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BPE Manual: Rectifier Design Labs

The document describes 6 experiments on rectifier circuits: 1) Simulation of a half-wave rectifier with varying resistor values. 2) Simulation of a full-wave rectifier using a center-tapped transformer with varying resistor values. 3) Calculation of ripple factors for half-wave and full-wave bridge rectifiers. 4) Simulation of a half-wave rectifier using a thyristor firing pulse. 5) Simulation of a half-wave filtered rectifier and calculation of ripple factor with varying capacitor values. 6) Design and simulation of a 3-phase bridge rectifier.

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BPE Manual: Rectifier Design Labs

The document describes 6 experiments on rectifier circuits: 1) Simulation of a half-wave rectifier with varying resistor values. 2) Simulation of a full-wave rectifier using a center-tapped transformer with varying resistor values. 3) Calculation of ripple factors for half-wave and full-wave bridge rectifiers. 4) Simulation of a half-wave rectifier using a thyristor firing pulse. 5) Simulation of a half-wave filtered rectifier and calculation of ripple factor with varying capacitor values. 6) Design and simulation of a 3-phase bridge rectifier.

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Lab No.

01: Design & Simulation of Half Wave Rectifier

Apparatus:
 Diode (D1N4001)
 Resistor (R)
 AC Voltage Source
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Circuit Diagram:

Output:
Observations & Calculations:
Sr. No. Resistance ‘R’ Vmax
01. 100 Ω 4.23285 V
02. 200 Ω 4.26436 V
03. 500 Ω 4.31594 V
04. 1 kΩ 4.35125 V
05. 2 kΩ 4.38603 V
Lab No. 02: Design & Simulation of a Full Wave Rectifier Using Centre
Tapped Transformer

Apparatus:
 Center Tapped Transformer (XFRM)
 Diode (D1N4001)
 Resistor (R)
 AC Voltage Source
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Circuit diagram:

Output:
Observations & Calculations:
Sr. No. Resistance ‘R’ Vmax Vmin
01. 100 Ω 1.77086 V -1.84770 mV
02. 200 Ω 1.80926 V -1.95390 mV
03. 500 Ω 1.85513 V -2.12906 mV
04. 1 kΩ 1.89038 V -26.46830 uV
05. 2 kΩ 1.91214 V -29.0180 uV
Lab No. 03: Calculation of Ripple Factor of Half Wave & Full Wave Bridge Rectifier

Apparatus:
 Diode (D1N4001)
 Resistor (R)
 AC Voltage Source
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Half Wave Rectifier

Circuit Diagram:

Output:
Observations & Calculations:
Vmax = 4.35125 V
Vmin = -6.75997 V
VDC = 0.318 * Vmax = 0.318 * 4.35125
= 1.3837 V
Vrms = 0.707 * Vmax = 0.707 * 4.35125
= 3.076
Vac = [Vrms2 – Vac2]1/2 = 2.747 V
Ripple Factor = R.F. = Vac / VDC = 2.747 / 1.3837
R.F. = 1.98

Full Wave Bridge Rectifier


Circuit Diagram:

Output:

Observations & Calculations:


Vmax = 3.7182 V
VDC = 2 * 0.318 * Vmax = 0.318 * 3.7182
= 2.3618 V
Vrms = 0.707 * Vmax = 0.707 * 3.7182
= 2.62906 V
Vac = [Vrms2 – Vac2]1/2 = 1.1549 V
Ripple Factor = R.F. = Vac / VDC = 1.1549 / 2.3618
R.F. = 0.498
Lab No. 04: Design & Simulation of Half Wave Rectifier Using Thyristor

Apparatus:
 Thyristor (2N1595)
 Resistor (R)
 AC Voltage Source
 Firing Pulse (V Pulse)
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Circuit Diagram:

Firing Pulse:
Output:

Observations & Calculations:


Vmax = 4.47587 V Vmin = -2.68033 mV
Lab No. 05: Design & Simulation of Half Wave Filtered Rectifier & Calculation of
Ripple Factor

Apparatus:
 Diode (D1N4001)
 Resistor (R)
 Capacitor (C)
 AC Voltage Source
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Circuit Diagram:

Output:
C = 500 uF

C = 1000 uF

Observations & Calculations:


Sr. No. f (Hz) R (Ω) C (uF) Vmax (V) Vmin (V) Vr(pp) (V) VDC (V) R.F.
01. 50 100 500 4.20774 2.99928 1.20848 3.60351 0.34
02. 50 100 750 4.24688 3.31954 0.92734 3.78321 0.25
03. 50 100 1000 4.18771 3.50928 0.67843 3.848495 0.18
04. 50 500 1000 4.210315 4.01314 0.197175 4.11173 0.05
05. 50 1k 1000 4.21582 4.10782 0.1080 4.16182 0.026

Comments:
From the above experiment, it is clear that the ripples and hence the ripple factor
decrease, as the value of capacitance is increased.
Lab No. 06: Design & Simulation of 3 Phase Bridge Rectifier

Apparatus:
 Diode (D1N4001)
 Resistor (R)
 Inductor (L)
 AC Voltage Source
 GND
 Connecting Wires

Circuit Diagram:

Output:

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