Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science (FEAS)

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Program: B.Sc. in EEE
Course Code: EEE 378 Name of Course: Power Electronics Laboratory

Experiment No. 01: SINGLE PHASE HALF & FULL-WAVE

UNCONTROLLED RECTIFIER

Objectives of this experiment are to:

1. Understand and learn how diode characteristics are used to rectify AC voltage to DC voltage.
2. Learn the advantages of full wave rectifiers over half-wave rectifiers.
3. Learn the disadvantages of uncontrolled rectifiers.

Course Outcomes (COs), Program Outcomes (POs) and Assessment:

Domain / level
Expt Delivery methods
CO Statement Corresponding PO of learning Assessment tools
No. and activities
taxonomy
Lab tests
Simulation
CO1: Implement Investigation Lab reports
different designed (PO4) Experiment
Affective Final lab test
converters such as Modern Tool
01 domain/ Practice lab
AC-DC, DC-DC, Usage: (PO5) Open ended
AC-AC, DC-AC etc. analyzing level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation
Lab tests
Simulation
CO2: Design Lab reports
different converter Investigation Experiment
Affective Final lab test
circuits using PSIM (PO4)
02 Modern Tool domain/analyzi Practice lab
software. Open ended
Usage: (PO5) ng level Group lab
discussion
Project show
Tutorial & project
presentation

Required Equipments:

1. ED-2040-A (SINGLE PHASE HALF/FULL_WAVE RECTIFIER)

2. Signal Generator (ETEK – 2002 module)
3. Oscilloscope
4. Load connection cord
5. Power supply connection cord

Theory:

A single phase half-wave rectifier is shown in Figure 1-1. In case of using load resistance (R), the
output waveform can be shown as in Figure l -2 (a). When power supply voltage is in positive part,
current cannot pass through the diode and diode is isolated with power supply therefore the positive
part of power supply becomes load voltage.

Figure 1-1: Half Wave Rectifier

The load voltage Vab is given by the equation:

π
1
V ab= ∫ √ 2 V sinθ dθ=0.45 V
2π 0

Figure 1-2: Output Waveforms of Half Wave Rectifier

The outputs when using R-L load is shown in Figure 1-2 (b) and 1-2 (c). As shown in Figure 1-2 (c)
the current flows in a more distorted shape. The current keeps flowing beyond π up to some angle β.
This is called the extinction angle. The average load voltage is given by:
 β
1 1−cosβ
V ab= ∫ √ 2 V sinθ dθ=0.45 × V
2π 0 2

Figure l-3 is bridged circuit of single phase full-wave rectifier. lf you make a circuit like Figure 1-3,
when the source voltage is positive the current flows in the direction of solid line; however, when the
power voltage is negative, it flows in the direction of dotted line. As a result, regardless of direction
of power supply voltage, DC voltage appears across the load because current flows from point a to
point b in load.

Fig 1-3: Full Wave Bridge Rectifier

The output load voltage is given by the equation:

π
1
V ab= ∫ √ 2V sinθ dθ=0.9 V
π 0

Average DC voltage value becomes double of that of half-wave rectification.

Fig 1-4: The output waveform of full-wave rectifier circuit

Working Procedure:
1. Measurement with R Load: Apply the power and then connect the probe of oscilloscope as
shown below.
 Figure 1-5: (a) Half wave rectifier. (b) Full wave rectifier with R Load

2. Measurement with R-L Load: Connect the circuits as shown in Figure 1-6. Observe and
measure the output.

Figure 1-6: (a) Half wave rectifier. (b) Full wave rectifier with R-L load

3. Measurement with R-L-DF: Connect the circuits as shown in Figure 1-7 and record the
waveform.

Figure 1-7: (a) Half wave rectifier. (b) Full wave rectifier with R-L-DF load

4. Measurement with R-C Load: Connect the circuits as shown in Figure 1-7 and record the
waveform.
 Figure 1-8: (a) Half wave rectifier. (b) Full wave rectifier with R-C load

Measured Results:
Observe, measure and record the waveform of the input voltage and the output voltage from steps 1-4
in working procedure. Plot them neatly in your graph paper.

Home Works:
Explain why the output wave shapes are different from each other in the steps above.