Power Electronics In class quiz No 03

1. In the single-phase diode-thyristor rectifier circuit shown in Figure 1 with zero input inductance 𝐿𝑠 = 0 and a
constant DC current source as load. The input voltage is given by 𝑣𝑠 = 𝑉𝑠 sin 𝜔𝑡 and its waveform is shown in
Figure 2.
a. Sketch the output voltage waveform and the input current waveform.
𝑖𝑜

𝑖𝐺,𝑇1
𝑇1 𝐷1
𝑖𝑠

+ +
𝑣𝑜 𝐼𝑜
𝑣𝑠
− −

𝑖𝐺,𝑇2 𝑇2 𝐷2
𝑣𝑠
Figure 1

𝑖𝐺,𝑇1 𝑖𝐺,𝑇2
𝜔𝑡
0 𝛼 𝜋 𝜋+𝛼 2𝜋

Figure 2
𝑣𝑜

𝜔𝑡
0 𝜋 2𝜋

𝑖𝑠

𝜔𝑡
0 𝜋 2𝜋

b. Derive the expression for average output voltage 𝑉𝑜 .

c. Calculate the value of firing angle 𝛼 to obtain average output voltage 48 𝑉. Assume that the input
voltage is 𝑣𝑠 = 100 sin 377𝑡 .