BITS, PILANI - K. K.

BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

Semester II, 2018-19
Power Electronics (EEE F342/ INSTR F342)
Comprehensive Examination

Regular (Closed-book) Date: 07/05/2019

Weightage: 100 Marks Duration: 180 min.

Instructions:
1. A separate answer-sheet is provided for Part-A. Rough work for Part-A may be
done on the last two pages (four sides) of the main answer-sheet.
2. Part-B is to be written on the main answer-sheet.

Part-A: Closed-book [15 × 3 Marks, Duration: first 90 min.]

Q1. The voltage, v(t), and the current, i(t), for a circuit element are as follows:
v(t) = 2 + 5 cos(2π50t) + 3 cos(4π50t + π4 ) V,
i(t) = 1.5 + 2 cos(2π50t − π6 ) + 1.1 cos(4π50t − π6 ) A.
Determine the power absorbed by the element.
√ √ √
Q2. For the current i(t) = 8 2 sin(2π50t) + I3 2 sin(6π50t) + I5 2 sin(10π50t) A, the
THD is 8%. Calculate the value of the fifth harmonic current, I5 , when I3 = 1.5I5 .
Q3. A single phase controlled half-wave rectifier is fed from a single phase 230 V, 50 Hz
AC source. It produces an average output voltage of 96.6 V across a 200 Ω resistor.
Calculate the RMS value of the output voltage.
Q4. A single phase fully controlled full-wave bridge rectifier is connected to a single
phase 230 V, 50 Hz AC supply. The load on the rectifier is RLE type with R=5 Ω,
E=80 V and an inductor L large enough to cause a constant load current. Determine
the firing angle α (in degrees) such that the power absorbed by the DC source (E) is
800 W.
Q5. A three phase fully controlled bridge rectifier is fed from a three phase 440 V, 50 Hz
AC supply. The rectifier feeds an RL load with R=75 Ω and an inductor L large enough
to cause a constant load current. If the firing angle is 45◦ , calculate the power absorbed
by the load.
Q6. A single phase ON-OFF control-based AC to AC voltage controller is connected to
a single phase 230 V, 50 Hz AC source. The load is R type with R=50 Ω. If the power
absorbed by the load is 500 W, then calculate the input power factor.
Q7. For Question No. Q6, calculate the average value of the thyristor current.
Q8. A three phase half wave AC-to-AC voltage controller is fed from a three phase
440 V, 50 Hz AC source. The controller supplies a three-phase star-connected resistive
load of 100 Ω per phase. If the delay angle is 100◦ , calculate the three-phase input VA
√ 1
rating. Hint: The per-phase RMS load voltage is, Vrms = 3Vs π1 ( 11π − α2 ) 2 .

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Q9. A DC to DC step-up converter supplied from a DC voltage source of 25 V, feeds

an R type load with R=25 Ω. If the average value of load current is equal to 2 A, then
calculate the average value of source current.

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Q10. A DC to DC step-down converter supplied from a DC voltage source of 200 V,
feeds an R type load with R=25 Ω. The switching frequency is 50 kHz and the average
value of load current is 6 A. Find the value of inductance required so that inductor
current ripple does not exceed 10% of average load current.
Q11. A forward converter supplied from a DC voltage source of 50 V, feeds an R type
load with R=10 Ω. The switching frequency is 30 kHz, N N1
2 N3
= 0.9, N 1
= 1, and inductance
L=0.5 mH. If the average value of inductor current is 1.8 A, then calculate peak-to-peak
ripple in the inductor current.
Q12. A three-phase full-bridge inverter is fed from a DC voltage source of 200 V. The
inverter feeds an R-type load with R=10 Ω. The gate control signals scheme is such
that three transistors remain on at any instant of time. Calculate the power supplied
by the DC voltage source.
Q13. A single-phase full-bridge inverter is fed from a DC voltage source of 100 V. The
inverter feeds RL-type load with R=10 Ω and L=30 mH. The inverter output frequency
is 50 Hz. Calculate the %THD of the output current considering
P∞ upto the 3rd harmonic.
[Hint: Fourier series of the inverter output voltage is n=1,3,5,... 4V
nπ
s
sin nωt.]
Q14. A single-phase half-bridge inverter is fed from two identical DC voltage sources
each having a voltage of 50 V. The inverter feeds R-type load with R=10 Ω. Calculate
the average value of the transistor current.
Q15. A single-phase full-bridge inverter is fed from a DC voltage source of 100 V. The
inverter output frequency is 50 Hz. The output voltage is controlled by uniform-pulse-
width modulation technique with four pulses per half cycle of the output voltage. The
width of each pulse is 30◦ . Calculate the RMS value of the output voltage.