Design e Powers
Design e Powers
Design e Powers
Mains 230 V
Step-down
A.C.
transformer
Rectifi
er
Filter
Ckt.
Three
Terminal
Voltage req.
Regulated O/P
Voltage
Rectifier Unit
Rectifier unit is a ckt. which converts A.C. into pulsating D.C.
Generally semi-conducting diode is used as rectifying element due to its property of
conducting current in one direction only. Generally there are two types of rectifier.
1) Half wave rectifier
2) Full wave rectifier.
In half wave rectifier only half cycle of mains A.C. is rectified so its
efficiency is very poor. So we use full wave bridge type rectifier, in which four diodes
are used. In each half cycle, two diodes conduct at a time and we get maximum
efficiency at o/p.
Following are the main advantages and disadvantages of a full-wave
bridge type rectifier ckt.
Advantages:
1) The need of center tapped transformer is eliminated.
2) The o/p is twice that of center tap circuit for the same secondary
voltage.
3) The PIV rating of diode is half of the center tap circuit.
Disadvantages:
1) It requires four diodes.
2) As during each half cycle of A.C. input, two diodes are conducting
therefore voltage drop in internal resistance of rectifying unit will be
twice as compared to center tap circuit.
Filter Circuit
Generally a rectifier is required to produce pure D.C. supply for using
at various places in the electronic circuit. However, the o/p of rectifier has pulsating
character i.e. if such a D.C. is applied to electronic circuit it will produce a hum i.e. it
will contain A.C. and D.C. components. The A.C. components are undesirable and
must be kept away from the load. To do so a filter circuit is used which removes (or
filters out) the A.C. components reaching the load. Obviously a filter circuit is installed
between rectifier and voltage regulator. In our project we use capacitor filter because
of its low cost, small size and little weight and good characteristic. Capacitors are
connected in parallel to the rectifier o/p because it passes A.C. but does not pass
D.C. at all.
also has internal thermal overload protection and internal short circuit and current
limiting protection. For our project we use 7805 voltage regulator IC.
Size of core
Size of core is one of the first considerations in regard of weight and
volume of transformer. This depends on type of core and winding configuration used.
Generally following formula is used to find area or size of core.
Ai
P1
----------0.87
Ai
P1
= Primary voltage.
In transformer P1 = P2
-3
= 12 x 500 x 10 w.
= 6w.
6
So
Ai
=
0.87
= 2.62
Generally 10% of area should be added to core to accommodate all
turns for low Iron losses and compact size.
So
Ai
= 2.88.
Turns / Volt
10,000
= ----------------------4.44 f Bm Ai
Here,
f is the frequency in Hz
Bm is flux density in Wb/m2
Ai is net area of cross section.
Following table gives the value of turns per volt for 50 Hz frequency.
1.14
40/Ai
1.01
45/Ai
0.91
50/Ai
0.83
55/Ai
0.76
60/Ai
17
Thus for Primary winding
= 220 x 17 = 3800.
= 12 x 17 = 204.
Wire size
As stated above size depends upon the current to be carried out by
the winding, which depends upon current density of 3.1 A/mm 2. For less copper
losses 1.6 A/mm2 or 2.4 A/mm2 may be used. Generally even size guage of wire are
used.
Rectifier Design
R.M.S. Secondary voltage at secondary of transformer is 12V.
So maximum voltage Vm across Secondary is
= Rms. Voltage x 2
= 12 x 2
= 16.97
D.C. O/p Voltage at rectifier O/p is
Vdc
2 Vm
---------
2 x 16.97
-----------------------
= 10.80 V
PIV rating of each diode is
PIV
= 2 Vm.
= 2 x 16.97
= 34 V
& maximum forward current which flow from each diode is 500mA.
So from above parameter we select diode IN 4007 from diode selection
manual.
RL
1
-----------------------------43 x 0.1 x 50 x 28
= 1030 f
1000 f.
And voltage rating of filter capacitor is double of Vdc i.e. rectifier o/p
which is 20V. So we choose 1000 f / 25V filter capacitor.
IC 7805 (Voltage Regulator IC.)
12 3
Specifications :
Available o/p D.C. Voltage
= + 5V.
Line Regulation
= 0.03
Load Regulation
= 0.5
Vin maximum = 35 V
Ripple Rejection = 66-80 (db)