Single Phase AC Controller with Resistive Load

• The RMS current in the load and the source is

• Power factor of the load is

 * Note that pf = 1 for α = 0,

which is the same as for an
uncontrolled resistve load,
and the power factor for α 0
is less than 1.
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Single Phase AC Controller with Resistive Load
• The average SCR current is

• Since each SCR carries one half of the line current, the
RMS current in each SCR is
Single Phase AC Controller with Resistive Load
• Since the source & load current is
nonsinusoidal, harmonic distortion
is a consideration.
• Only odd harmonics exist in the line
current because the waveform has
half-wave symmetry.

• Figure shows normalized harmonic

content vs α.
• Base current is source voltage divided
by resistance, which is the current for
α=0