Power Electronics by D.W.Hart Chapter 04

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Controlled Rectifier with RL-Source Load

It is analyzed much like the uncontrolled rectifier of Fig. 4-5a

The average bridge output voltage is

The average load current is


Power absorbed by the dc voltage is

Power absorbed by the resistor in the load is


If the inductance is large and the load current has little ripple, power
absorbed by the resistor is approximately

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The ac voltage terms are unchanged from the controlled rectifier with
an RL load in Fig. 4-11a and are described by Eqs. (4-29) to (4-32).

(4-29) Fig. 4-11a

(4-30) (4-31)

(4-31)

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Controlled Rectifier with RL-Source Load
The controlled rectifier of Fig. 4-14 has an ac source of 240 V rms at 60 Hz,
Vdc =100 V, R =5 Ω , and an inductor large enough to cause continuous
current. (a) Determine the delay angle α such that the power absorbed by the dc
source is 1000 W. (b) Determine the value of inductance that will limit the
peak-to-peak load current variation to 2 A.
(a) For the power in the 100-V dc source to be 1000 W, the current in it must
be 10 A. The required output voltage is determined from Eq. (4-36) as

For details see


the book

Eqs. (4-31)
and (4-32)
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The 5-Ω resistor is insignificant compared to the total 230-Ω required
impedance, so Zn ≈ nωL. Solving for L,

A slightly larger inductance should be chosen to allow for the effect of


higher-order ac terms.

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Controlled Single-Phase Converter Operating as an Inverter
The above discussion focused
on circuits operating as
rectifiers, which means that the
power flow is from the ac
source to the load.

It is also possible for power to flow from the load to the ac source, which
classifies the circuit as an inverter.
For inverter operation of the converter in Fig. 4-14, power is supplied by the
dc source, and power is absorbed by the bridge and is transferred to the ac
system.
The load current must be in the direction shown because of the SCRs in the
bridge.
For power to be supplied by the dc source, Vdc must be negative.
For power to be absorbed by the bridge and transferred to the ac system, the
bridge output voltage Vo must also be negative.
Equation (4-35) applies, so a delay angle larger than 90 will result in a
negative output voltage.
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If the inductor is large enough to
effectively eliminate the ac current
terms and the bridge is lossless, the
power absorbed by the bridge and
transferred to the ac system is

The voltage waveform for α=150


and continuous inductor current
is shown in Fig. 4-15.

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Single-Phase Bridge Operating as an Inverter
The dc voltage in Fig. 4-14 represents the voltage generated by an array of
solar cells and has a value of 110 V, connected such that Vdc = -110 V. The
solar cells are capable of producing 1000 W. The ac source is 120 V rms,
R = 0.5 Ω, and L is large enough to cause the load current to be essentially
dc. Determine the delay angle such that 1000 W is supplied by the solar
cell array. Determine the power transferred to the ac system and the losses
in the resistance. Assume ideal SCRs.
For the solar cell array to supply
1000 W, the average current must be

The required delay angle is determined


from Eq. (4-35).

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Power absorbed by the bridge and transferred to the ac system is determined
from Eq. (4-39).

Power absorbed by the resistor is


Note that the load current and power will be sensitive to the delay angle and
the voltage drops across the SCRs because bridge output voltage is close to
the dc source voltage. For example, assume that the voltage across a
conducting SCR is 1 V.
Average load current is then

Average current in each SCR is one-half the average load current. Power
absorbed by each SCR is approximately

Total power loss in the bridge is then 4(2.5) =10 W, and power delivered
to the ac source is 537.5 -10 = 527.5 W.

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V(L-L) = V(L-N) x 1.732

VS is equal to (VLL ÷ √3) VPEAK(L-L) = √2 * VL-L

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4.4 THREE-PHASE RECTIFIERS

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4.4 THREE-PHASE RECTIFIERS

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