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d as heat in the load is _____. Given that Vdc is

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EEE/INSTR F342: Power Electronics Comprehensive Exam (Part-A, Closed Book)
Time-: 09:00 A.M - 12:00 P.M Max Marks-:45 Date: 06-05-2019 5. For a buck-boost converter in continuous current mode the average inductor
current is given as
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6. The reverse recovery time of all diodes connected in a full bridge rectifier for
an R load is 50μsec. For an AC input voltage of 400V, 5kHz the average
output voltage is
11 12 13 14 15 No of Right Total Marks
(A) 565.69V (B) 127.32V (C) 254.64V (D) 282.84V

7. In a boost converter of continuous current mode, the output voltage ripple is

1. Consider a single phase full bridge current source inverter, whose output
limitted to 1%, with c designed for 48µF. If the load resistance is 50Ω and output
current is shown in Fig.1. If the pulse width w = 1200, which of the following is
voltage is 30V, for a switching frequency of 25kHz, the average input current will
true about the output current
be ____________
(A) It will not contain 3rd, 5th and 7th harmonics
(A) 1.5A (B) 0.6 A (C) 1 A (D) 2.5A
(B) It will not contain 3rd, 9th and 15th harmonics
(C) It will not contain 7th and 11th harmonics
8. For a sinusoidal input voltage of 230V, 50 Hz; the total harmonic distortion of a
(D) It will not contain 5th and 7th harmonics
half-wave rectified output voltage waveform is approximately
_______________
2. In a 3-phase full wave uncontrolled rectifier with R-load and having a capacitor
filter is supplied from 3-phase mains. The capacitor peak voltage is
(A) 81.1% (B) 22.7% (C) 43.2% (D) 48.5%
___________ times the input RMS phase voltage.
9. In a buck converter, the value of inductance is 1mH, and capacitance is 100µF.
(A) √2 (B) √3 (C) √6 (D) None of these The switching frequency is 25kHz. For an output of 4V the input is set at 10V.
The maximum value of the load resistor (in Ohms) that can be connected such
3. For a buck converter supplying 30V to the load, a 50V source is used. The that the inductor current is continuous.
power electronic switch is being switched at 100kHz. If the output voltage ripple
in percentage is 0.0167% and current is continuous, then the value of the (A) 1.25 Ω (B) 100Ω (C) 1250Ω (D) 200Ω
capacitor, at a minimum allowable average load of 0.2A is
___________________ 10. Time taken by the forward leakage current in the thyristor to rise to 0.1 times
of that of the anode current is
(A) 125μF (B) 1.25μF (C) 50μF (D) 100μF
(A) Rise time (B) Recovery Time (C) Delay Time (D) Spread Time
4. In Fig.2, a single-phase full bridge inverter is shown with its corresponding
node voltages VAO and VBO. If a resistive load is connected across terminals A
11. For the circuit shown in Fig. 3, the output voltage ripple factor, if thyristor T1
is triggered at 900 from the zero crossing is ___________

(A) less than 1 but real (B) less than 1 but complex
(C) greater than 1 but finite (D) infinite

12. A single phase uncontrolled bridge rectifier is supplied from 120V, 60Hz
source. The load resistance is 500Ω. If the ripple factor of output voltage in
percentage is limited to 5%, the designed value of capacitor is ______

(A) 252 µF (B) 125 µF (C) 500µF (D) 50µF

Fig. 1.
13. A single phase full bridge inverter is supplied with a battery source of 600V
DC. It is used to provide an AC voltage of 50Hz frequency to a purely
inductive load of L = 48mH. If a square wave switching scheme is provided to
the inverter switches, then the maximum current flowing through the inductor
is _____________

(A) 62.5 A (B) 125 A (C) 31.25 A (D) 12.5kA

14. A thyristor based AC-DC full bridge converter is supplied from a 230V, 50 Hz
single phase supply. An RL load, of R = 4.0Ω and L = 12.73mH is connected to
the converter. If the output current is to be continuous always, then the control
Fig. 2
range of triggering angle ________________________

(A) should be less than 450 (B) must be between 450 and 900
(C) should be greater than 900 (D) cannot be determined

15. For the circuit shown in Fig. 4, R = 44Ω, C = 0.1μF and initial voltage of
capacitor, Vco i.e.Vc (at t = 0) = 220V. If the switch is closed at t = 0, assuming
ideal condition for the diode, the maximum current flowing through the diode and
the capacitor voltage at t = 2μs is given as __________ A and
_______________V
Fig. 3 Fig. 4
(A) 5 A and 140V (B) 3.2 A and 140 V (C) 5 A and 80V (D) 1.8 A and 80V

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