INDICATE YOUR ANSWER BY CLEARLY CIRCLING THE CORRECT OPTION.

1. A buck converter is operated from a 50 V dc source to supply a 20 V, 2 kW load.

Average value of the input current is

(a) 100 A (b) 60 A

(c) 40 A (d) 20 A

2. A boost converter is proposed to supply a 2 kW, 20 V load from a 12 V battery. If

the internal resistance of the battery is 0.5 Ω, steady-state duty ratio of the converter
should be

(a) 0.4 (b) 0.6

(c) 0.65 (d) load cannot be supplied

3. A buck-boost converter is supplied from a dc source of 25 V and feeds a load resistance

of 20 Ω. If the inductor has an internal resistance of 0.5 Ω, the maximum output power
that can be delivered to the load is

(a) 31.25 W (b) 63 W

(c) 228 W (d) none of the previous

Questions 4 & 5 are based on the following problem.

A buck-boost converter drives a 5 kW, 50 V dc load from a 25 V dc supply. Its switching
frequency is 5 kHz and the inductor is of 100 µH with negligible internal resistance.
4. RMS current through the inductor is

(a) 100 A (b) 100.6 A

(c) 150.31 A (d) 300.154 A

5. If the inductor is made from ferrite core (B̂ = 0.25 T) and copper wire (Jˆ = 2.5
A/mm2 ) with a window space factor of 0.3, the minimum area-product required is

(a) 9.353 ×106 mm4 (b) 9.353 mm4

(c) 50.69 ×106 mm4 (d) none of the previous

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6. A 10 mH inductor is subjected to a zero-mean square-wave voltage of 10 V amplitude
and 100 Hz frequency. If the inductor has 500 turns, amplitudes of the core flux and
current (ac components only), respectively, are

(a) 0.1 mWb, 5 A (b) 0.05 mWb, 2.5 A

(c) 0.1 mWb, 2.5 A (d) 0.05 mWb, 5 A

7. A charged capacitor (47 µF) with an initial voltage of 100 V is in series with an inductor
(318 mH), a switch and a 200 V dc source. If the switch is closed at t = 0, average
value of the capacitor voltage is

(a) 0 (b) 50 V

(c) 100 V (d) 200 V

8. In the circuit shown below, the switch is thrown to position 1 (from position 0) at t = 0.
All values are shown in the figure. Capacitor voltage function for t > 0 is

0 1

100 µ F +

10 A
10 mH

Figure 1: Figure for Question 8.

(a) 10 sin(1000t) V (b) 100 sin(1000t) V

(c) 10 cos(1000t) V (d) 100 cos(1000t) V

Questions 9 to 13 are based on the following converter, with its associated commutation
circuit.

Ca =470 nF
+
TA
TM La = 250 µH

DF
DA
+ 100 V
_

150 V
L=100 mH 470 µ F 10 Ω
+

Figure 2: Figure for Questions 9 to 13.

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 9. Assuming commutation time is negligible compared to switching period, average current
in inductor L is

(a) 6 A (b) 9 A

(c) 25 A (d) 37.5 A

10. Amplitude of voltage across Ca is

(a) 50 V (b) 100 V

(c) 150 V (d) 250 V

11. Duration for which reverse voltage is maintained across TM , measured from the instant
of firing TA is

(a) 1.2533 µs (b) 1.88 µs

(c) 3.133 µs (d) 4.3866 µs

12. Rate of rise of forward voltage (in V/µs) across TM , during the turn-off commutation
interval is

(a) 79.7872 (b) 53.1915

(c) 19.1489 (d) 12.765

13. Switching frequency for which the total commutation time (ON & OFF) is 5% of the
switching period is

(a) 936 Hz (b) 1.24 kHz

(c) 1.5 kHz (d) 2.5 kHz

14. A single-phase ac regulator drives an R-L load from 230 V, 50 Hz mains. For R = 10Ω,
L = 31.8 mH, conduction angle for a firing angle of 100o is closest to

(a) 124.06o (b) 129.32o

(c) 115.67o (d) 137.16o

15. A single-phase, full-bridge, fully controlled rectifier is feeding a current stiff load of 15
A from 230 V, 50 Hz mains. If the source inductance is 25 µH and the firing angle is
45o , commutation overlap angle is

(a) 1.713o (b) 0.582o

(c) 0.058o (d) none of the previous

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16. A single-phase H-bridge inverter is switched using a quasi square-wave PWM scheme.
If the dc input is 100 V and the output (non-zero) ac does not contain third harmonic,
peak value the fundamental component of the output voltage is

(a) 110.27 V (b) 127.32 V

(c) 141.41 V (d) 63.66 V

17. Study the voltage waveform shown. The waveform shown contains, apart from the
fundamental component,

v(t)
T2 T1

V1 V2
V3
V3 V1 t
V2
T1 T1 T2
T2

Figure 3: Figure for Question 17.

