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(SEM VI) THEORY EXAMINATION 2021-22
POWER ELECTRONICS
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100

Note: Attempt all Sections. If you require any missing data, then choose suitably.
SECTION A
1. Attempt all questions in brief. 2*10 = 20
Qno Questions CO
(a) What are di/dt and dv/dt ratings of SCRs? What happens if these 1
ratings are exceeded?
(b) Give the merits and demerits of a GTO as compared to a conventional 1
SCR.
(c) Explain the following current ratings of SCR 2
(i) Average ON state current (ii) RMS ON state current
(d) What are the different methods for turning off (Commutation) of an 2
SCR? Draw the power circuit diagram of ClassC and D Commutation
methods.
(e) Explain the effect of freewheeling diode in power converters. Also, 3
justify the statement “Freewheeling diode improves the power factor of
the system”.
(f) Write the comparison between non-circulating current mode and 3
circulating current mode of operation of Dual-Converters.
(g) List the advantages and disadvantages of single-phase half-wave a.c. 4
voltage controllers.
(h) Distinguish between two-stage and multi-stage sequence control of a.c. 4
voltagecontrollers. What are the advantages of multistage sequence
control over two-stage sequencecontrol?
(i) Explain Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)techniqueand advantages of 5
SinusoidalPulse Width Modulation (SPWM) technique.
(j) Compare the constructional and operational differences between 5
voltage source and current-source inverters.
SECTION B
2. Attempt any three of the following: 10*3 = 30
Qno Questions CO
(a) Draw the turn-off characteristic of an SCR and explain the mechanism 1
of turn-off in detail.
(b) A thyristor string is formed by the series and parallel connectionof 2
thyristors. The voltage and current ratings of the string are 6 kV, and 4
kA respectively.Available thyristors have the voltage and current
ratings of 1.2 kV and 1 kA, respectively.The string efficiency is 90%
for both the series and parallel connections. Calculate thenumber of
thyristors to be connected in series and parallel.
(c) A single-phase fully-controlled bridge circuit shown in Fig. 1is used for 3
obtaining a regulated d.c. output voltage. The RMS value of the a.c.
inputvoltage is 230 V, and the firing angle is maintained at π/3,so that
the load-currentis 4 A.
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Fig. 1.
(i) Calculate the d.c. output voltage and the active and reactive power
input.
(ii) Calculate the d.c. output voltage and the active and reactive power
inputif a freewheeling diode is used at the output. Assuming that the
load resistance remains the same and the firing angle is maintained
at π/3.
(d) Explain the working of single phase to single-phase step up 4
cycloconverters with power circuit diagram and waveforms.
(e) With the help of neat circuit diagram and associated waveforms, 5
explain theoperation of single-phase full-bridge MOSFET based
voltage source inverter with (i) Resistive load (ii) Inductive load.
SECTION C
3. Attempt any one part of the following: 10*1 = 10
Qno Questions CO
(a) Explain in detail the switching performance of BJT with relevant 1
waveforms.
(b) Latching current for an SCR inserted in between a DC voltage source 1
of 200V and the load is 100 mA. Compute the minimum width of Gate
Pulse current required to turn on this SCR in the case of load R = 20 Ω
in series with L = 0.2 H.
4. Attempt any one part of the following: 10 *1 = 10

Qno Questions CO
(a) With the help of a neat circuit diagram and associated waveforms, 2
discuss theoperation of Buck converter.List the advantages of Buck-
Boost converter over Buck and Boost converters.
(b) Consider the buck-boost converter of Fig. 2. The input voltageto this 2
converter is Edc = 14 V. The duty cycles α = 0.6 and the switching
frequency is 25kHz. The inductance L = 180 mH and filter capacitance
C = 220 mF. The average loadcurrent I0 = 1.5 A.
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Fig. 2.
Compute:
(a) the average output voltage, E0;
(b) the peak-to-peak output voltage ripple, ∆Vc;
(c) the peak-to-peak current of inductor, ∆I; and
(d) the peak current of the device Ip.

Qno Questions CO
(a) Explain the operation of a three-phase, fully-controlled bridge 3
converterwith inductive load with the help of suitable voltage and
current waveforms at α =30° and derive the expression for average load
voltage.
(b) Describe the working of single-phase fully-controlled bridge converter 3
with Resistive-Inductive (RL) load
(i) Supply voltage and current, (ii) Load voltage and current.

Qno Questions CO
(a) A single-phase a.c.voltage controller of Fig. 3 feeds power to a 4
resistiveload of 4 Ω from 230 V, 50 Hz source.
Fig. 3.
Determine and draw the suitable wave diagram of following:
(i) the RMS output voltage and current for any firing angle α
(ii) the peak values of average and RMS thyristor currents for any
firing angle α.
(iii) the minimum circuit turn-off time for any firing angle α.
(b) Describe the basic principle of working of a single-phase-to-single- 4
phasestep down cycloconverter for abridge-type cycloconverter.
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Qno Questions CO
(a) With the help of neat circuit diagram and waveforms, explain briefly 5
the operationof three-phase bridge inverter with resistive inductive
(RL) load in 180° conduction mode.
(b) A single-phase half bridge inverter has R Load R= 2 ohm, and DC 5
source voltage Vs/2=115V. Sketch the waveforms of following
(i) Output voltage
(ii) Output Current
(iii) Thyristor current and diode current
(iv) Power delivered to the load due to fundamental current

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