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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021.

Fifth Semester

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EE 8552 — POWER ELECTRONICS

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Time : Three hours Maximum : 100 marks

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PART A — (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

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1. What is a Snubber circuit?

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2. Define the threshold gate voltage of power MOSFET.

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3. What is the relation between α , β and γ in single-phase fully controlled

rectifier when operating with RL load?
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4. What is the basic function of an excitation system?

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5. What is a time ratio control?

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6. What is meant by the regenerative braking in the battery-operated vehicles?

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7. Define modulation index.

8. What are harmonics?

9. What is ON-OFF control in ac voltage controllers?

10. A three phase six-pulse, 50 kVA, 415V cycloconverter is operating at a firing

angle of 450 and supplying load of 0.8 power factor. Determine input current to
the converters.

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PART B — (5 × 13 = 65 marks)

11. (a) (i) Discuss the basic structure and working of power IGBT

(ii) Draw the two-transistor model of SCR and derive an expression for
anode current.

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(b) (i) Explain in details the different SCR commutation methods.

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(ii) Discuss a typical driver circuit suitable for IGBT.

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12. (a) Describe the working of 3 − φ fully controlled bridge converter in the

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Rectifying mode and inversion mode. And derive the expression for

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average output voltage and rms output voltage.

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(b) Explain the effect of source inductance in the performance of the
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single-phase fully controlled rectifier. (13)

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13. (a) (i)

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working of boost convener (8)

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(ii) For a class chopper working with resistive load of R ohms, input
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voltage of Vdc and duty cycle α , express the following variables as

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functions of R, Vdc and α .

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(1) Avenge output voltage and current

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(2) Output current at the of commutation

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(3) Average and RMS freewheeling diode currents

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(4) RMS value of output voltage

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(5) Average and RMS load currents. (5)

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(b) (i) Describe the working of any one resonant dc to dc converter (5)

(ii) Explain the waveforms of type A chopper. Derive the expression for
current ripple when it feeds RL load. (8)

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14. (a) (i) With neat sketches, explain the operation of three phase voltage
source inverter. Draw phase and line voltage waveforms on the
assumption that each thyristor conducts for 120° and the resistive
load is star connected. (10)

(ii) Write short notes on the principle of UPS. (3)

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(b) Explain the principle of space vector PWM applied to three phase VSI

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using the space vector diagram. (13)

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15. (a) (i) Describe the operation of a 3-phase thyristorised AC voltage

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controller with neat power diagram and waveforms (8)

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(ii) Explain in detail about multistage control in ac voltage controllers.
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(b) (i) With the suitable circuit, discuss about the matrix converter (7)
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(ii) (1) Single phage AC voltage controller has, a resistive load of

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R =10 Ω and input voltage is Vs = 120 V , 60 Hz the delay
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angle of thyristor T1 is α =. Determine, the rms value of
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output voltage V0 , the input PF and the average input

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PART C — (1 × 15 = 15 marks)
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16. (a) (i) The buck regulator has an input range of Vs=12V. The regulated
average output voltage is Va=5V at R=500 Ω and the peak to peak
output ripple voltage is 20mV. The switching frequency is 25kHz if
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the peak to peak ripple current of inductor is limited to 0.8A

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determine
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(1) The duty cycle, K

(2) The filter inductance, L

(3) The filter capacitance, C and

The critical value of L and C (10)

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(ii) A three phase fully controlled converter charges a battery from a

three phase supply of 230V, 50Hz. The battery emf is 200V and its
interval resistance is 0.5 Ω . On account of inductance connected
series with the battery, charging is constant at 20 A. Calculate (5)
(1) firing angle
(2) supply power factor
(3) in case it is desired that power flows from dc source to ac load,
find the firing angle for the same current.

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(b) (i) The input to a three phase dual converter is 400V 50Hz If peak

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value of circulating current is limited to a value 20 A find the value
of inductance of the reactor for a firing angle of 60° (6)

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(ii) Draw the circuit diagram of 1φ auto sequential commutated

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current source inverter and explain its operation with equivalent

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circuits for different modes and necessary waveforms. (9)
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