FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Lab
01 POWER DIODE RECTIFIERS
BTE 4743
POWER ELECTRONICS
Lab Objectives

The objectives of this lab are:

1. To perform transient analysis of diode rectifers.

2. To evaluate the performance of different diode rectifers
3. To gain the fundamental knowledge of power diode rectifiers and simulate
various loads using NI Multisim.

20 Student names Student ID Section Group

Due Date: Delivery Date:

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1.0 Instructions:

1. Every group should submit one report.

2. Report should be written using word processor. Handwriting reports are not accepted.
(Use http://www.digikey.com/schemeit# or any schematic diagram drawing tool).
3. Absent student names cannot be added to the group report. Even if they were added,
absent students will not receive the report and activeness marks.

2.0 Theory

Diode rectifiers are one of the oldest power electronics circuits. Despite the fact that modern
power switches allow for more advanced topologies, these circuits are still widely used because
of their simplicity, robustness and low cost. In applications that do not require challenging
performance (such as very low harmonics and unity power factor), these benefits may make the
diode rectifiers the best choice. Please refer to lecture notes-Chapter 2 for more detailes about
uncontrolled rectifiers types, applications, and performance parameters.

3.0 Equipment and Components

No. Apparatus Qt
1 Power Silicon Diode 1000V/12A 6
2 Center Tapped Transformer (230 to 12-0-12 V) 1
3 Rheostat Load (0-200 Ω) / 2A 1
4 Inductor Load (0-120 mh) / 2A 1
5 Capacitors 22 µF and 470 µF as required
6 Digital multi-meter 1
7 Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO) 1
8 Bread Board & Connecting cables as required

4.0 Experiments

Experiment 1: SINGLE-PHASE HALFWAVE RECTIFIER

Procedure:

1. Connect the circuit in Figure 1 for resistive load.

Figure 1: Circuit diagram for single-phase half-wave rectifier

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2. Set the supply voltage to 120V.
3. Set the resistance value to 5.
4. Print the input voltage (Vs), output voltage (Vo), output current (Io) and diode voltage (VD)
waveforms templates.
5. Measure and record the parameters in Table 1.
6. Add an inductor of 100 mH in series with R, and repeat Steps 4 and 5.
7. Add a capacitor (22 µF and 470 µF) in parrallel with the load and observe the effects on the output
voltage and current waveforms.
Table 1: Result for R and RL Load

R Load RL-Load
5 (5 Ohms + 100mH)
Vo, dc
Vo,rms
Io,dc
Io,rms
Is,rms

Experiment 2: SINGLE-PHASE FULLWAVE RECTIFIER

Procedure:

1. Connect the circuit in Figure 2 and Figure 3 for resistive load.

FIGURE 2: Circuit diagram for single-phase full-wave rectifier (Center-tap)

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 FIGURE 3: Circuit diagram for single-phase full-wave rectifier (Bridge)

2. Set the supply voltage to 120V (12V in Figure 3).

3. Set the resistance value to 5.
4. Print the input voltage (Vs), output voltage (Vo), output current (Io) waveforms templates.
5. Measure and record the parameters in Table 2.
6. Add an inductor of 100mH in series with R, and repeat Steps 4 and 5.
7. Add a capacitor (22 µF and 470 µF) in parrallel with the load and observe the effects on the output
voltage and current waveforms.
Table 2: Result for R and RL Load

R Load RL-Load
5 (5 Ohms + 100mH)
Vo, dc
Vo,rms
Io,dc
Io,rms
Is,rms

Experiment 3: 3-PHASE HALF-WAVE RECTIFIER

Procedure:

1. Connect the circuit in Figure 4 for resistive load.

2. Set the supply voltage to 12V for STAR connection.
3. Set the resistance value to 5 Ohms.
4. Print the input voltages vs. output voltage (Vo), output current (Io) and diodes current (Id) waveforms.
5. Measure and record the parameters in Table 3.
6. Add an inductor of 100mH in series with R, and repeat Steps 4 and 5.

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 FIGURE 4: Circuit diagram for three-phase half-wave rectifier

Table 3: Results for R and RL Load

R Load RL-Load
5 (5 Ohms + 100mH)
Vo, dc
Vo,rms
Io,dc
Io,rms
Is,rms

Experiment 4: 3-PHASE FULL-WAVE RECTIFIER

Procedure:

1. Connect the circuit in Figure 5 for resistive load.

2. Set the supply voltage to 12 V for STAR connection.
3. Set the resistance value to 5 Ohms.
4. Print the input voltage vs output voltage (Vo), output current (Io) and diodes current (Id) waveforms.
5. Measure and record the parameters in Table 4.

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 FIGURE 5: Circuit diagram for three-phase full-wave rectifier (Bridge)

Table 4: Results for R and RL Load

R Load RL-Load
5 (5 Ohms + 100mH)
Vo, dc
Vo,rms
Io,dc
Io,rms
Is,rms

5.0 EVALUATION/DISCUSSION

1. Calculate all the parameters in Table 5. (Show the steps to calculate the performance parameters) for
resistive load and RL-Load.
2. Compare and comments on the differences between resistive load and RL-Load.( as per Table 5)
3. Disscus the impact of heavey capacitive load on the output voltage and current waveforms.
4. Student’s conclusion

Table 5: Performance Parameters for EXP 1, 2,3 and 4

EXP 1 EXP 2 EXP 3 EXP 4
R RL R RL R RL R RL
Vac
FF
RF
TUF
Pdc
Pac
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