Advantages of Three-Phase Rectifiers over Single-Phase Rectifiers Higher output voltage for given input voltage. Lower amplitude ripples i.e., output voltage is smoother Higher frequency ripples, simplifying filtering (lower size of filter circuit parameters because of higher ripple frequency) Higher overall efficiency 2
Three-Phase Half-Wave Rectifiers Three-Pulse Rectifiers 3
Load voltage waveforms Circuit Diagram Load voltage waveforms 4
Current Waveforms 5
VD1 VD2 VD3 VAC VBC VCA VCB Period On diode Off diodes 030 ° D3 D1 & D2 VAC VBC 30 º150º D1 D2 & D3 VCA 150º 270º D2 D3 & D1 VCB 270º390º 6
Voltage across diodes VD1 7
VD2
VD3
With Inductive Load 10
THREE-PHASE FULL-WAVE BRIDGE RECTIFIERS Six-Pulse Rectifiers
Equivalent circuits of six-pulse rectifier
Diode and Line current waveforms
With Inductive (RL) Load
TWELVE-PULSE RECTIFIERS
Circuit Diagram