A.

Single-Phase Half-Wave Rectifier

Making the circuit above, the obtained graphs of Vsource (Vin), Voutput (Vout) and current at the load
(I) are shown below.
The measured and theoretical values from the graph are tabulated in the table below.

Theoretical values are calculated with Vm = 220 V using equations below.

𝑉𝑚
𝑉𝐷𝐶 =
𝜋
𝑉𝐷𝐶
𝐼𝐷𝐶 =
1000
𝑉𝑚
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆 =
2
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆
𝐼𝑅𝑀𝑆 =
1000

Measured Theoretical Measured Theoretical

% Error % Error
DC Value DC Value RMS Value RMS Value
Output
69.455669 70.02817496 0.8175 107.41059 110 2.354
Voltage, V
Output
69.643639 70.02817496 0.8175 107. 41059 110 2.354
Current, mA

B. Single-phase bridge rectifier

Making the circuit above, the obtained graphs of Vsource (Vin), Voutput (Vout) and current at the load
(I) are shown below.
The measured and theoretical values from the graph are tabulated in the table below.

Theoretical values are calculated with Vm = 220 V using equations below.

2𝑉𝑚
𝑉𝐷𝐶 =
𝜋
𝑉𝐷𝐶
𝐼𝐷𝐶 =
1000
𝑉𝑚
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆 =
√2
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆
𝐼𝑅𝑀𝑆 =
1000
 Measured Theoretical Measured Theoretical
% Error % Error
DC Value DC Value RMS Value RMS Value
Output
137.38941 140.05635 1.90419 151.30688 155.56349 2.73625
Voltage, V
Output
137.38941 140.05635 1.90419 151.30688 155.56349 2.73625
Current, mA

C. Single-phase controlled half-wave rectifier

The measured and theoretical values from the graph are tabulated in the table below.

Theoretical values are calculated with Vm = 220 V using equations below.

𝑉𝑚
𝑉𝐷𝐶 = (1 + cos 𝛼) ; 0 ≤ 𝛼 ≤ 𝜋
2𝜋

𝑉𝑚 1 sin(2𝛼)
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆 = √ (𝜋 − 𝛼 + )
2 𝜋 2

Measured Theoretical Measured Theoretical

% Error % Error
DC Value DC Value RMS Value RMS Value
Output
64.8107 65.33718 0.80579 106.034 108.40251 2.18492
Voltage, V

Furthermore, varying the firing angle from 30° (red) to 120° (maroon) shifts the start of conduction to the left part of the
sinusoid.

30° 60° 90° 120°

RMS Voltage Output, V 106.034 96.680099 76.575148 48.137044
DC Voltage Output, V 64.8107 51.614266 34.672983 17.574306

D. Single-phase full converter