Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT)

Lab Report
Experiment No : 01
Experiment Name : performance analysis of a single-phase half-wave & full-wave uncontrolled
rectifier

Program : B.Sc. Engineering in EEE

Course Code: EEE378
Course Title : Power Electronics Lab

Submitted To
Md. Sanwar Hossain
Assistant Professor, Department of EEE
Submitted By
Md. Imran Hossain
Id: 17182108017
Experiment – 1: performance analysis of a single-phase half-wave & full-wave uncontrolled rectifier

Objective:

1. Understand and learn how diode characteristics are used to rectify AC voltage to DC voltage. 2. Learn
the advantages of full-wave rectifiers over half-wave rectifiers.

3. Learn the disadvantages of uncontrolled rectifiers.

Theory:

A single-phase half-wave rectifier is shown in Figure 1-1. In the case of using load resistance (R), the output
waveform can be shown as in Figure l -2 (a). When the power supply voltage is in the positive part, current
cannot pass through the diode, and the diode is isolated with the power supply therefore the positive part
of the power supply becomes load voltage.

The load voltage Vab is given by the equation:

Circuit diagram:

Working on Psim:

Half-wave
Full-wave

Discussion: Here, we have found single-phase half-wave & full-wave uncontrolled rectifier in PSIM. As a
result, we have been able to make a beautiful visual by the circuit diagram. Therefore, our diagram of any
math will be easy to solve.