“SOLID STATE 3-PHASE AC-DC

RECTIFIER FOR LABORATORY

APPLICATIONS”
Seminar by
NAME USN
PAVANA KUMAR A.G 4UB16EE031
POOJA .T 4UB16EE032
PRAJWALA .P 4UB16EE033
PREMALATHA K.T 4UB16EE034

Under the Guidance of

Sri .G.N. MADHUB.E, M.Tech
 CONTENTS

 Introduction

 Objectives

 Circuit diagram

 Construction and Working

 Advantages

 Applications
 Introduction

 Power electronics refers to control and conversion of electrical power by

power semiconductor devices.
 The function of power electronic circuits by using semiconductor devices
as a switch is modifying or controlling the voltage.
 A Rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current which
periodically reverse direction to direct current.
 Rectifiers are of three types , one is uncontrolled rectifier(i.e. diodes) ,
semicontrolled rectifiers (i.e. both diodes and thyristors), and the controlled
rectifier (i.e. IGBT or thyristors).
 The semi- converters and uncontrolled rectifiers are called as uni-direction
converters as they permits power flow only from ac to dc load.
 OBJECTIVES

 The main objective of this project is to design a 3-phase uncontrolled

rectifier circuit to convert 3-phase AC – DC voltage for our laboratory
applications.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
WAVEFORMS
 COSTRUCTION AND WORKING

The circuit of a 3-phase, fully uncontrolled bridge rectifier is shown in above fig(a).It
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consists of six diodes, RLE as a motor load. The input 3-phase AC supply is given to this
circuit and obtaining DC voltage as output.
The load current is assumed to be continuous at least one diode from the top group(D1,D3
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and D5) and one diode from the bottom group(D2,D4 and D6) must conduct at all time.
But the two diodes from the same phase-leg never conducts simultaneously.
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Each conduction mode lasts for ∏/3 radians and each diodes conducts for 120º. The fig(c)
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shows the various conduction modes of diodes.
When a diode stops conduction its current is commutated to another diode in the same
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group(top or bottom).
The sequence of conduction modes become, D1D2—D2D3—D3D4—D5D6—D6D1—
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D1D2—. The conduction of these diodes are shown in above waveforms.
 ADVANTAGES

 Higher output voltage for a given input voltage.

 Lower amplitude ripple i.e. output voltage is smoother.

 Higher frequency ripples simplifying filtering.

 Higher overall efficiency.

 APPLICATIONS

 Used in large power DC motor drives.

 Used in Industrial applications.

 Used for high power applications upto megawatts power level.

 To protect DC appliances from AC supply.

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