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Saint Louis University Department of Mechanical Engineering: Capacitor Filled With Power Supply
Saint Louis University Department of Mechanical Engineering: Capacitor Filled With Power Supply
Saint Louis University Department of Mechanical Engineering: Capacitor Filled With Power Supply
Expt. No: 4
Capacitor Filled with Power Supply
Austria, Lynmuel
Cansino, Aaron
Group no:
Laklaki, Karl
Prestoza, Jonathan
DISCUSSION OF THEORY:
The Capacitor Filter
The simple capacitor filter is the most basic type of power
supply filter. The application of the simple capacitor filter is
very limited. It is sometimes used on extremely high-voltage,
low-current power supplies for cathode-ray and similar electron
tubes, which require very little load current from the supply.
The capacitor filter is also used where the power-supply ripple
frequency is not critical; this frequency can be relatively high.
The capacitor (C1) shown in figure 4-15 is a simple filter
connected across the output of the rectifier in parallel with the
load.
Figure 4-15. - Full-wave rectifier with a capacitor filter.
After the capacitor has charged to its peak value, the diode will
cut off and the capacitor will start to discharge. Since the fall
of the ac input voltage on the anode is considerably more rapid
than the decrease on the capacitor voltage, the cathode quickly
become more positive than the anode, and the diode ceases to
conduct.
Operation of the simple capacitor filter using a full-wave
rectifier is basically the same as that discussed for the halfwave rectifier. Referring to figure 4-18, you should notice that
because one of the diodes is always conducting on. either
alternation, the filter capacitor charges and discharges during
each half cycle. (Note that each diode conducts only for that
portion of time when the peak secondary voltage is greater than
the charge across the capacitor.)
Figure 4-18. - Full-wave rectifier (with capacitor filter).
OBSERVATION:
BASED FROM THE EXPERIMENT THAT WEVE PERFORMED, WE CLEARLY
OBSERVED THE CHANGES FROM THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE AND THE OUTPUT
WAVEFORM EVERYTIME THAT WE CHANGE THE VALUE OF CAPACITANCE ON THE
GIVEN CIRCUIT.
CONCLUSION:
FROM THE EXPERIMENT THAT WEVE PERFORMED, WE THEREFORE
CONCLUDE THAT INCREASING THE VALUES OF THE CAPACITANCE IN A
CAPACITOR FILTERED POWER SUPPLY LOWERS THE RIPPLE VOLTAGE
RESULTING TO A SMALLER RIPPLE FACTOR THUS CREATING A SMOOTHER
OUTPUT WAVEFORM.FOR MEASURING THE RIPPLE FACTOR, WE MUST KNOW THE
VALUE OF RIPPLE VOLTAGE FROM THE GRAPH AS SEEN IN THE
OSCILLOSCOPE BY GETTING PEAK TO PEAK VOLTAGE.
REFERENCE:
http://www.tpub.com/neets/book7/27e.htm