EXPERIMENT-I

A. TITLE: STUDY OF SINGLE PHASE RECTIFIER

B. OBJECT: To study the characteristic of the single phase industrial type rectified power
supply with different type of smoothing circuits

C. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM:

D. VALUES OF CIRCUIT COMPONENTS:

T = Single Phase Transformer 230 V / 25 V

L = 1 Henry
RL = 50 Ohms, 5 A Rheostat
C1 = C2 = 2500 µF / 50 V (Electrolytic)
RS= Selenium Rectifier Stack B-25/20-5

E. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS:

RUN-1: (C1 ON, C2 OFF) No-Load Voltage: 30.5 Volts

Load Current Load Voltage Ripple % Ripple Form

(IL) DC (VL) DC Voltage AC Regulation Factor Factor
Amps Volts Volts
0.5 20 0.12 34.43 0.0060 1.000018
1.0 18 0.21 40.98 0.0116 1.000068
1.5 17 0.20 44.26 0.0117 1.000069
2.0 16 0.24 47.54 0.0150 1.000112
2.5 15 0.25 50.82 0.0166 1.000139
3.0 14 0.26 54.09 0.0185 1.000172
3.5 13.5 0.27 55.73 0.0200 1.000200
4.0 13.0 0.29 57.37 0.0223 1.000249
4.5 12.5 0.31 59.02 0.0248 1.000307
5.0 12 0.4 60.65 0.0333 1.000555
RUN-2: (C1 OFF, C2 ON) No-Load Voltage: 30.5 Volts

Load Current Load Voltage Ripple % Ripple Form

(IL) DC (VL) DC Voltage AC Regulation Factor Factor
Amps Volts Volts
0.5 25 0.46 18.03 0.0184 1.000169
1.0 23 0.66 24.59 0.0287 1.000412
1.5 21.75 0.74 28.69 0.0340 1.000579
2.0 20.25 0.76 33.60 0.0375 1.000704
2.5 19.5 0.81 36.06 0.0415 1.000862
3.0 18 0.82 40.98 0.0455 1.001037
3.5 17.5 0.84 42.62 0.0480 1.001151
4.0 16.5 0.85 45.90 0.0515 1.001326
4.5 16 0.89 47.54 0.0556 1.001546
5.0 15.5 0.99 49.18 0.0638 1.002038

RUN-3: (C1 ON, C2 ON) No-Load Voltage: 31 Volts

Load Current Load Voltage Ripple % Ripple Form

(IL) DC (VL) DC Voltage AC Regulation Factor Factor
Amps Volts Volts
0.5 26.5 0.02 14.51 0.00075 1
1.0 24 0.03 22.58 0.00125 1.000001
1.5 22.5 0.04 27.41 0.00177 1.000002
2.0 21 0.06 32.25 0.00285 1.000004
2.5 19.5 0.07 37.09 0.00359 1.000006
3.0 19 0.08 38.71 0.00421 1.000009
3.5 18 0.10 41.93 0.00555 1.000015
4.0 17 0.12 45.16 0.00705 1.000025
4.5 16.5 0.13 46.77 0.00787 1.000031
5.0 16 0.13 48.38 0.00812 1.000033
F. GRAPHS: