Lab Session 2
Lab Session 2
ROLL NO:RP-22-EE-413
EXPERIMENT # 2
TITLE
TO OBSERVE THE WORKING AND PERFORMANCE OF SINGLE PHASE UNCONTROLLED FULL
WAVE RECTIFIER FOR RESISTIVE AND INDUCTIVE LOAD.
EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
AC Supply Connecting wires
Diode Oscilloscope
Resistor Digital MultiMeter
Inductor coil
LAB TASKS
1. Half wave rectifier with resistive load.
2. Half wave rectifier with Inductive load
3. Wave rectifier with free wheeling
TASK 1
PROCEDURE
Connect the circuit as shown in the above figure. Apply AC power to the circuit. Connect the
oscilloscope to the resistance to see the output of the circuit. Firstly, the diode (D1 and D3) are
forward biased and allow positive cycle of the voltage to pass through. Secondly, diodes (D2
and D4) become on for the negative cycle, so the wave is rectified as shown below. Observe Vs,
supplied voltage and Vo, output voltage on oscilloscope and sketch them on the same graph
paper.
SOURCE VOLATGE Vs:
TASK 2
PROCEDURE
Connect the circuit as shown in the above figure. Apply AC power to the circuit. Connect the
oscilloscope to the resistance and inductor to see the output of the circuit side by side. Firstly,
the diode (D1 and D3) are forward biased and allow positive cycle of the voltage to pass
through while diodes (D2 and D4) allows the negative cycle to pass through. The charged
inductor will lose its stored current when the diodes are turned off. So the wave is rectified as
shown below. Observe Vs, supplied voltage and Vo, output voltage on oscilloscope and sketch
them on the same graph paper.
TASK 3
PROCEDURE
Connect the circuit as shown in the above figure. Apply AC power to the circuit. Connect the
oscilloscope to the resistance and inductor to see the output of the circuit side by side. Firstly,
the diode (D1 and D3) are forward biased and allow positive cycle of the voltage to pass
through while the negative cycle is passed by diodes (D2 and D4). Due to the forward biasing
amount of current is stored in the inductor and at negative cycle it loses that current. As the
negative cycle comes out the flow is through the free wheeling diode, also creating a shorter
path to loose the amount of energy stored by the inductor. So the wave is rectified as shown
below. Observe Vs, supplied voltage and Vo, output voltage (Voltage across resistor, inductor
and both) on oscilloscope and sketch them on the same graph paper.
CONCLUSION
We have successfully observed the working and performance of uncontrolled full wave rectifier
using resistive load and inductive load.