1)The objectives :

The purpose of this experiment is to construct a single-phase controlled

rectifier(thyristor) and do the transient analysis using Pspice software.
2)Theoretical background:
The thyristor will conduct ,on state, when V
T
is positive and a
firing(trigger) current pulse I
G
is applied to the gate terminal or by
applying a forward anode-to-cathode voltage greater than the forward
blocking voltage V
T
. The controlled of the load voltage is performed by
delaying the firing pulse by an angle . The load voltage is given by( if
we suppose V
s
=V
peak
sin t):
V
d av
= = (1+cos )
V
drms



the load current will be: I
d av
=

; I
d rms
=
FIG-1
As the firing current pulse is increased, the forward blocking voltage V
T
is
decreased(look FIG-2):

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3)Experimental setup:
We construct the circuit in fig-3 using Pspice software :
V1=sin 0 310 50[310sin 2 50 ; R3=1k; R6=10MEG;
R4= 1k R1=1k ; R2=1k ; R5=4k ;
D2:DN4007 diode ; X1:SN1596 silicon controlled rectifier
X2:center-tap transformer XFMR-TAP{ ratio=0.1} ;

4.A)Experimental data:
We simulate our circuit using in transient analysis by writing in the Edit
controls command: .TRAN 1U 20M,then we display the load current (I
A
)and
the load voltage(across R3) versus time using the scope .we first observe the
load current I
A
(look FIG-4),we notice that the minimum anode current (of
SN1596 ) that will cause the rectifier to remain in forward-conduction is
I
L
=7.28mA at t
L
=822u sec(the latching current ).And the minimum value of
anode current necessary to keep the rectifier in forward-conduction after it has
been operating at a high anode current is I
H
=4.75mA at t
H
=9.44m sec(the
holding current).We measure the RMS and average values of the load current
and load voltage: V
rms
=15 volt ; V
av
=9.36volt
I
A rms
=14mA ; I
A av
=9.36mA
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We can measure the firing angle 14.8
0
. We notice that the holding current
is lower than the latching current( I
H
<I
L
) .

Also for the load voltage(FIG-5), the same observation with V
L
=7.28volt
and V
H
=4.75volt.


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We can display the blocking voltage V
ak
using the scope(FIG-6):

Now ,we vary the value of I
G
by varying the value of R1 in the previous
circuit {500; 3K and 4K which produce a different values of (look
FIG-7),we notice that as R1 increases ,I
G
decreases which cause
a larger firing angle .
R1=500 10.8
0

R1=3k 32.40
0

R1=4k 51.66
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4.B)Theoretical data:
we calculate the values of the RMS and average value of the load current and
voltage , and we get: (we take 14.8
0
=0.26 rad ; 31 )
V
rms



V
rms
= 14.86 volt I
A rms
= 14.86mA
V
av
= = (1+cos )
V
av=
9.7 volt I
A av
= =9.7Ma
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5)Discussion:
The theoretical calculations are close to the experimental ones with small
error because we have assumed theoretically an ideal diode whereas in the
experiment using Pspice software we dealt with the real case of the
diode(or more close to the reality).
6)conclusion:
Thyristors are typically used at the highest energy levels in power conditioning
circuits because they are designed to handle the largest currents and voltages
of any device technology ,and as we have seen in this report ,thyristor can be
used to perform a single-phase controlled rectifier that allow to us controlling
the voltage and current wave.







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