DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A THYRISTOR CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC BATTERY CHARGER

The objective of this book is to design and construct an electrical/electronic equipment, a thyristor controlled automatic battery charger, that will supply electrical energy (charges) to a charge storage device; a battery, in a process to restore the battery's used up energy, (automatic in that it should posses a self preventive measure against battery destruction that may be caused by an overcharge). The batteries of concern are secondary batteries and are so called because they are rechargeable. The other types are the primary (or dry cell) batteries which are by design nonrechargeable and so are not considered/discussed in this book.