Tutorial: 3

B. Tech. III (Electrical), Semester – VI EE 306

POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS
Instructions:-
1) Due date for submission of Tutorial 3 is 11/10/2021 (Monday) inclusive.
2) No submission will be considered after the due date and zero marks will be awarded.
Sr.No. Questions M.M.

1 The dc converter in Figure 1 has a resistive load, R = 15  and input 1

voltage, Vs = 240 V. When the converter remains on, its voltage drop is Vch
= 1.75 V and chopping frequency is f = 15 kHz. If the duty cycle is 90%,
determine (a) the average output voltage Va, (b) the rms output voltage Vo,
(c) the converter efficiency, (d) the effective input resistance Ri, and (e) the
rms value of the fundamental component of harmonics on the output
voltage.

Figure 1

2 A converter is feeding an RL load as shown in Figure 2 with Vs = 220 V, 1

R = 5  , L = 15.5 mH, f = 5 kHz, R = 0.5, and E = 20 V. Calculate (a) the
minimum instantaneous load current I1 , (b) the peak instantaneous load
current I 2 , (c) the maximum peak to- peak ripple current in the load, (d) the
average load current Ia, (e) the rms load current Io, (f) the effective input
resistance R i , and (g) the rms value of converter current I R .

Figure 2

3 The converter in Figure 2 has load resistance, R = 0.75  ; input voltage Vs 1

= 240 V; and battery voltage, E = 12 V. The average load current, Ia = 180
A, and the chopping frequency is f = 220 Hz 1T = 4.5 ms2. Use the average
output voltage to calculate the value of load inductance L, which would
limit the maximum load ripple current to 5% of Ia.

4 The dc converter shown in Figure 5.8a is used to control power flow from a 1
 dc voltage, Vs = 150 V to a battery voltage, E = 250 V. The power
transferred to the battery is 30 kW. The current ripple of the inductor is
negligible. Determine (a) the duty cycle K, (b) the effective load resistance
Req, and (c) the average input current Is.

Figure 3

5 The dc converter shown in Figure 3 is used to control power flow from a dc 1

voltage, Vs = 150 V to a battery voltage, E = 250 V. The power transferred
to the battery is 30 kW. The current ripple of the inductor is negligible. Plot
the instantaneous inductor current and current through the battery E if
inductor L has a finite value of L = 6.5 mH, f = 250 Hz, and k = 0.5.

6 An RL load as shown in Figure 4 is controlled by a converter. If load 1

resistance R = 0.5 Ω, inductance L = 10 mH, supply voltage Vs = 550 V,
battery voltage E = 140 V, and chopping frequency f = 250 Hz, determine
the minimum and maximum load current, the peak-to-peak load ripple
current, and average load current for k = 0.1 to 0.9 with a step of 0.1.

Figure 4

7 An RL load as shown in Figure 4 is controlled by a converter. If load 1

resistance R = 0.5 Ω, inductance L = 10 mH, supply voltage Vs = 550 V,
battery voltage E = 140 V, and chopping frequency f = 250 Hz, Determine
the maximum peak-to-peak ripple current using exact and approximate
formulas. Also compare the results.

8 The step-up converter in Figure 5 has R = 7.5 Ω, L = 6.5 mH, E = 5 V, and k 1

= 0.5. Find I1, I2, and ΔI. Plot the load, diode, and switch current.

Figure 5

9 The boost regulator in Figure 6 has an input voltage, Vs = 9 V. The average 1

output voltage, Va = 15 V and average load current, Ia = 0.8 A (Ia=io). The
 switching frequency is 20 kHz. If L = 300 μH and C = 440 μF, determine
(a) the duty cycle k (b) the ripple current of inductor, ΔI, (c) the peak
current of inductor, I2, (d) the ripple voltage of filter capacitor, ΔVc, and (e)
the critical values of L and C.

Figure 6

10 The buck regulator in Figure 7a has an input voltage Vs = 15 V. The

required average output voltage Va = 6.5 V at Ia = 0.5 A (Ia=io) and the
peak-to-peak output ripple voltage is 10 mV. The switching frequency is 20
kHz. The peak-to-peak ripple current of inductor is limited to 0.25 A.
Determine (a) the duty cycle k, (b) the filter inductance L, (c) the filter
capacitor C, and (d) the critical values of L and C. (Consider Figure 7b as
the simplified circuit.)

Figure 7a

Figure 7b