FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION

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Course Code & Name : EE417 / BEE3073 Power Electronics

Semester : January - April 2022
Instructor/Examiner/Lecturer : Dr. Rodney Tan
Duration : 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
FIVE (5) questions set. Attempt All FIVE (5). (100 marks)

This question paper consists of 3 pages, excluding the cover page. Answers to the
questions can be written in the answer booklet. Candidates are not allowed to
bring into the Examination Hall textbooks, lecture notes, files or any
unauthorized materials except writing equipment and scientific calculator.
Electronic dictionaries are strictly prohinited.

This question paper must be submitted along with all used and/or unused rough
papers and/or graph papers (if any). Candidates are NOT allowed to take any
examination materials out of the examination hall.

Warning:
The University Examination Board of UCSI University regards cheating as a most
serious offence and will not hesitate to mete out the appropriate punitive actions
according to the severity of the offence committed, and in accordance with the clauses
stipulated in the Students’ Handbook, up to and including expulsion from UCSI
University.
January-April 2022 Supplementary Examination EE417/BEE3073 Power Electronics

Q1(a) (i) Identify the 4 major types of power electronic converter with the aid of its
general symbol illustration.
(4 marks)
(ii) Briefly distinguish each power electronic function.
(4 marks)

(b) With refers to IRF540 MOSFET datasheet in page 3, where the junction
temperature Tj is 85⁰ C and the ambient temperature Ta is 27⁰ C, determine the
power dissipation of the MOSFET transistor.
(2 marks)

(c) With refer to IRF540 MOSFET datasheet in page 3. The MOSFET is

operating at switching frequency of 50 kHz. Determine the MOSFET turn-on
delay, turn-off delay, rise time and fall time power losses.
(10 marks)

Q2 A three phase full wave controller using 6 thyristors supplies Y–connected

resistive load and the line-to-line input voltage is AC 400 V (rms).

(a) Illustrate the three phase full-wave controller circuit suppling a Y-connected
resistive load.
(5 marks)

(b) Calculate the rms voltage output for the delay firing angle of α = π/4
(5 marks)

(c) Calculate the rms voltage output for the delay firing angle of α = π/2.5
(5 marks)

(d) Calculate the rms voltage output for the delay firing angle of α = π/1.5
(5 marks)

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Q3 A buck converter has an input voltage of Vin = 12 V, inductance L = 330 uH,

filter capacitance C = 220 uF, load resistance = 5 ohm and PWM switching
frequency of 10 kHz.

(a) Determine the duty cycle to achieve output voltage of 5 V

(2 marks)

(b) Determine the critical value of the inductor.

(3 marks)

(c) Calculate the peak-to-peak output voltage ripple.

(3 marks)

(d) Illustrate the basic buck converter topology, and derive it s-domain transfer
function based on it on-state and off-sstate operating principle.
(12 marks)

Q4 A 3 kVA single phase inverter is connected to a 230 V 50 Hz grid. It has a DC

source of 400 V and SPWM switching frequency of 5 kHz. Inductor L1 is
20% ripple current, capacitor 5% of rated power and inductor L1+L2 is 10%
of voltage drop.

(a) Determine the LCL filter and its resonant frequency

(10 marks)

(b) Illustrate the circuit of single phase inverter topology with LCL filter
connected to the grid.
(5 marks)

(c) Illustrate the feedback control block diagram with equations for the grid
connected inverter.
(5 marks)

Q5 (a) Illustrate the circuit of single phase half-wave, single phase full-wave and
three phase rectifier. Determine each rectification efficiency.
(15 marks)

(b) An AC to DC single-phase full bridge rectifier has an AC supply of 325 V

peak voltage, 50 Hz. The rectifier is connected to a resistive load of 10 ohm.
Determine its ripple factor and filter capacitor to reduce the ripple factor to
5%.
(5 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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