Power Electronics

Dr. Md. Aynal Haque

Professor
Department of EEE, BUET

Email: aynal@eee.buet.ac.bd
aynal.haque@northsouth.edu
Cell: 018 1763 8600
 Topic 3

Rectifiers
(AC-DC Converters)
Single-phase Half-wave Rectifiers
Performance Parameters of HWR
Example-1
Battery charger
Single-phase Full-wave Rectifier
Performance Parameters of FWR
Single-phase Full-wave Bridge Rectifier
Performance Improvement using Filter
 Harmonics in Power Systems

• Harmonics: currents or voltages with frequencies that are integer multiples of

the fundamental power frequency
• If the fundamental power frequency is 50 Hz, then the 2nd harmonic is 100
Hz, the 3rd is 150 Hz, etc. (see Figure 1).
• When harmonic frequencies are prevalent, electrical power panels and
transformers become mechanically resonant to the magnetic fields generated
by higher frequency harmonics
Example-2
 3 Phase Half-Wave Uncontrolled Rectifier with Inductive Load

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Three-phase Bridge Rectifier
Rectifier Performance Comparison
 AC-DC Converter
Single phase, half wave AC to DC converter

vi  Vm sin t
Output average voltage :
Vm
VO av  (1  cos  )
2
RMS value of Output voltage :
Vm  sin 2
Vo rms  1 
2  2
 Single Phase, Full Wave AC to DC Converter

Vm Vm  sin 2
VO ( average )  (1  cos  ) Vrms  1 
 2  2
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 Single phase, Full wave AC to DC converter

The average output voltage can be found from:

The rms value of the output voltage is:

  1/2
 2 
Vrms 
 2


Vm2 sin 2 x dx 

  1/2
 Vm2  Vm
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 2


(1  cos 2 x ) dx 


2
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 Three Phase Controlled Rectifier

R
Load

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RL
Load

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 Three-phase, Half wave AC to DC converter with inductive load

If the phase voltage is : van= Vm Sin(wt). The

average output voltage for a continuous load current is :

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 Questions???

Thank You!!!

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