Seat No: ______________ Enrollment No: ____________________

PARUL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
B. Tech. Winter 2018 - 19 Examinations
Semester: 7 Date: 03/12/2018
Subject Code: 03107432 Time: 10:30am to 1:00pm
Subject Name: Power Electronics Total Marks: 60
Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
3. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
4. Start new question on new page.

Q.1 Objective Type Questions - (All are compulsory) (Each of one mark) (15)
1. When a thyristor is reversed biased, the number of blocked PN junction is ……………
2. A ……………………………………………… uses a mixture of diodes and thyristors and there
is a limited control over the level of dc output voltage.
3. A chopper may be thought as a …………………………………………………………. .
(DC equivalent of an AC transformer/ DC equivalent of an induction motor)
4. An inverter refers to a power electronic device that converts power in DC form to AC form at the
required………….…………. …and voltage output.
5. The dynamic process of the SCR from conduction state to forward blocking state is
called…………………………………………………..
6. The time taken by the anode current to rise from 0.9Ia to Ia is called ……………………….time.
7.The minimum value of anode current below which it must fall for turning-off the thyristor is known
as ………………….current.
8. LASCR stands for……………………………………………………………………….
9. A diode with S-factor less than one is called ……………………………………
10. In a single phase half wave circuit with RL load angle β is called……………….....angle.
11. When a Thyristor gets Turned ON, the gate drive
A. Should not be removed as it will turn-off the SCR
B. Should be removed to avoid increased losses and higher junction temperature.
C. Should be removed
D. May or may not be removed
12. A single phase full wave mid point thyristor converter uses a 230/200V transformer with center
tap on the secondary side. The PIV per thyristor is
A. 100 V B. 141.4 V
C. 200 V D. 282.8 V
13. A chopper, in which current remains positive but voltage may be positive or negative, is known
as
A. Type-A B. Type-B
C. Type-C D. Type-D
14. In a Single-Pulse modulation of PWM inverters, third harmonics can be eliminated if pulse width
is equal to
A. 30° B. 60°
C. 120° D. 150°
15.The SMPS’s are superior to linear power supplies in respect of
A. Size and Efficiency B. Efficiency and Regulation
C. Regulation and Noise D. Noise and Cost
Q.2 Answer the following questions. (Attempt any three) (15)
A) What is power electronics? Discuss briefly the concept of power electronics with the help of block
diagram.
B) Discuss switching characteristics of a thyristor with necessary waveforms.
C) Describe the different modes of operation of a thyristor with the help of static I-V characteristic.
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 D) Explain working of single phase half wave controlled rectifier circuit with RL and freewheeling
diode type load with necessary waveform and derivations.

Q.3 A) Explain the principle of working of a single phase half bridge inverter with the help of the circuit (07)
diagram and waveforms for both resistive and inductive loads.
B) Describe the principle of step-up/step down chopper. Derive an expression for its average output (08)
voltage.
OR
B) A step up/step down chopper has input dc voltage of 220 V and output voltage of 660 V. If the (08)
conduction time of thyristor chopper is 120 µs, compute the pulse width of load voltage. In case
pulse width of load voltage is increased to three times its previous width, for constant frequencies
operation, calculate the new value of average output voltage.

Q.4 A) (1) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of AC drives. (03)

(2) Describe Power control or Motoring control method of chopper drives. (04)
OR
A) Describe 1-phase half-wave converter feeding a separately –excited DC motor. Illustrate your (07)
answer with waveforms and appropriate expressions.
B) Draw and explain uninterruptable power supply and explain short break and no break UPS (08)
configuration.

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