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Precision rectifiers are used in the design of instrumentation systems.
Rectifiers turn A/C into D/C, but transformers can only run on A/C.
Maplin offer affordable rectifiers. Rectifiers are used to convert alternating current to direct current. The process is also known as rectification. Rectifiers are often found serving as components of DC power supplies.
The purpose of rectifiers is to change AC to DC.
Any semiconductor can be used for rectification, so germanium is suitable.However what you may be thinking of is power rectifiers. Germanium cannot operate with a junction temperature above about 60C, so this is a significant limitation on the power handling capability of germanium power rectifiers (even copper oxide or selenium power rectifiers can handle more power, so they were used for many years before quality silicon power rectifiers became available).
Chemical Processes often have large power rectifiers as their primary source of DC Power. If these rectifiers are turned off, either for maintenance or a malfunction, there is a danger to the hardware of the chemical process. To solve this problem, standby rectifiers are installed in parallel with the main rectifiers. These rectifiers, known as Polarisation Rectifiers, pass electric current through the process and prevent damage....NEOWATT ENERGY
A bridge rectifier, is a group of rectifiers (4 in a single phase) wired so that each half of an AC current is passed to respective positive and negative lines of a DC output. It provides full wave rectification of AC into DC.
a full-wave bridge rectifier
Single phase rectifiers are suitable to power loads of up to only about 15 kW. For higher power demands, three phase rectifiers are preferred for the following reasons: Higher dc voltage, better TUF, better input power factor, less ripple content in the output current - therefore giving better load performance and a smaller size of filter circuit parameters because of the higher ripple frequency.
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No. Diodes are diodes. One diode can be USED as a half-wave rectifier. Four diodes can be used to build a bridge rectifier.
What are applications of rectifiers