Code No: R5310204 R5

III B.Tech I Semester(R05) Supplementary Examinations, November 2010

POWER ELECTRONICS
(Electrical & Electronic Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks
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1. Explain the SCR firing circuits in detail with the help of circuits and waveforms
(a) Resistance firing circuits
(b) RC firing circuit. [8+8]
2. Explain the operation of a singe phase half wave converter for R-load with neat circuit diagram and
necessary waveforms. Also derive the output average voltage and current for α = 300 . [12+4]
3. Explain the operation of 3-phase dual converter fed to RL loads for non-circulating current mode.
With neat circuit diagram and waveforms. [12+4]
4. The ac voltage controller uses on-off control for heating a resistive load of R = 4 ohms and the input
voltage is Vs = 208V, 60Hz. If the desired output power is P0 = 3KW, determine the
(a) duty cycle δ
(b) input power factor
(c) sketch waveforms for the duty cycle obtained in (a) [5+6+5]
5. For a single phase mid-point cyclo-converter, explain the operation of the circuit when fed to R-load
with the help of neat circuit diagram and relevant output waveforms for α = 300 and α = 1200 for f0
= 1/4 fs. [4+8+4]
6. A load commutated chopper, fed from a 230V dc source has a constant load current of 50A. For a duty
cycle of 0.4 and a chopping frequency of 2 KHz, Calculate
(a) the value of commutating capacitance
(b) average output voltage
(c) circuit turn-off time for one SCR pair
(d) total commutation interval [4+4+4+4]
7. Draw and explain the simple SCR series inverter circuit employing class A type commutation. With
the help of important waveforms. State the limitations of this inverter. [8+4+4]
8. The single phase modified Me Murray full-bridge inverter is fed by dc source of 300V. The d.c. source
voltage may fluctuate by ±15% . The current during commutation may vary form 20 to 100A. Obtain
the value of commutating components, if the thyristor turn-off time is 20 µs. Also compute the value
of R. [16]

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