Department Of Electrical Engineering

Subject: POWER ELECTRONICS (ACEC-16504)

Assignment-1
Section -A
1. Elaborate the importance of Surge current rating of a thyristor?
2. Differentiate between thyristor and TRIAC.
3. State importance of parallel connection of thyristors.
4. Why does unequal-voltage .sharing take place among series connected thyristors during
steady state and dynamic state? How is equal voltage sharing obtained in both cases?
5. (a) Define the function of free wheeling diode? .
(b) A single phase 230 V, 1 kW heater is connected across a 1-phase 230 V, 50 Hz supply
through an SCR. The firing angle of the SCR is adjusted to give a rms voltage of 155 V.
Find the power absorbed by the heater element.

6. (a) Explain and draw the equivalent circuit of IGBT.

(b) For a single phase thyristor circuit with R load and firing angle α, Find its conduction angle

Section -B

1. (a) Discuss the working of single phase full wave ac-dc converter taking into account the
effects of source inductance. Draw the output voltage waveform for firing angle 30°.
(b) Discuss Diac in detail along with its applications.
2. (a) Discuss the working of SCR and its switching characteristics

(b) The thyristor shown in figure below has the following specifications:

Vs = 400 V, (di/dt)max = 25 A/µsec. Find the value of L

3. (a) Describe Snubber Circuit along with the design considerations' for a snubber network.
(b) A single-phase half wave circuit has Vs = 230 V with R load of 100 Ω. Find the
average load current at α = 30 degree.