltage, SCR voltage and output current

waveforms for discontinuous load current
Derive the expression of load current
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Exercise 2 (Example 3-12)

A controlled half-wave rectifier has an input voltage of 120Vrms
at 60Hz, R=2Ω, L=20mH and Vdc=100V. The delay angle is 45°.
Determine a) an expression for the current b)the power absorbed
by the dc source (219 W )