CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANSISTORIZED POWER REGULATOR (240 V)
By
IBEH NGOZI
Presented To
Department of
Science Laboratory Technology
ABSTRACT
A step-by-step approach to the construction of a type of transistionized power regulator of known output voltage. A power regulator is described in the course of this project. The zener diode reverse voltage breakdown is used to the advantage to produce a power regulator diode. That is to say, it is possible to use a zener diode to produce a relative constant voltage from a supply voltage, which can itself fluctuate considerably. This kind of diode belongs to a class of material called â€�“semi-conductorâ€Â� device, which have intermediate values of resistivities between conductors and insulator. These devices have an important property of conducting current in two independent way i.e. by negative charged (free electrons) and positive charge (holes) and that effectively controlled. In a power regulator circuit, zener diode functions as a voltage-regulating device, when connected across a voltage supply source to a load. It maintains constant potential difference across the load despite the fluctuation in the value of the load resistance or of the voltage from the supply source.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of Content
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Statement of problem
1.2 Aim and objectives of the study
1.3 Justification of study
1.4 Limitation of study
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature review (background information of study)
2.1 Units of power supply regulator
2.2 Transformer
2.3 Rectifier
2.4 Smoothing
2.5 Zener diode
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Design of a stabilized power regulator
3.1 Circuit diagram
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Power regulator and zener characteristic
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Construction and testing of a power regulator
5.1 Conclusion
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