Question

Advantages and disadvantages of half wave rectifier

Answer 1

Advantages of half wave rectifier.

it is a simple circuit.it has low cost. We can easily to construct.it has low number of components therefore, it is a cheap Apart from this, a half wave rectifier has more disadvantages than advantages.

disadvantages of half wave rectifier.

The Transformer Utilization Factor is low in disadvantages of half wave rectifier and also in which the output current in the load contains, and in addition to direct current (DC) component, alternating current components of the basic frequency is equal to that of the input voltage frequency. 

Answer 2

Half Wave Rectifier:
A rectifier is the circuit which converts only one half of the cycle of alternating current (AC) input power into direct current (DC) output power is called half wave rectifier.

Advantages of Half Wave Rectifier:
1. It is cheap and requires a very few number of components to construct.
2. It is simple as its circuit design is easy to construct.

Disadvantage of Half Wave Rectifier:
The half wave rectifier has more number of disadvantages as compared to the advantages. Some of them are:
1. Since, power is delivered only during one half of the cycle of the input alternating voltage, therefore, its power output and rectification frequency is low.
2. Transformer utilization factor is also low.
3. The DC output power produced from the half wave rectifier is not satisfactory to make a general power supply.