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Exam 6 April 2006, questions

Power Electronics (Technische Universiteit Delft)

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Tentamen Vermogenslelektronica

6 April 2006

Remarks:

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First solve the problems for you self on a separate piece of paper and make a neat version
subsequently.

Always show the formulae that are used to make the calculations.

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(100) PROBLEM 1

Zero voltage and Zero current switching

(30) 1.1 Draw the course of current and voltage for a switching leg for switch mode inductive
current switching and explain the present phenomena. Draw the switching loci.

(20) 1.2 The Series loaded resonant dc-dc converter is operating in a discontinous conduction
mode with ωs<0.5 ωo.The initial conditions are as follows Vc,o=-2 Vo and IL,0=0
Prove that Vc,peak= Vd

(30) 1.3 Sketch the waveforms for iL and vc for a Series loaded resonant dc-dc converter operating
at ωs> ωo and label zero voltage and/or zero current switching instants. Explain the
advantages in operating at ωs> ωowith respect to the switch snubbers.

(20) 1.4 Make an comparison of ZCS and ZVS topologies for resonant switch topologies from the
point of view of switch dimensioning (voltage, current)

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(100) PROBLEM 3

High voltage DC transmission system uses twelve pulse converter arrangement.

The rated voltage on the thyristor-side of the rectifier transformers is 156 kV.

The rated current for the dc transmission is Id = 1.25 kA.

(30) 2.2 Station A is supplied by rated ac voltage. The station B operates at = 18

and ac voltage is 4% below the ac voltage of the A station. Id = 1.00 kA.
Calculate UdB, UdA and firing angle in station A if p.u. reactive voltage
drop over the transformers at rated current is esc=0,04

(30) 2.3 Sketch the course of idealized curent and voltage waveforms of twelve pulse converter
assuming Ls = 0.

(30) 2.4 What is the reactive power drawn by the converter ? Why a HVDC converter needs a
reactive power from the grid ? Compare with HVDC based on IGBT technology.

(10) 2.5 Describe the control of the HVDC converters and the show in the Vd -Id plane the
point of operation of HVDC system. Explain why converter works in rectifier and
inverter mode and which of them controls the current .

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(100) PROBLEM 2

Pulse width modulation

(40) 3.1 Describe the predictive current control PWM method (scalar) and yield the equation
for duty cycle d

(30) 3.2 Describe the effect of blanking time on voltage in PWM inverters

(30) 3.3 Describe by words and formulas the steps leading to a small signal model and transfer
function of a power converter (only theoretically based on DC-DC converter)

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