Reg. No.

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FOUR YEAR B.TECI{. DEGREE EXAMINATION _ APRIL 2016.

SIXTH SEME STER EXAMIN,A.TION

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
POWER ELECTRONTCS - rr (PEL2)
(scHEME - 2013)

Time : 3 Hours Max. Marks :70

Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory and it must be answered. first in Sequence
at one place only.
Answer any FOUR from the remaining.
Question No. 1 carries 10 marks and remaining questions carry 15 marks each.

1. Answer the following questions. (10 x 1 = 10)

(a) Mention the power semi conductor device employed in AC voltage
controllers.
(b) State the principle of ON-OFE control ernployed in AC voltage
controllers.
(c) List any two industrial applications of Inverters.
(d) Draw the circuit diagram of singie phase half bridge inverter.
(e) S{hy series inverter is cailed so?
(0 List the methods of controlling the output voltage of inverters.
(g) Define the term 'Duty cycle' of a Chopper.
(h) What is the principie of time ratio control of choppers?
(r) For the circuit shown in figure 1, express the effective input resistance
interms of duty cycle and load resistance as seen by the source.

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fig.1
CI) State the advantage of SMPS over linear power supply.
Turn Over
2. (a) Explain the operation of singie phase AC.voltage regulator with RL load
with neat circuit diagram and waveforms. (g)
(b) State the advantages of AC voltage regulators over conventional
regulators. (6)

3. (a) Expiain sinusoidal Pulse width modulation as used in PWM Inverters. (8)
(b) Explain the operation of l-fi full bridge inverter with neat circuit diagram
and waveforms. e)
4. Describe the operation of three phase 120 degree mod.e voltage source inverter
with neat circuit diagram and relevant waveforms. (15)

5" (a) converters

I)iscuss the classification of DC-DC (5)
(b) Exptain the operation offour quadrant chopper in detail. (10)

6. Explain the operation of Buck Boost converter with neat circuit diagram and
waveforms. (15)
n,. (a) List various types of Swiiched Mode Power Supplier. Describe the
operation of SMPS with push pull configuration. (10)
(b) Mention few applications of uninterruptable power supply. (b)

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