Half-wave Rectifier

Fig. 1

1. The half-wave rectifier circuit of Fig. 1 has vs(t) = 170 sin(377t) V and a load resistance R
= 15Ω. Determine
(a) the average load current,
(b) the rms load current,
(c) the power absorbed by the load,
(d) the apparent power supplied by the source, and
(e) the power factor of the circuit.

2. The half-wave rectifier circuit of Fig. 1 has a transformer inserted between the source and
the remainder of the circuit. The source is 240 V rms at 60 Hz, and the load resistor is 20
Ω.
(a) Determine the required turns ratio of the transformer such that the average load
current is 12 A.
(b) Determine the average current in the primary winding of the transformer.

3. A half-wave rectifier has a source of 120 V rms at 60 Hz and an RL load with R= 12Ω
and L = 12 mH.
Determine:
(a) an expression for load current,
(b) the average current,
(c) the power absorbed by the resistor, and
(d) the power factor.

4. A half-wave rectifier has a source of 120 V rms at 60 Hz and an RL load with R = 10Ω
and L = 15 mH.
Determine:
(a) an expression for load current,
(b) the average current,
(c) the power absorbed by the resistor, and
(d) the power factor.
 5. The half-wave rectifier with a freewheeling diode (Fig. 2) has R = 12Ω and L = 60 mH.
The source is 120 V rms at 60 Hz.
(a) From the Fourier series of the half-wave rectified sine wave that appears across the
load, determine the dc component of the current.
(b) Determine the amplitudes of the first four nonzero ac terms in the Fourier series.
Comment on the results.

Fig. 2

6. A controlled half-wave rectifier has an ac source of 240 V rms at 60 Hz. The load is a
30Ω resistor.
(a) Determine the delay angle such that the average load current is 2.5 A.
(b) Determine the power absorbed by the load.
(c) Determine the power factor.

7. A controlled half-wave rectifier has a 120 V rms 60 Hz ac source. The series RL load has
R = 40Ω and L = 75 mH. The delay angle is 600.
Determine
(a) an expression for load current,
(b) the average load current, and
(c) the power absorbed by the load.

Full-wave Rectifier

8. A single-phase rectifier has a resistive load of 25Ω. Determine the average current and
peak reverse voltage across each of the diodes for (a) a bridge rectifier with an ac source
of 120 V rms and 60 Hz and (b) a center-tapped transformer rectifier with 120 V rms on
each half of the secondary winding.

9. Show that the power factor for the controlled full-wave rectifier with a resistive load is
10. The controlled single-phase bridge rectifier of Fig. 4-10a has a 20Ω resistive load and has
a 120-V rms, 60-Hz ac source. The delay angle is 450. Determine (a) the average load
current, (b) the rms load current, (c) the rms source current, and (d) the power factor.