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SEVENTH SEMESTER B.TECH. (ENGINEERING) DEGREE EXAMINATION DECEMBER 2009

EE 04 701 PO'rVER ELECTRONICS
(200 4 Admissions) Time : Three Hours Maximum : 100 Marks

Part A A nswer the following.

1. Explain the turn on methods of an SCR.

2. Describe RC triggering for a thyristor gate drive in detail .

3. Draw the output voltage and current waveforms of a single phase half controlled thyristor convertor for a firing angle of 60 and also ca lcula te t he average and rms voltage if the supply voltage is 200V . 50Hz.
4.

Compa re series and parallel inverters.

5. A step down DC cho~per has an inductive load with a resistance of20n. The input voltage is 220 V. Th e ON t"iine and OFF ti me of the ch opp er are 15 ms and 5 ms respectively. Determine t he a verage load voltage a nd cur r en t.

6. F or a single phase AC regulator. ju st ify how pulse gating is suitable for R load and not for RL load .
7 . Compare SMPS with a linear pow er supply .

8 . Explain the operation of a buck regulator.

(8 x 5

=40 marks)

Part B
9 . Explain the two transistor analogy of a SC R. 1 lso expla in Its turn and tu rn off ch a rac t er istics .
(15 marks)

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10 . With a neat structural di agram, explain the operation of a power MO S FET . Also exp lain it s characteristics. ' (J 5 marks) 11. Explain the operation of three phase, half wave cont.rolled converter with r esistive load. Sketch the as sociated waveforms al so . . (15 marks)

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12. (i) Drawand xplain a simple series inverter with waveforms. (8 marks)
(7 marks)

(ii) With necessary waveforms, exp la in how the harmonics are eliminated in a PWM inverter.

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13 . Explain the operation ora voltage commutated ch oppe r with aid of cir cu it diagram and nec essary waveforms . (15 marks)

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14 . Describe with neat ske tches t he operation of a single phase bi-directional AC volta ge con troller f RL load and de rive it s rms outp ut. voltage. (Hi marks)

15. Draw the circuit of boost regulator and ex plain its working principle with nee .ssa ry waveforms . Derive the exp ression for peak to peak r ipple voltage of the capacitor that is present across t he load. (15 marks)

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16. Ex plain the ope ration of Sw itched mode power supply with neat circuit and waveforms . (15 marks) [4 x 15

= 60

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SEVENTH SEMESTER B.TECH. (ENGINEERING) DEGREE EXAMINATION, JUNE 2009

EE 04701- POWER ELECTRONICS (2004 Admissions) Time : Three Hours
Part A Answer all questions.

Maximum: 100 Marks

Each question carries 5 marks.

1. Explain the effect of gating current on VI characteristics of an SCR.

2. Explain turn-off of a GTO with anode and gate current waveforms. 3. What are the methods of voltage control within an inverter? 4. Explain what is meant by line commutated inverter. Explain its limitations. 5. Differentiate between step up and step down chopper. 6. Explain the principle of operations of cycloconverters. 7. Compare and contrast linear power supply system with switched mode power supplies. 8. Explain with neat circuit diagram and waveforms, the working of buck regulators. (8 x 5
PartB

= 40 marks)

Answer one question from each module. Each question carries 15 marks.
MODULE

9.

(a) Explain the working of SCR based on two transistor analogy. (b) Explain "turn on" and "turn off" characteristics of a SCR.

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10. (a) Draw the static and dynamic equalising circuits for thyristors in series and explain their operation. (b) Discuss the salient features of power MOSFET and IGBT. Mention their applications.

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11. Explain the working of a single-phase, full-wave bridge converter with RL load. Draw the waveforms for source voltage, load voltage, load current and voltage across the SCR's and obtain expression for average load voltage.

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12. Explain the working of single-phase, halfbridge and full bridge inverters, with necessary waveforms.
MODULE

III

13.

(a) Explain the working of a type E chopper. (b)

Wh~t

is a two quadrant chopper? Explain the working principle.

Or
14. (a) Discuss the operation of an auxiliary commutated chopper. (b) Draw the circuit of a load commutated chopped and explain its operation.
MODULE

IV

15. Explain the principle of operation and working of a switched mode power supply.

Or
16. Compare the different switching regulator topologies with circuit diagram and waveforms. (4 x 15

= 60 marks)

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