Code: R7310204

R07
(Common to EEE and E.Con.E)

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R07) Supplementary Examinations December/January 2013/14 POWER ELECTRONICS Time: 3 hours Answer any FIVE questions All questions carry equal marks *****
1 (a) (b) 2 (a) (b) What is thyristor and what is its importance in the power control. Explain how thyristor is used as a switch. Derive expression for string efficiency? Explain significance of it. A thyristor string is formed by the series and parallel connection of 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 series and parallel connections. Calculate the number of thyristors to be connected in series and parallel. Explain the operation of 1-phase half controlled bridge converter with RL-load with and without freewheeling diode. Also sketch circuit and waveforms for = 60 deg. A single phase half-wave rectifier is used to supply power to load of impedance 10 ohm from 230 V, 50 Hz a.c. Supply at the firing angle of 30 deg. Calculate: (i) Average load voltage. (ii) Effective value. (iii) Load current. Explain the operation of line commutation converter with RL load. Draw and explain the output voltage as function of firing angle for fully controlled converter. Explain the operation of a three phase half-wave rectifier with R-load with suitable waveforms. Derive expressions for average voltage and current of 3-phase half-wave rectifier. Explain why the single-phase ac voltage regulator using two SCRs must have its trigger sources isolated from each other. A three-phase, three-wire bidirectional controller supplies a star connected resistive load of R = 5 and line-to-line input voltage is 210 V(RMS) 50 Hz. The firing angle = 600. Calculate: (i) The RMS output phase voltage,E0 (ii) The input power factor ,Pf and (iii) The expression for instantaneous output voltage of phase . Draw the schematic of type E-chopper and explain the working of the same. Enumerate the advantages of the type-A chopper over the other choppers. The 1-phase half bridge inverter has a resistive load of 10 and the center tap dc input voltage is 96 V. Compute: (i) RMS value of the O/P voltage. (ii) Fundamental component of the O/P voltage waveform. (iii) First five harmonics of the O/P voltage waveform. (iv) Fundamental power consumed by the load

Max Marks: 80

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