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A leaky capacitor will act like a load therefore decreasing the DC and increasing ripple eventually the capacitor it will self destruct because of heating probaly taking out the rectifiers as well.

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What causes the ripple voltage on the output of a capacitor-input filter?

Ripple voltage in a capacitor-input filter primarily arises from the charging and discharging cycles of the capacitor. When the rectifier conducts, the capacitor charges to the peak voltage of the input signal. As the load draws current, the capacitor discharges, causing the voltage to drop until the rectifier conducts again, resulting in a voltage ripple. The magnitude of this ripple depends on factors such as the load current, capacitance value, and input frequency.


How a can capacitor smoothen or reduce the ripple of the voltage produce by the rectifier?

Rectifiers will not give a smooth DC voltage. There are ripples in the voltage given the rectifier. So in order to smoothen the voltage we use capacitor in parallel to the rectifier output. Now lets see how the capacitor smoothen the voltage that is coming from a rectifier...... Capacitor blocks DC and allows AC...... If we take the voltage that is coming from the rectifier it has some ripples in addition to DC, these ripples can be divided in to sinusoidal wave forms ( fictitious )according to the Fourier series. So the rippled DC now divided ( fictitious ) in to a pure DC and sinusoidal AC wave forms having the frequency that is multiples of ripple frequency. Now the DC current will not pass through the capacitor as the capacitor blocks DC. But the AC will pass through it i.e the ripple wave forms that are divided ( fictitious ) in to sinusoidal AC wave forms will pass through the capacitor. So only DC current enters in to the load, which will produce a pure DC voltage drop across the load. In this manner the capacitor smoothens the voltage.


What happens when a bypass capacitor is shorted?

The circuit becomes a pure resistance circuit where current and voltage are in phase with each others.


How can a capacitor reduce the effects of ripple voltage?

The smoothing capacitor converts the full-wave rippled output of the rectifier (which is left over AC signal) into a smooth DC output voltage A smoothing capacitor after either a half-wave or full-wave rectifier will be charged up to the peak of the rectified a.c. Between peaks of the a.c. the stored voltage will drop by a degree dependent on how much current is drawn from it by the load. The larger the value of the capacitor, the less drop there will be, and therefore less ripple when loaded.


What is the function of a capacitor in the half wave rectification?

to smooth the output of the half-wave rectifier from 1/2 an AC cycle per period to a constant voltage.

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How can capacitor smooth or reduce the ripple of the voltage produced by the rectifier?

when rectifier is on, the capacitor is almost transparent (it charges to the voltage provided from the rectifier) when rectifier is off, capacitor holds the peak voltage since it stored a charge during rectifier on time.


How the capacitor removes the ripples from the rectified voltage?

During the AC cycle, the capacitor charges when the rectifier conducts, and maintains the voltage when the rectifier is not conducting.


Output voltage of half wave rectifier without capacitor filter is less or more than rectifier with capacitor filter?

less


If vm is maximum peak voltage of rectifier outputthis rectifier output is connected to the capacitor filterwhat will be the approximate dc output voltage to the capacitor filter?

It should be the rms value of your supply.


How do you determine the size of acapacitor in a rectifier circuit?

ANSWER In rectifiers for power supplies, the capacitor size is determined by the allowable ripple on the output. This can be determined by the rate at which the capacitor is drained. Specifically, this rate is the current drawn from the capacitor. Assume a half wave rectifier made from four diodes. For part of the cycle, the output current is supplied by the rectifier diode. This is also when the capacitor is charged. While the rectifier is not supplying current -- when the input waveform has dropped below the output voltage -- the capacitor must supply the current. Then, as the input waveform rises above the capacitor voltage, the rectifier supplies the current to charge the capacitor and the output circuit.


What causes the ripple voltage on the output of a capacitor-input filter?

Ripple voltage in a capacitor-input filter primarily arises from the charging and discharging cycles of the capacitor. When the rectifier conducts, the capacitor charges to the peak voltage of the input signal. As the load draws current, the capacitor discharges, causing the voltage to drop until the rectifier conducts again, resulting in a voltage ripple. The magnitude of this ripple depends on factors such as the load current, capacitance value, and input frequency.


How a can capacitor smoothen or reduce the ripple of the voltage produce by the rectifier?

Rectifiers will not give a smooth DC voltage. There are ripples in the voltage given the rectifier. So in order to smoothen the voltage we use capacitor in parallel to the rectifier output. Now lets see how the capacitor smoothen the voltage that is coming from a rectifier...... Capacitor blocks DC and allows AC...... If we take the voltage that is coming from the rectifier it has some ripples in addition to DC, these ripples can be divided in to sinusoidal wave forms ( fictitious )according to the Fourier series. So the rippled DC now divided ( fictitious ) in to a pure DC and sinusoidal AC wave forms having the frequency that is multiples of ripple frequency. Now the DC current will not pass through the capacitor as the capacitor blocks DC. But the AC will pass through it i.e the ripple wave forms that are divided ( fictitious ) in to sinusoidal AC wave forms will pass through the capacitor. So only DC current enters in to the load, which will produce a pure DC voltage drop across the load. In this manner the capacitor smoothens the voltage.


What happens when a bypass capacitor is shorted?

The circuit becomes a pure resistance circuit where current and voltage are in phase with each others.


When a circuit consists of a capacitor and a resistor in series with a voltage source and the voltage across the resistor becomes zero then the capacitor is?

fully charged.


How do you reduce a ripple voltage?

You reduce ripple voltage by adding a low-pass filter. In the simplest case, you put a capacitor after the rectifier. The peak voltage will be the rectifier output voltage less the forward bias of the rectifier, while the minimum voltage will depend on current and capacitance. In a more complex case, you could use an LC filter, making the peak voltage smaller. Specifics are dependent on the power and performance requirements.


What happens to the current in a circuit as a capacitor charges?

What happens to the current in a circuit as a capacitor charges depends on the circuit. As a capacitor charges, the voltage drop across it increases. In a typical circuit with a constant voltage source and a resistor charging the capacitor, then the current in the circuit will decrease logarithmically over time as the capacitor charges, with the end result that the current is zero, and the voltage across the capacitor is the same as the voltage source.


What happens when a capacitor when it is connected to a higher voltage?

If you apply a higher voltage to a capacitor than it is rated it could over heat and explode.