(a) odd harmonics only (b) even harmonics only

(c) both odd & even harmonics (d) none of the previous

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 Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
EE 360: Power Electronics Mid Semester Examination - I February 3, 2009
Maximum Marks: 20 Time: 1 hour

1. The figure below shows a Cuk converter. Answer the following questions which are
based on the given figure.

L1 L2

C1 +
Vg S S C2 R Vo
_

Figure 1: Cuk Converter

(a) Find the idealized voltage gain. (3)

(b) Find the peak-to-peak current ripple through the source, as a function of input
voltage (Vg ), duty ratio (D), and other relevant converter parameters (L1 /C1 /L2 /C2 ).
State any assumption that you make. (3)
(c) Find the peak-to-peak voltage ripple at the output as a function of duty ratio,
input voltage and relevant converter parameters. (3)
(d) What is the minimum voltage the switch S̄ is required to block? Indicate the
polarity (forward/reverse) of this blocking voltage. (2+1)

2. A half-wave diode rectifier feeds an R-L load from 230V, 50 Hz, single-phase supply.
Given that the load parameters are R = 10 Ω and L = 10 mH, calculate the load current
at t = 10ms and t = 14ms, measured from the positive going zero crossing instant of
the input ac voltage. From these results, evaluate the conduction interval. Your answer
should be within 0.5ms of the correct answer. (3+3+6)

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Questions 1-3 are based on the following circuit diagram.

Ls +
vs vo Io
_

Figure 1: Figure for Q1 to Q3. Input voltage vs is a sinusoidal ac.

1. Which of the waveforms (A/B/C/D) is the closest approximation of the output voltage, vo ?
Ans. (2)

(A) (B)

0 0

0 180 360 540 0 180 360 540

ωt ωt
(C) (D)

0 0

0 180 360 540 0 180 360 540

ωt ωt

Figure 2: Figure for Q1. x-axis is labeled in degrees.

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2. If Io = 10 A, vs = 2 . 230 sin(100πt) V and Ls = 1 mH, how much time does it take for the
source current to completely reverse polarity (Io to −Io or vice-versa)?
Ans. (4)

3. The average output voltage, with parameter values as in Q2, is

Ans. (4)

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4. Consider the circuit shown below.

T1
vs R

Figure 3: Figure for Q1.

A narrow rectangular current pulse is applied to the gate of T1 in every half-cycle of the
input voltage vs . Leading edge of this pulse is delayed from the previous closest zero-crossing
instant of vs by an angular interval of 30o . If the input supply is 230 V, 50 Hz and R = 100Ω,
rms current through the load resistance is
Ans. (6)

SPACE FOR CALCULATION

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5. The following diagram shows a section of the firing circuit of a thyristor. All opamps shown
have bipolar supply of ±15 V. Output of the 10 K pot is -7.5 V.

6.8 K
− 22 K
+

6.8 K
10 K v
3
S
vs v
1
v v
6.8 K 0.1 µ F 4 5
− 22 K 10 K
− 10 K
+ − 1
+ 3
+
6.8 K 2

10 K

−15 V
v 10 K pot
2

Figure 4: Circuit Diagram for Q5.

Draw the waveforms of v1 to v5 in the following vacant axes. vs is shown as a reference. You
may neglect internal drops in the opamps.

5V
10 ms 20 ms
vs

0
t

−5 V

v
1
(2)
0
t
v
2
(2)
0
t

v3
(2)
0
t

v
4 (2)
0
t
v5

(2)
0
t

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 Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
EE 360: Power Electronics QUIZ - 3A March 4, 2009

Clearly TICK ( ) the correct answer.

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1. A single-phase, half-wave diode rectifier feeds an R-L load (R= 1Ω, L= 500 mH). If the
rectifier is fed from a 230 V, 50 Hz ac source with source inductance of 1 mH, the load
current is

(a) continuous (b) discontinuous

(c) can’t say (not enough data) (2.5)

2. An inductor is subjected to the following current waveform

i (Amp)

T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
−2

−1

Figure 1: Figure for Question 2.

The current waveform contains

(a) only odd harmonics (b) only even harmonics

(c) odd & even harmonics (d) dc and odd & even harmonics (2.5)