EXPERIMENT NO.

4A

SIMULATION OF THREE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH

R AND RL LOAD

Name of the candidate : AARTHI GONNA

Register Number :RA1911005010109

Date of Experiment :18/08/2021

Pre-Lab Questions (please type your answers)

1.Differentiate a semi converter and a fully controlled converter.

A) Half-controlled converter or semi- converter: Uses a mixture of diode and thyristors and there
is limited control over the level of DC Output voltage. It is one-quadrant conveter. Fully-
controlled converter or full converter: Uses thyristors only and there is wider control over the
level of DC output voltage. It is 2 quadrant Converter.

2.At what firing angles does the 6 pulse converter act as ac to dc converter in a fully controlled
converter?
A)When firing angle is less than 90°, the SCRs conduct for 120° and the current and voltage are
positive on an average hence, the power flows from AC source to DC load.

3.What is the condition for commutation in thyristors?

A)For load commutation to occur, the nature of load circuit should be such that, when it is
energized from a dc source, the current has a tendency to decay to zero value, due to load.ZR->
load. off. Voltage of capacitor applies a reverse bias across the thyristor after turn-off.
Ex. No. 4
SIMULATION OF THREE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED RECTIFIER WITH

R AND RL LOAD
Aim:
To simulate a 3 phase fully controlled rectifier with R and RL load in MATLAB Simulink and to
obtain the output waveforms.

Software Required:
MATLAB SIMULINK

THEORY:
The 3-phase half wave converter combines three single phase half wave-controlled rectifiers
in one single circuit feeding a common load. The thyristor S1 in series with one of the supply
phase windings ‘a-n’ acts as one-half wave-controlled rectifier. The second thyristor S2 in series
with the supply phase winding ‘b-n’ acts as the second half wave-controlled rectifier. The third
thyristor S3 in series with the supply phase winding acts as the third half wave-controlled
rectifier. Figure bellow shows three phase fully controlled rectifier. When thyristor S2 is
triggered at ωt=(5π/6α), S1 becomes reverse biased and turns-off. The load current flows through
the thyristor and through the supply phase winding ‘b-n’. When S2 conducts the phase voltage
vbnappears across the load until the thyristor S3 is triggered.

The 3-phase input supply is applied through the star connected supply transformer as shown
in the figure. The common neutral point of the supply is connected to one end of the load while
the other end of the load connected to the common cathode point.
When the thyristor S1 is triggered at ωt=(π/6 + α)=(30° + α) , the phase voltage Van appears
across the load when S1 conducts. The load current flows through the supply phase winding ‘a-
n’ and through thyristor S1 as long as S1 conducts.
When the thyristor S3 is triggered at ωt=(3π/2 + α)=(270°+α) , S2 is reversed biased and hence
S2 turns-off. The phase voltage Van appears across the load when S3 conducts.
When S1 is triggered again at the beginning of the next input cycle the thyristor S3 turns off as it
is reverse biased naturally as soon as S1 is triggered.
Circuit Diagram:

Simulink Diagram:
1: MATLAB circuit of 3 phase fully controlled rectifier with R load:

2. MATLAB circuit of 3 phase fully controlled rectifier with RL load:

Procedure:
1. The circuit is connected as per the Simulink diagram.
2. The pulses are given to the conducting switches.
3. The circuit is simulated and the output is obtained.

Simulink Diagram & Simulated output waveforms:(Paste Below)

Input voltage , firing angle , Load parameters as instructed by faculty
Observation Table For R Load : Vs=XX0V, R=10 kΩ
Vo (av) (V) Vo (av) (V)
Serial Triggering angle (Simulation) (Calculation)
No. ‘α’ degree
1 0 126.28 148.85V
 2 30 106.21 128.91V
3 60 96.54 74.42V
4 90 45.06 0V
5 120 108.56 -74.42V
6 180 128.95 -148.85V

Observation Table For R Load : Vs=XX0V, R=10 kΩ, L=5 mH

Vo (av) (V)
Serial Triggering angle (Simulation)
No. ‘α’ degree
1 0 124.56
2 30 105.21
3 60 99.25
4 90 65.41
5 120 116.66
6 180 128.96
Model calculation For R Load : Vs=XX0V, R=10 kΩ
For R Load : Vs=XX0V, R=10 kΩ
Wave forms : R load: Firing angle 45 degree (1. source voltage and gate pulses, 2. Output
voltage)
Wave forms : R load: Firing angle 100 degree (1. source voltage and gate pulses, 2. Output
voltage)

For RL- Load : Vs=XX0V, R=10 kΩ, L=5 mH

Wave forms : RL load: Firing angle 45 degree (1. source voltage and gate pulses, 2. Output
voltage)

Wave forms : RL load: Firing angle 100 degree (1. source voltage and gate pulses, 2.
Output voltage)
Result:
Thus the 3 phase full wave rectifier was simulated with different loads and the Simulink
outputs are obtained.

Post lab questions:

1. List out few advantages of fully controlled converter.

A)The advantage of this scheme is that the output voltage is proportional to the control
voltage ie., the output voltage is independent of the variation of input voltage. The various
protections such as over current, short circuit, under voltage protections etc are included.
2.A 3 -phase full converter feeds power to R load of 15 ohm. For a firing angle delay of 45°.
Neglecting current ripples, calculate per phase input voltage.

3.Mention few applications of the 3phase fully controlled converter

A) Applications of the 3 phase fully controlled converter are extensively used in industrial power
applications upto about 120kW output power level, where two quadrant operations is required