Battery Charger Circuit Using SCR
Battery Charger Circuit Using SCR
Battery Charger Circuit Using SCR
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V.LOGANATHAN
Introduction to Battery Charger Using SCR:
The battery is charged with small amount of AC voltage or DC voltage. So if you want to charge
your battery with AC source then should follow these steps, we need first limit the large AC
voltage, need to filter the AC voltage to remove the noise, regulate and get the constant voltage
and then give the resulting voltage to the battery for charging. Once charging is completed the
circuit should automatically turned off.
The AC source is given to the step down transformer which converts the large AC source into
limited AC source, filter the AC voltage and remove the noise and then give that voltage to the
SCR where it will rectify the AC and give the resulting voltage to the battery for charging.
The AC main voltage is given to the step down transformer the voltage should be down
to 20V approx. the step down voltage is given to the SCR for rectification and SCR rectifies
AC main voltage. This rectified voltage is used to charge battery.
When the battery connecter to the charging circuit, the battery will not be dead
completely and it will get discharged this will give the forward bias voltage to the transistor
through the diode D2 and resistor R7 which will get turned on. When the transistor is turned
on the SCR will get off.
When the battery voltage is dropped the forward bias will be decreased and transistor gets
turned off. When the transistor is turned off automatically the diode D1 and resistor R3 will
get the current to the gate of the SCR, this will triggers the SCR and gets conduct. SCR will
rectifies the AC input voltage and give to the battery through Resistor R6.
This will charge the battery when the voltage drop in the battery decreases the forward
bias current also gets increased to the transistor when the battery is completely charged the
Transistor Q1 will be again turned on and turned off the SCR.