G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology

(A Constituent College of CVM University)

Department of Electrical Engineering

Assignment-2

Chapter-2: Analysis of Line Commutated Converters

1. Explain with neat diagrams the conduction sequence in 6-pulse bridge converter
(without overlap).

2. Give the assumptions to simplify the analysis of Graetz’s circuit under balanced
sinusoidal 3-phase operation.

3. Draw voltage and current waveforms for 6-pulse rectifier operation with gate control
of valves (without overlap) considering = 30°.

4. Derive the expression for average DC output voltage with phase control for 6-pulse
bridge converter.

5. Explain inverter operation with voltage and current waveforms for 6-pulse bridge
converter.

6. Define: (i) Commutation (ii) Commutating Voltage (iii) Commutation reactance (iv)
Peak Inverse Voltage (PIV) (v) Volt-ampere rating of a valve (vi) Pulse number.

7. Give the analysis of 12-pulse converter with schematic diagram (Without overlap).

8. Sketch the current waveform of the transformer secondary line current of a 12-pulse
converter.

Course Coordinator:
Prof. Jignesh Patel

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