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Single Phase Half Wave Rectifier RL Load

This document discusses a single phase half wave controlled rectifier circuit with an RL load. It describes how the firing angle α can control the phase relationship between the load current and supply voltage. It works by firing the thyristor at an angle ωt = α, which allows the load voltage to match the source voltage. The inductive load causes the current to gradually increase from zero at α rather than instantly. The thyristor turns off naturally at the extinction angle β when the load current reaches zero. The conduction angle is β - α, and the circuit turn off time must be greater than the thyristor turn-off time to prevent commutation failure.

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Single Phase Half Wave Rectifier RL Load

This document discusses a single phase half wave controlled rectifier circuit with an RL load. It describes how the firing angle α can control the phase relationship between the load current and supply voltage. It works by firing the thyristor at an angle ωt = α, which allows the load voltage to match the source voltage. The inductive load causes the current to gradually increase from zero at α rather than instantly. The thyristor turns off naturally at the extinction angle β when the load current reaches zero. The conduction angle is β - α, and the circuit turn off time must be greater than the thyristor turn-off time to prevent commutation failure.

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Single Phase Half Wave Controlled Rectifier with RL Load

A single phase half wave controlled rectifier is a thryristor based circuit which produces output
voltage for positive half of the supply voltage. However, the phase relationship between the
initiation of load current and supply voltage can be controlled by changing firing angle. This
is the reason; it is called phase controlled half wave rectifier. In this article, we will discuss the
circuit diagram, average load voltage, average load current and RMS load voltage for a Single
Phase half Wave Controlled Rectifier with RL load.

Working
It is assumed that the thyristor T is fired at an angle ωt = α. As soon as the thyristor T is fired
at ωt = α, load voltage equal to the source voltage instantaneously appears across the load
terminal. This is because, the thyristor is forward biased in between ωt = 0 to α. Hence, once
the thyristor is gated, it stars conducting.
However, the current does not start at this instant of firing. This is just because of the nature of
load. Since, the load is inductive, it will not allow any sudden change. Therefore, at ωt = α, the
output current will be zero and will gradually increase. The output current will become
maximum and then start decreasing. It should be noted here that, this behavior of load current
io will not be observed for purely resistive load.
At ωt = π, the load voltage Vo reduces to zero. However, the load current will not be zero at
this instant because of inductance L. Due to this, thyristor will not turn off, even though it is
reversed biased. Rather it will continue to conduct till ωt = β. At ωt = β, the load current
becomes zero and thyristor is reversed biased, hence it will turn off. This is a case of natural
commutation.

After ωt = β, vo = 0 and io = 0. At ωt = (2π+α), the SCR is triggered again, vo is applied to the


load and load current develops as discussed before. The angle β where the load current becomes
zero is called extinction angle and the angle (β-α) for which thyristor is ON is called conduction
angle.

Carefully observe the voltage across the thyristor. The SCR is reverse biased from ωt = β to ωt
= 2π. During this period, the current through thyristor is also zero. Therefore, circuit turn off
time is tc = [(2π – β) / ω] second. This time must be greater than the thyristor turn-off time
otherwise thyristor may turn on at undesired instant and will lead to commutation failure.

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