Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Power Electronics Systems for Electric Vehicles (EE665)

Tutorial Questions-4

1. The single-phase half-bridge inverter in Fig. 1 has a resistive load of R = 5 Ω and the dc input voltage
is Vin = 220 V. Determine: (a) the rms output voltage at the fundamental frequency, (b) the output
power, (c) the average, rms and peak currents of each switch, (d) the peak off-state voltage of each
switch, (e) the total harmonic distortion (THD) of output voltage, (f) the distortion factor (DF) of
output voltage, and (g) the harmonic factor and distortion factor of the lowest order harmonic output
voltage.

+
+
C1 Vin/2 S1 D1
_
RL io
Vin
_ vo +
+
S2
C2 Vin/2
D2
_
_

Figure 1: Single-phase half-bridge inverter.

2. Repeat the above problem for single-phase full-bridge inverter as shown in Fig. 2.

+
+
Vin/2 S1 D1 S3 D3
_
RL
Vin
io + vo _
+
S4 S2
Vin/2
D4 D2
_
_

Figure 2: Single-phase full-bridge inverter.

3. The single-phase full-bridge inverter in Fig. 2 has an RLC load with R = 6.5 Ω, L = 10 mH and
C = 26 µF. The inverter frequency, fo = 400 Hz, and the dc input voltage, Vin = 220 V. (a) Express the
instantaneous load current in Fourier series. Determine: (b) the rms load current at the fundamental
frequency, (c) the THD of load current, (d) the average supply current Iin , (e) the rms and peak
currents of each switch.

4. Repeat the above problem for fo = 60 Hz, R = 5 Ω, L = 25 mH, and C = 10 µF.

5. The output voltage of a single-phase full-bridge inverter is controlled by pulse-width modulation with
one pulse per half-cycle. Determine the required pulse width so that the fundamental rms component
is 70% of dc input voltage.

6. A single-phase full-bridge inverter, which uses a uniform PWM with two pulses per half-cycle, has a
load of R = 4 Ω, L = 15 mH, and C = 25 µF. The dc input voltage is Vin = 220 V. Express the
instantaneous load current io (t) in a Fourier series for ma = 0.8, fo = 60 Hz.

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 7. In a single-phase full-bridge PWM inverter, the input dc voltage varies in the range of 295-325 V.
Because of the low distortion required in the output vo , ma ≤ 1.0.
(a) What is the highest V01 that can be obtained and stamped on its nameplate as its voltage rating?
(b) Its nameplate volt-ampere rating is specified as 2000 VA, that is, Vo1,max Io,max = 2000 VA, where
io is assumed to be sinusoidal. Calculate the combined switch utilisation ratio when the inverter
is supplying its rated volt-amperes.
8. The three-phase full bridge inverter with 180◦ conduction mode in Fig. 3 has a star-connected resistive
load of R = 20 Ω. The inverter frequency, fo = 50 Hz, and the dc input voltage, Vin = 300 V.
(a) Express the instantaneous phase voltages and phase currents in fourier series. (b) Express the
instantaneous line-to-line voltages and line currents in fourier series. Calculate: (c) the RMS value of
load phase voltage, (d) the power consumed by three-phase load.

+
+
Vin/2 S1 D1 S3 D3 S5 D5
_

Vin R Y B

iR iY iB
+
S4 S6 S2
Vin/2
D4 D6 D2
_
_

ZR ZY ZB

Figure 3: Three-phase bridge inverter.

9. Repeat the above problem for three-phase inverter operating in 120◦ conduction mode.
10. The three-phase full bridge inverter with 180◦ conduction mode in Fig. 3 has a star-connected load
and each phase consists of R = 4 Ω, L = 10 mH, and C = 25 µF. The inverter frequency, fo = 60
Hz, and the dc input voltage, Vin = 220 V. Determine: (a) the fundamental active and reactive power
delivered to the load, (b) the average, rms and peak currents of switches.
11. A three-phase voltage source inverter as shown in the Fig. 4 is feeding a delta connected resistive
load of R = 30 Ω/phase. It is fed from a 600 V battery, with 180◦ conduction of solid-state devices.
Calculate: (a) the power consumed by the load, in kW, (b) fundamental load side line and phase
currents.

+
+
Vin/2 S1 D1 S3 D3 S5 D5
_
R
iR
Vin
Y ZYB
iY B

+ iB
S4 S6 S2
Vin/2
D4 D6 D2
_
_

Figure 4: Three-phase bridge inverter.