Power Electronics

Chapter 5.2
Controlled Rectifiers
 Single-phase half-wave controlled rectifier

R Load

The output average voltage is


1 2
Vd   2V sin tdt  V 1  cos  
2  2
1  cos  Vm
 0.45V  1  cos  
2 2

1 2
Vd 0 
2 
0
2V sin tdt 

V

1

1  cos  
 2V sin tdt  Vd 0
  
Vd  1

1

1     sin 2 
 
2

 
2V sin t dt  V 
2
2  2 Vd  rms  sin t d t  V   
2  2 4 
 Single-phase full-wave controlled rectifier

RL Load

The output average voltage is

Discontinuous load current
L
  tan 1
R
 

1 2
Vd   2V sin tdt  V  cos   cos  
 

Verge of continuous load current

 
2 2
Vd  V cos 


  
 
1 1 1     sin 2 
Continuous load current  
2

 
2V sin t dt  V 
2
Vd  rms  sin t d t  V   
2  2 4 
2 2
Vd  V cos 

 Three-phase half-wave controlled rectifier

R Load
va  t   2V sin t
vb  t   2V sin  t  120
vc  t   2V sin  t  120
If the load is a resistive load and the firing angle
α ≤ π/6 (ωt= α+π/6),
   5 6 
3
Vd 
2 
 
 6
2V sin tdt

3
 V  cos    6   cos   5  6 
2
3 3
 V cos   Vd 0 cos 
2
3 3
Vd 0  V  1.17V
2
 Three-phase full-wave controlled rectifier

R Load
 
3 3  t  2 
   d  t 
   3     3 
Vd  v ry d t  3 2V sin 
 3 
3 3
 2V cos   2.34V cos 
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