DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PESHAWAR

MtE-313 POWER ELECTRONICS LAB, 6th Semester

Student Name: Abdul Moiz Qarni

Registration Number: 17PWMCT0564

Lab No. 3: To Study Half Wave Uncontrolled Rectifier

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Course Instructor: Dr. Anam Abid

 DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PESHAWAR
MtE-313 POWER ELECTRONICS LAB, 6th Semester
Lab No: 3

Title: To Study Half Wave Uncontrolled Rectifier

Objectives:
 Use Simulink for the simulation for the experiment
 Create an have wave uncontrolled rectified with RL configuration
 Study the characteristics of the circuit components by comparing their output voltage
graphs

Apparatus:
 Matlab
 Simulink software

Theory:

Simulink is a MATLAB-based graphical programming environment for modeling, simulating

and analyzing multidomain dynamical systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block
diagramming tool and a customizable set of block libraries.
These block diagram configurations can be applied to various different engineering modeling,
including electronics which we used it for.

Single phase uncontrolled half-wave rectifiers are the simplest and possibly the most widely
used rectification circuit for small power levels as their output is heavily affected by the reactance of
the connected load. The single-phase half-wave rectifier configuration of a single resistor passes the
positive half of the AC supply waveform with the negative half being eliminated. By reversing the
direction of the diode we can pass negative halves and eliminate the positive halves of the AC
waveform. Therefore the output will be a series of positive or negative pulses.
On the other hand, if the load is purely inductive, the waveforms change considerably.
During the positive half cycle, the current builds up from zero to a peak value. During the positive
half cycle the energy transferred from the source to the inductor. When the source reverses polarity
the diode must wait for the current to goes to zero by itself before conduction ceases. Thus the diode
will continue to conduct throughout the negative half cycle, during which the output voltage is
negative and the total energy stored in the inductor is returned to the source

Course Instructor: Dr. Anam Abid

 DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PESHAWAR
MtE-313 POWER ELECTRONICS LAB, 6th Semester
Circuit Diagram:

Procedure:
 Make the circuit connections as shown above in the figure
 Run the entire circuit simulation
 View the voltage graphs for input diode and voltage
 Compare the results

Observation Graphs:

Course Instructor: Dr. Anam Abid

 DEPARTMENT OF MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, PESHAWAR
MtE-313 POWER ELECTRONICS LAB, 6th Semester

Conclusion:
As we can see the first graph which represents the output, mainly of half waves in its positive cycle,
representing its half wave rectification. However due to the addition of an inductor the output
slightly lags behind the input and the diode ends up conducting for a while after the positive cycle,
which caused a slight dip towards the negative cycle of the graph.

Course Instructor: Dr. Anam Abid