SCR AC POWER CONTROL

OBJECTVES:

A. Familiarize yourself with the operation of a half-wave variable resistor phase
control circuit.
B. Familiarize yourself with the operation of a half-wave RC-diode phase control
circuit.
C. Determine the true power delivered to the load in a half-wave phase control
circuit.

EQUPMENT AND MATERALS:

Power Source 6.3Vac, 200mA
VOM
Oscilloscope
C1 0.22F
CR1, CR2 Silicon Diode, 1N4004
DS1 Miniature Lamp
Q1 SCR, C106B1
R1 50 KD W, Potentiometer
R2 1 KD, 1W
R3 100 D, 1W
S1 SPST, Component Board M
Experiment Board K

PROCEDURE:

A. 1. a) Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1. Adjust R1 for minimum trigger
circuit resistance.
b) Turn on the 6.3 Vac power supply.
c) Close switch S1. Does DS1 light? YES
d) Monitor the waveform across DS1 using oscilloscope. Describe the Wave
form. HALFWAVEFORM
e) Slowly increase the resistance of R1 and describe what happens to the half
sine-wave. SOME PORTION OF THE HALF-WAVEFORM IS NOT DISPLAYED
f) Would you say that Q1 is conducting during the portion of the waveform that
is not displayed? NO
g) The conduction angle is the amount of time that Q1 conducts in electrical
degrees. Record the minimum and maximum conduction angle of Q1 in your
circuit. MIN. CONDUCTION ANGLE=90; MAX. CONDUCTION ANGLE=180
h) Record the minimum and maximum value of phase retard in your circuit.
(Phase retard = 180 - conduction angle)



Phase Retard
(min)
= 0

Phase Retard
(max)
= 90

i) How does R1 control phase retard in this circuit? AS R1 INCREASES,
PHASE RETARD ALSO INCREASES
j) Why can't R1 retard the phase more than 90 degrees? BECAUSE SCR
TURNS ON AT THE PEAK OF THE WAVE.
k) Would you say that R1 is capable of controlling power delivered to the
load? YES
l) Open switch S1. DS1 should go out.

B2. a) Change your circuit to that shown in Figure 2.
b) Adjust R1 for minimum trigger circuit resistance.
c) Close S1. Does DS1 light? YES
d) Monitor the load voltage waveform across DS1 using the oscilloscope
waveform. Record the maximum conduction angle.

Conduction Angle
(max)
= 180 degrees

e) Slowly increase R1 for maximum resistance while observing the
oscilloscope waveform. Record the minimum conduction angle.

Conduction Angle
(min)
= 21.62

f) What are the minimum and maximum values of phase retard?

Phase Retard
(min)
= 0

Phase Retard
(max)
= 158.38

g) Why does this circuit give a greater range of phase retard control than the
previous circuit? BECAUSE OF THE ADDED CAPACITOR AND DIODE IN THE
CIRCUIT

h) Open switch S1

C3.a) The graph in Figure 3 has been determined mathematically and is similar
to various graphs of this type used to find the values in a complex waveform.
b) Remove lamp DS1 and replace it with 100D resistor R3 in your circuit.
c) Adjust R1 for minimum trigger circuit resistance.
d) Close S1.
e) Connect the oscilloscope across load resistor R3 and measure the peak
value of the voltage.

E
R3
= 3.8 Vpeak
f) With R1 set to minimum the phase retard angle should be zero degrees.
Refer to Figure 3 and locate the ratio E
rms
/ E
peak
for a phase retard angle of 0.

E
rms
/ E
peak
= ratio = .5

g) Calculate the value of Erms across R3 using the ratio determined in (f).

E
rms
= E
peak
x ratio = 1.9 V

h) Calculate the true value of the power across the load using the E
rms
value
in (g).

P
T
= (E
rms
)
2
/ R3 = 36.1 mW

i) Adjust R1 for a phase retard angle of 90. Record the peak value of E
R3
,
then refer to Figure 3 and record the E
rms
/ E
peak
ratio for a 90 phase retard
angle.

E
R3
= 3.8 Vpeak

E
rms
/ E
peak
= .35

j) Calculate Erms and P
T
as in the processing steps for a phase retard angle
of 90.

E
rms
= E
peak
x ratio = 1.33 V

P
T
= (E
rms
)
2
/ R3 = 17.69 mW

k) Open S1 and turn off the 6.3Vac power source.
















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