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LAB 2a

This document outlines an electrical engineering lab experiment on power electronics converters. The experiment involves simulating and analyzing the characteristics of single-phase half-wave and full-wave uncontrolled rectifiers. Students will use software to design and simulate half-wave and full-wave rectifier circuits, observing the voltage and current outputs under forward and reverse biased conditions of the diodes. The aim is to describe, compare and understand the performance of these two types of rectifiers.

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LAB 2a

This document outlines an electrical engineering lab experiment on power electronics converters. The experiment involves simulating and analyzing the characteristics of single-phase half-wave and full-wave uncontrolled rectifiers. Students will use software to design and simulate half-wave and full-wave rectifier circuits, observing the voltage and current outputs under forward and reverse biased conditions of the diodes. The aim is to describe, compare and understand the performance of these two types of rectifiers.

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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LAB WORK ET502 POWER ELECTRONICS

EXPERIMENT : 2a TITLE RECTIFIER OUTCOME : SINGLE PHASE HALF-WAVE AND FULL WAVE UNCONTROLLED :

Upon completion of this unit, student should be able to: i. Handle the practical work on the power electronics converters using appropriate equipment. [CLO3](PLO2,LD2,P3) OBJECTIVES : 1. Describe the Single Phase Half Wave and Full Wave Uncontrolled Rectifier Characteristic 2. Describe the performances of these Rectifiers 3. Describe the differences of these Rectifiers

BRIEF THEORY

One of the important applications of the P-N junction diodes is in converting alternating current (AC) into direct current (DC). Half-wave rectifiers can be used, but they are highly inefficient in converting AC power to DC power. Additionally they have high contents of harmonics, which are difficult to filter out and to smooth out the ripple in the rectified AC power. On the other hand, full-wave rectifier improves on the conversion efficiency of AC power to DC power. It will also reduce the harmonic contents of the rectified waveform and reduce the requirement on the smoothing filter needed to reduce the ripple in the rectified waveform.

PART 1: Single Phase Half Wave Rectifier PROCEDURE : 1. Using Pspice, design and simulate the circuit in Figure 1. 2. Set the VSIN: Voff = 0V, Vampl = 17V, Freq = 50Hz and Vphase = 0V. 3. Select Analysis menu, click on Setup. Then check Transient. After that click on Transient and give the transient information: print step = 0s and final time = 100ms. 4. Run the simulation by choosing Simulate from the Analysis menu. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in V(R1:2) and click OK. 5. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in V(D2:2) and click OK. 6. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in V(D2:1) and click OK. 7. Next, connect the diode in opposite direction. 8. Repeat Step 4-6.

PART 2: Single Phase Full Wave Rectifier PROCEDURE : 1. Using Pspice, design and simulate the circuit in Figure 2. 2. Set the VSIN: Voff = 0V, Vampl = 17V, Freq = 50Hz and Vphase = 0V. 3. Select Analysis menu, click on Setup. Then check Transient. After that click on Transient and give the transient information: print step = 0s and final time = 100ms.

4. Run the simulation by choosing Simulate from the Analysis menu. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in -I(R1) and click OK. 5. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in V(D1:2) and V(D2:1) and click OK. 6. Click on Plot > Add plot to window. After that, click on Trace > Add trace. In the trace expression box, type in V(D2:2) and click OK. 7. Next, connect the diode in opposite direction. 8. Repeat Step 4-6.

Results: As your result: print out: 1. The circuits you have designed complete with Vsin settings. 2. The graphs you have simulated both in Part 1 and Part 2 complete with labels indicating forward-biased and reversed biased at V D and VR.

Part 1:

Figure 1: Single Phase Half Wave Rectifier

Part 2:

Figure 2: Single Phase Full Wave Rectifier

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