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Power Electronics Mid - I

1.An SCR is a

 Three-layer three terminal device

 Three-layer four terminal device
 four-layer three terminal device
 four-layer four terminal device

2.For an SCR, dv/dt protection is achieved by

 RC in series with SCR

 RC across SCR
 RL in series with SCR
 L in series with SCR

3.The SCR ratings di/dt in A/ sec and dv/dt in V/ sec may vary respectively between

 20 to 500, 10 to 100
 both 20 to 500
 both 10 to 100
 50 to 300, 20 to 500

4.In a thyristor ratio of holding current to latching current__________

 0.4
 2.5
 1
 0.25

5.For an UJT employed for the triggering of an SCR, Stand-off ratio   = 0.64 and dc source
voltage VBB = 20V .The UJT would trigger when the emitter voltage is

 12.8v
 13.5v
 10v
 5v

6.When a thyristor is reverse biased the number of blocked p-n junction is ________

 1
 2
 3
 4

7.In a single phase semi converter for continuous conduction freewheeling diode conducts for
 α
 π- α
 π
 π-α

8.A 1-φ midpoint thyristor of full wave uses a 230/220v transformer with center tap on the
secondary side. The PIV per thyristor is

 100v
 141.4v
 200v
 282.2v

9.In a single phase full converter, for continuous conduction, each pair of SCRs conduct for

 α
 π- α
 π
 π- α

10.Two transistors connected back to back is called

 SCR
 MOSFET
 IGBT
 ALL THE ABOVE.

11.In a thyristor anode current is made of ________ and ________

12.During forward blocking state, the thyristor is associated with __________
13.The most suitable device for high frequency inversion in SMPS is __________
14.The process of bringing an ON thyristor to its OFF state by another thyristor is called ______
15.The diode in a RL load full converter is used for ___________________
16.In case of series contribution SCR’s string efficiency is less due to ___________ distribution.
17.Snubber circuit is used for ______ protection.
18.A1-φ half wave converter feeding with resistive load the average output voltage is ________
19.A Thyristor may be turned as ________ swich.
20.During the overlapping period, the output voltage of a 1-φ fully controlled Bridge rectifier is
_______
Mid-II
Power Electronics

Power Electronics Mid - II, November - 2014

1.In circulating current type of dual converter, the nature of voltage across reactor is
 alternating
 pulsating
 direct
 triangular
2.In a 3-phase semi converter frequency of the ripple in the output voltage may be
 3 time the supply frequency f for firing angle < 60
 3 f for > 60
 2f for < 60
 6 f for > 60
3.In a dual converter, converters1 and converters 2 work as under
 1 as rectifier, 2 as inverter
 1 as inverter, 2 as rectifier
 both as rectifiers
 both a&b
4.In dc chopper, if Ton is the on-period and f is the chopping frequency, then output voltage
in terms of input voltage is given by
 VsTon/f
 Vaf/Ton
 Vs/fTon
 Vsf.Ton
5.In dc chopper, the waveforms for input and output voltages are respectively
 discontinuous, continuous
 both continuous
 both discontinuous
 continuous, discontinuous
6.The output voltage of 3-phase inverter contains
 only even harmonics
  both odd and even harmonics
 only odd harmonics
 only triple harmonics
7.An inverter converts
 ac to dc
 dc to ac
 dc to dc
 ac to ac
8.Which of the following is a PWM technique?
 single pulse
 multiple pulse
 sinusoidal
 All the above
9.An ac voltage regulator regulate the fixed ac signal to-------ac signal without changing its
frequency
 constant
 fixed
 variable
 fluctuating
10.A device that converters ac to ac with variable frequency
 rectifier
 chopper
 cycloconverter
 inverter
11.Three phase ac to dc converter which requires neutral point connection is -----------------
12.In a 3-phase half controlled converter each thyristor and diode conduct for
-------------------- degrees.
13.A Dc chopper Ton is 1msec and its frequency is 500Hz what will be its duty cycle
-------------------
14.The most suitable switch used for dc to dc converter is ---------------------
15.Duty Cycle is defined as -------------------------
16.In a single pulse modulation of PWM inverters, fifth harmonic can be eliminated if pulse
width is equal to ----------------------
17.In single pulse modulation of PWM inverter, the pulse width is 120 degrees. For an input
voltage of 220V dc, the rms value of output voltage is --------------------
18.Cyclo converter is a frequency changer with ------------------ stage conversion.
19.Step-up cyclo conveter operation is based on ---------------------- commutation.
20.Step-down cyclo conveter operation is based on --------------------------- commutation.