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NAME: ID: PE & ED Mid Exam

Part I. Multiple choice

1. Which motor type is your best motor selection if you have constant load and you need
constant speed.
A. Squirrel cage Induction motor
B. Wound rotor induction motor
C. Synchronous motor
D. Brushed or brushless DC motor
2. What are the criteria you need to consider while selecting electric drive motor for your load
application?
A. Inertia
B. Speed torque characteristics
C. Control requirement
D. All
3. Power electronics converts ________ energy into any other form of energy.
A. Electrical C. Solar
B. Mechanical D. Thermal
4. Which of the following are the applications of power electronics?
A. Battery charger
B. HVDC thyristor
C. PC’s power supply
D. All the above
5. A thyristor is a ______ device.
A. Semiconductor
B. Conducting
C. Insulating
D. All the above
6. Modern power electronic devices use ____ and _____ to perform energy conversion.
A. Semiconductor device and power transistors
B. Conductor device and power transistors
C. Semiconductor device and transistors
D. All the above
NAME: ID: PE & ED Mid Exam

7. The conductivity value of a semiconductor device is ________.


A. Infinity
B. Below conductors’ conductivity value
C. Above insulator conductivity value
D. Between conductor and insulator conductivity value
8. When a positive polarity of battery is connected to the positive terminal of diode and a
negative polarity of battery is connected to the negative terminal of diode it is called ____
bias?
A. Reverse
B. Forward
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
9. What is an electric drive?
A. A machine that converts electrical energy into kinetic energy
B. A machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
C. A machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy
D. A machine that converts kinetic energy into electrical energy
10. Which of the following devices should be used as a switch for high power and high voltage
application?
A. TRIAC C. GTO
B. Thyristor D. MOSFET
11. Which one of the following device is uncontrolled?
A. MOSFET C. TRIAC
B. Diode D. SCR
12. In Solid-State Thyristors operation the value of latching current is more than holding current.
A. True B. False
13. Calculate the value of angular acceleration of motor using the given data: J = 20 kg-m 2, load
torque = 20 N-m, motor torque = 60 N-m.
A. 5 rad/s2
B. 3 rad/s2
C. 2 rad/s2
NAME: ID: PE & ED Mid Exam

D. 4 rad/s2
14. What is the transformer utilization factor of a half-wave rectifier and full wave bridge
rectifiers respectively?
A. 0.286, 0.572
B. 0.26,0.53
C. 0.44, 0.81
D. 0.286, 0.81
15. What is the ripple factor, rectification ratio and form factor of half wave rectifier
respectively?
A. 1.21, 40.5 %, 1.57
B. 0.482, 40.5 %, 1.11
C. 0.1.21, 81 %, 1.11
D. 0.482, 40.5 %, 1.57
16. How many diodes are required to construct a three-phase full wave uncontrolled rectifier?
A. 1 C. 6
B. 2 D. 4
17. What could be the value of peak inverse voltage (PIV) of diode D in practice for half, center
taped full wave and full wave bridge rectifiers if the transformer secondary voltage
Vs=Vm*sin(ωt).
A. Vm, Vm, Vm
B. 2*Vm, Vm, Vm
C. Vm, 2*Vm, Vm
D. Vm, 2*Vm, 2*Vm
18. Which one is correct about power MOSFET and BJT
A. Both are suited to switching d.c. power sources.
B. Both are suited to switching a.c. power sources.
C. Both are suited to switching a.c. and d.c power sources.
D. MOSFET is suited for a,c and BJT for d.c
19. In Half-wave uncontrolled rectifier calculate the average value of the voltage if the supply is
23sin(50t).
A. 8.32 V
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B. 9.32 V
C. 14.63 V
D. 7.32 V
20. In Half-wave controlled rectifier calculate the average value of the voltage if the supply is
10sin(50t) and firing angle is 30°.
A. 2.32 V
B. 2.97 V
C. 4.26 V
D. 5.64 V
21. The conduction period of diode in Half-wave uncontrolled rectifier for resistive load is \
A. π
B. 2π
C. 3π
D. 4π

Part II. Workout

1. In the circuit in Fig., C = 100nF and R is variable from 50 to 120kΩ. Determine the range
of controlled firing angle delay available.

2. A 220V, 50Hz supply feeds a highly inductive load of 30Ω resistance through a thyristor
bridge that is (a) half-controlled, (b) fully-controlled. Calculate load current, power and
power factor for each case when the firing angle delay α = 600
3. The three-phase half-controlled converter of. highly inductive load of 50Ω and a three-
phase supply of 220V at 50Hz. Determine the values of average load voltage and current,
rms phase current, load power and converter power factor for a firing angle delay α = 450

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