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Power Electronics Exam Paper

This document appears to be a question paper for an Electrical and Electronics Engineering examination on the topic of Power Electronics. It contains 20 short answer questions in Part A worth 2 marks each, 5 longer answer questions in Part B worth 13-18 marks each, and 2 alternative long answer questions in Part C worth 15 marks each. The questions cover various topics in power electronics including characteristics of devices like IGBTs and MOSFETs, operation of converters, choppers, inverters, cycloconverters, and resonant circuits. The document provides sample exam questions for students to test their knowledge of key concepts in power electronics.

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Power Electronics Exam Paper

This document appears to be a question paper for an Electrical and Electronics Engineering examination on the topic of Power Electronics. It contains 20 short answer questions in Part A worth 2 marks each, 5 longer answer questions in Part B worth 13-18 marks each, and 2 alternative long answer questions in Part C worth 15 marks each. The questions cover various topics in power electronics including characteristics of devices like IGBTs and MOSFETs, operation of converters, choppers, inverters, cycloconverters, and resonant circuits. The document provides sample exam questions for students to test their knowledge of key concepts in power electronics.

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EE65O3 - POWER ELECTRONICS
(Common to : Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering/Instrumentation
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(Regulations 2013)
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks

PART -A (10x2-20 Marks)


1. Why Tliac is not popular as compared to SCR ? Justifr.

2. What are the advantages of IGBTs ?

3. Distinguish between sJrnmetric and asyrmmetric semiconductor configuration.

4. Define input power factor.

5. What is the effect of load inductance on the load current waveforms in the case of
DC chopper ?

6. what is the disadvantage of frequency modulated chopper ?

7. state the necessity of return current diodes in inverter.

8. what is the function of feedback diodes in bridge inverter ?

9. Why is half wave,ACloltage regulator not used.? ,*

10. Explain the terrn sequence control of ac voltage regulators.

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PART -B (5x13=65 Marks)

11" a) Explain the static and switching characteristics of IGBT and MOSFET. (18)
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b) Explain why triac is rarely used in I quadrant with negative pulse and in
III quadrant with positive pulse. (13)

L2, a) Explain the functional modes of dual converter with necessary diagrams. (13)
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b) Explain the operation of 3 phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with necessary
wavefomrs. (13)

13. a) Explain the working ofbuck converter with neat waveform and also derive the
expression ofpeak to peak voltage across the capacitor. (18)

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b) Explain the steady state analysis of step down chopper. (18)

L4. a) Explain the operation of series resonant inverter. (18)

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b) Discuss the operation of 180o conduction of three phase inverter. (18)

15. a) Explain the operation of single phase to single phase cycloconverter. (1s)
(oR)
b) Explain the operation of matrix converter. (13)

PART -C (1x15=15 Marks)

16. a) A single-phase, half-wave rectifier with an AC voltage of 150 v has a pure resistive
load of 9 Cr. The firing angle o of the thyristor ,,%. Determine the

a) Rectification efficiency
b) Form factor coq
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c) Transformer derating factor $$l$t'
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e) Ripple factor of the output voltage.
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b) The series resonance turn-off circuit of Fig. 16 b has the following data :

E = 160 v, L = 8 MH, resistance ofinductor coil 11 = 0.2 Q, Rn = 0.6 Q and C = 65 pF .

Determine:
a) Derive an erq)ression forthe current(t).
b) The pulsewidth and
c) The time required for the capacitor voltage to attain a voltage equal to 1.7 E.

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