Draw the circuit diagram of battery charger using SCR and explain it’s working.

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Battery charger circuit using SCR:

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The figure shows the battery charger circuit using SCR. A 12V discharged battery is connected in the circuit and switch SW is closed. The singlephase 230V supply is stepped down to (15-0-15) V by a centre-tapped transformer. The diodes D1 and D2 forms full wave rectifier and pulsating DC supply appears across terminals A and B. When SCR is off, its cathode is held at the potential of discharged battery. During each positive half-cycle, when the potential of point C rises to sufficient level so as to forward bias diode D3 and gate-cathode junction of SCR, the gate pulse is provided and SCR is turned on. When SCR is turned on, the charging current flows through battery. Thus during each positive half-cycle of pulsating DC supply, voltage across A-B, SCR is fired and charging current is passed till the end of that half-cycle. Due to Zener diode D4, the maximum voltage at point C is held at 12V. Due to the charging process, the battery voltage rises and finally attains full value of 12V. When the battery is fully charged, the cathode of SCR is held at 12V. So the diode D3 and gatecathode junction of SCR cannot be forward biased, since the potential of point C can reach up to 12V. Therefore, no gate current is supplied and SCR is not fired. In this way, after full charging, further charging is automatically stopped.


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