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Mid (Sem2 1314) MCT 4333

This document contains an examination for a mechatronics engineering course on power electronics and drives. The exam contains 4 questions and will last 3 hours. Question 1 has 5 parts related to thyristors, snubber circuits, differences between components, and a comparison. Question 2 also has 5 parts on protections for SCRs, latching/holding current, merits of GTOs, and SCR characteristics. Question 3 has 3 parts on chopper principles, designing a buck converter, and designing a boost converter. Question 4 has 3 parts on 3-phase bridge rectifiers, calculating values for a single phase full wave bridge rectifier, and calculating values for a 3-phase half wave rectifier. Students are instructed

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Mid (Sem2 1314) MCT 4333

This document contains an examination for a mechatronics engineering course on power electronics and drives. The exam contains 4 questions and will last 3 hours. Question 1 has 5 parts related to thyristors, snubber circuits, differences between components, and a comparison. Question 2 also has 5 parts on protections for SCRs, latching/holding current, merits of GTOs, and SCR characteristics. Question 3 has 3 parts on chopper principles, designing a buck converter, and designing a boost converter. Question 4 has 3 parts on 3-phase bridge rectifiers, calculating values for a single phase full wave bridge rectifier, and calculating values for a 3-phase half wave rectifier. Students are instructed

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INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

Midterm EXAMINATION
SEMESTER II, 2013/2014 SESSION
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
Programme : MECHATRONICS ENGINEERING

Level of Study

: UG

4
Time

: 5.00-7.00 Pm

Date: 17

April 2014
Duration

: 3 Hrs

Course Code

: MCT 4333

Section(s)

:1
Course Title: Power Electronics and Drives

This Question Paper Consists of 3 (Three) pages including cover page


INSTRUCTION(S) TO CANDIDATES
DO NOT OPEN UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO
There are 4 questions, answer ALL Questions

Any form of cheating or attempt to cheat is a serious offence


which may lead to dismissal.

Q1. [15 marks]


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Q2.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Q3.

What are the different methods to turn on the thyristor?


What is the importance of snubber circuit?
What is the difference between MOSFET and IGBT?
What is a freewheeling diode, and what is its purpose?
Comparison between Power MOSFET and BJT.

3 marks
3 marks
3 marks
3 marks
3 marks

[15 marks]
What are the protections to be provided for an SCR?
3 marks
Define latching current and holding current.
3 marks
Give the merits of GTO as compared to a conventional SCR.
3 marks
Draw and discuss turn-on and turn-off characteristics of an SCR.
3 marks
Justify the statement higher the gate current (IG) lower is the forward break over voltage
(VBO).
3 marks
[24 marks]

a) Describe the principle of (buck-boost) chopper. Derive an expression for the average
output voltage in terms of input dc voltage & duty cycle.
6 marks
b) Design a buck converter to produce an output voltage of 18 V across a 10 load resistor.
The output voltage ripple must not exceed 0.5 percent. The dc supply is 48 V. Design for
continuous inductor current. Specify the duty ratio, the switching frequency, the values of
the inductor and capacitor, the peak voltage rating of each device, and the rms current in
the inductor and capacitor. Assume ideal components.
8 marks
c) Design a boost converter that will have an output of 30 V from a 12-V source. Design for
Continuous inductor current and an output ripple voltage of less than one percent. The
Load is a resistance of 50. Assume ideal components for this design.
8 marks
Q4.

[24 marks]
a) Describe the working principle of 3 phase bridge Rectifier, and derive the expressions
for average output voltage and r.m.s output voltage.
6 marks

b) The rectifier shown in Fig.1 has a purely resistive load of R=15 and, VS=300 sin
314 t and unity transformer ratio. Determine (i) The efficiency, (ii) Form factor, (iii)
Ripple factor, (iv) TUF, (v) The peak inverse voltage, (PIV) of each diode, (vi) Crest
factor of input current and (vii) Input power factor.
8 marks

Fig. 1 Single phase Full wave bridge rectifier.


c) The rectifier in Fig. 2 is operated from 460 V 50 Hz supply at secondary side and the
load resistance is R=20 . If the source inductance is negligible, determine (i)
Rectification efficiency, (ii) Form factor (iii) Ripple factor (iv) Transformer utilization
factor, (v) Peak inverse voltage (PIV) of each diode and (vi) Crest factor of input
current and (vii) Draw the output voltage wave shape.
8 marks

Fig. 2 Three phase half-wave rectifier.

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