Refer to figure 3-1(a) for the circuit diagram of half-wave rectifier using resistive  R 

load in the textbook.

From the figure 3-1(a), the circuit consists of AC voltage source  vS  , transformer that
has been added on the source side, diode and resistive  R  load.
The root mean square (RMS) value VS,rms  of the source voltage is,
VS,rms  240 V
The peak value Vm  of the source voltage is,
Vm  VS,rms  2
  240 1.4142 
 339.411 V
The load resistance is,
R = 20 

(a)

The average load current  I o  is,

Vo
Io 
R
 12 A
Calculate the average value of load voltage Vo  from the average load current  I o  .
Vo = I o R
= 12  20 
 240 V
The formula of average load voltage Vo  for a half-wave rectifier is,
Vo,peak
Vo 

With an ideal diode in the circuit, the peak value of load voltage Vo,peak  is,
Vo,peak  Vo  
  240  3.142 
 753.982 V
The root mean square (RMS) value Vo,rms  of the load voltage is,
Vo,peak
Vo,rms 
2
753.982

1.4142
 533.146 V
The formula for transformer turns ratio  n  is,
V primary
n
Vsecondary
Here, V primary is the primary winding voltage of transformer is equal to the RMS value
V  of the source voltage.
S,rms

Here, Vsecondary is the secondary winding voltage of transformer is equal to the RMS value
V  of the load voltage.
o,rms

Calculate the transformer turns ratio  n  .

V primary
n
Vsecondary
VS,rms

Vo,rms
240

533.146
 0.45
Therefore, the the transformer turns ratio  n  is 0.45 .

(b)

Calculate the average current  I o  in the primary winding of transformer.

The formula for the RMS value of primary current  I rms  is,
Vm
I rms 
2R
Substitute 339.411 V for Vm , 20  for R .
339.411
I rms 
2  20 
339.411

40
 8.485 A
The peak value  I m  of the RMS primary current is,
I m  I rms  2
  8.4851.4142 
 12 A
The formula for the average value  I primary,avg  of primary current is,
 Im
I primary,avg 

12

3.142
 3.82 A

Therefore, the average current  I primary,avg  in the primary winding of the transformer is
3.82 A .