Rectifier

The process of conversion of ac power into dc power is called Rectification. The device used for the rectification process is called Rectifiers.

In practice, there exists an inductance and resistance in the supply source. This inductance is known as source inductance LS and due to this the line commutation process of thyristor and

In single-phase half-controlled converter one quadrant operation is obtained i.e., only positive voltage and current will be obtained at the output.