Lab 1 Description - Performance Indices

The objective of any performance index is to evaluate quantitatively and qualitatively the operation of an equipment and allow comparisons to be made between various configurations. In this example the equipment is based upon an electric supply - static converter - load interaction and, therefore, the performance indices are derived from measured electric variables as voltages and currents. The most used indices are presented in Table I.

Performance Index	Converter Type
Performance Index	Diode Rectifier	Thyristor Rectifier
Supply phase voltage
Supply line current
Supply fundamental line current
Active power
Apparent power
Power factor
DC current
DC voltage
Semiconductor average current
Semiconductor RMS current

Table 1: Performance Indices for three-phase full-wave six-pulse rectifiers.