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then consulted to select the next higher value of the capacitor available in the
market.
Example 15.6 A half-wave capacitor filter rectifier has maintained an
average output voltage of 15 V with a peak to peak ripple of not more than 3
V. The load resistance is 100 Ω Calculate the value of the capacitor filter.
The ac supply frequency is 50 Hz.
Solution:
The load current,
Time period,
The time of discharge of the capacitor t can approximately by considered
1
equal to T. Therefore,
t = T = 20 ms
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