SLCS INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Piglipur (V), Hayath Nagar (M), R.R.Dist, Hyderabad 501 512.

INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS: MID II
B.Tech EEE - III Year I SEM

OCT - 2015

Max Marks: 10 M

ACAD YEAR: 2015 - 16

Time: 60mins

Subject: POWER ELECTRONICS

Answer any TWO questions

2 X 5 = 10 M

All questions carry equal marks

1. The step-down chopper shown below is operated at the switching frequency fs = 10
kHz.
(a) Find the minimum value of the duty ratio k so that the load current io is
continuous.
(b) Find the duty ratio k so that the average load current is 20 A.
(c) Find the average value of the transistor current for k = 0.5.

2. If the load of the 50 Hz 240V single phase ac voltage regulator is Z = 7.1+j7.1 ,

calculate the load natural power factor angle, . Then calculate
(a) The R.M.S output voltage
(b) The output power and R.M.S current, whence input power factor for
i. = /6
ii. = /3
3. Explain with neat sketches and waveforms the complete operation of bridge
configuration of single phase cyclo converter.
4. A single-phase full bridge inverter with square wave pole voltages is connected to a
dc input voltage of 600 volts. What maximum rms load voltage can be output by the
inverter? How much will be the corresponding rms magnitude of 3rd harmonic
voltage
(a) Approximately 270 volts of fundamental and 30 volts of 3rd harmonic voltage
(b) Approx. 480 volts fundamental and 160 volts of 3rd harmonic voltage
(c) Approx. 540 volts fundamental and 180 volts of 3rd harmonic voltage
(d) Approx. 270 volts fundamental and 90 volts of 3rd harmonic voltage