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1. With neat circuit diagrams and relevant waveforms, discuss about the ON-OFF
control and
phase angle control methods of 1-phase AC voltage controllers .
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2. With a neat circuit diagram, explain the operation of 3-phase bidirectional delta
connected
(R-load) AC voltage controller operating at =1200
. Obtain any two phase currents and any
one line current waveforms.
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3. a) What is Matrix converter? Explain in detail. 6M
b) Explain the operation of three-phase to three-phase cycloconverter (6-pulse) with
relevant circuit diagram and wave forms?
6M
4. a) Explain the operation of single phase controlled converter with its neat wave
forms. 8M
b) What are the applications of single phase converters? 4M
5. With relevant voltage and current waveforms, explain the operation of threephase halfconverter
feeding R-L load for =600
. Assume continuous current in load. Derive an
expression for average and rms values of output voltage.
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6. a) Explain the operation of a boost regulator assuming continuous conduction
mode. 6M
b) With a neat equivalent circuits and relevant waveforms, explain the operation of
Cuk
regulator converter.
6M
7. a) Discuss in brief about the Delta modulation technique of voltage control of 1phase
inverter.
6M
b) Explain the operation of a 1-phase full bridge inverter with neat waveforms. 6M
8. Explain 1800
conduction mode operation of 3-phase inverter and draw the relevant
waveforms.
1. Explain the operation of single-phase AC voltage controller with R and R-L loads
and draw
load voltage, load current and thyristor voltage waveforms for =450
?
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2. a) A three phase star connected balanced resistances are supplied from a threephase ac
voltage controller. Derive the expression for rms value of load current in the
complete
range of firing angles. Draw the waveforms of load current.
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b) A three-phase ac voltage controller feeds a balanced star connected R-L load. The
value of resistance is 5 and inductance is 7.5mH. The controller is fed from a 3phase
supply of 400V, 50Hz. Determine the following for a firing angle of 900
i. rms load current
ii. rms load voltage
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3. a) What is Matrix converter? Explain in detail. 6M
b) Explain the operation three-phase to three-phase cycloconverter (6-puse) with
relevant circuit diagram and wave forms?
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4. What are the various power factor improvement methods in phase controlled
rectifiers?
Discuss in detail with relevant waveforms.
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5. a) A 3 phase full converter charges a battery from a three phase supply of 230V,
50Hz.
The battery emf is 200V and its internal resistance is 0.5. On account of
inductance
connected in series with the battery, charging current is constant at 20A
(continuous
conduction). Compute firing angle and the supply power factor.
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b) Explain the operation of 12-puse converter with relevant waveforms. 6M
6. a) Explain the operation of a boost regulator assuming continuous conduction
mode. 6M
b) The buck regulator has input voltage of Vs = 12V. The required average output
voltage
is Va=5V at R=500. Peak to peak output voltage ripple is 20mV. Switching
frequency
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8 a) Explain the three phase thyristorised bridge inverter with star connected
resistance
load, assuming 1200
mode of operation. Draw the corresponding output phase and line
voltage of inverter.
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b) A basic three phase bridge inverter is supplied from a 600V source. For a star
connected
resistive load of 15/phase. Find the RMS load current, the load power and the
thyristor ratings for
i) 120 conduction
ii) 180 conduction
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2 Explain the operation of the three phase AC full wave voltage controller with
waveforms and
develop the governing equations when =600 and 1200
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3 a) Describe three-phase to three phase cycloconverter with relevant circuit
arrangements using
18 thyristors and 36 thyristors. What are the advantages of three phase bridge
cycloconverter
circuit over three-phase to three-phase cycloconverter circuit consisting of 18 SCRs.
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b) List out merits and demerits of cycloconverter. 6M
4 a) With neat circuit diagram and wave forms explain the Single-Phase dual
converter 6M
b) Distinguish between dual converter with and without circulating current mode of
operation
using proper circuit diagrams.
5 a) Derive an expression for output voltage of a single phase fully controlled bridge
converter by conducting the following factors:
(i) Overlap angle (ii) Source inductance.
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b) Explain the operation of three phase twelve pulse converter along with necessary
circuit diagram and waveforms.
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6 a) Write short notes on
(i) Boost regulator (ii) CUK regulators
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b) The dc-dc converter has a resistive load of R=10 ohms and the input voltage is
Vs=220V. When the converter switch remains on, its voltage drop Vch=2V and the
chopping frequency is f=1KHz. If the duty cycle is 50% determine (i) the average
out
put voltage (ii) the rms output voltage (iii) the converter efficiency (iv) the effective
input resistance of the converter.
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7 a) What is an inverter? With help of circuit and waveforms explain the operation of
single phase
bridge inverter.
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b) Draw the waveforms and discuss the performance of following methods of PWM
control used
in inverters. (i) Symmetrical multiple pulse modulation (ii) Sinusoidal pulse width
modulation
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8 a) Explain the three phase thyristorised bridge inverter with star connected
resistance load,
assuming 1200 mode of operation. Draw the corresponding output phase and line
voltage of
inverter.
6M
b) A basic three phase bridge inverter is supplied from a 600V source. For a star
connected
resistive load of 15/phase. Find the RMS load current, the load power and the
thyristor
ratings for (i) 1200
conduction (ii) 1800
conduction