Scribd
Upload
38 views1 page

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R15) Supplementary Examinations June 2018

The document is a past paper for a Power Electronics exam. It contains 11 questions covering various topics in power electronics: 1) It asks definitions for latching current, holding current, and asks about advantages of GTO over SCR and the function of freewheeling diodes. 2) It covers topics like input power factor in controlled rectifiers, time ratio control in choppers, DC choppers and their applications, AC voltage controllers and their advantages. 3) It asks about the differences between on-off control and phase control, and applications of inverters and advantages of CSI. 4) The questions cover thyristor operation modes, TRIAC operation, three phase semi

Uploaded by

Aliya Mahaboob
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
38 views1 page

B.Tech III Year I Semester (R15) Supplementary Examinations June 2018

The document is a past paper for a Power Electronics exam. It contains 11 questions covering various topics in power electronics: 1) It asks definitions for latching current, holding current, and asks about advantages of GTO over SCR and the function of freewheeling diodes. 2) It covers topics like input power factor in controlled rectifiers, time ratio control in choppers, DC choppers and their applications, AC voltage controllers and their advantages. 3) It asks about the differences between on-off control and phase control, and applications of inverters and advantages of CSI. 4) The questions cover thyristor operation modes, TRIAC operation, three phase semi

Uploaded by

Aliya Mahaboob
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 1

www.android.previousquestionpapers.com | www.previousquestionpapers.com | www.ios.previousquestionpapers.

com

Code: 15A02503 R15


B.Tech III Year I Semester (R15) Supplementary Examinations June 2018
POWER ELECTRONICS
(Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 70
PART – A
(Compulsory Question)
*****
1 Answer the following: (10 X 02 = 20 Marks)
(a) Define latching current and holding current.
(b) Write any four advantages of GTO over SCR.
(c) What is the function of freewheeling diodes in controlled rectifier?
(d) Define input power factor in controlled rectifier and write its expression.
(e) Explain about time ratio control in choppers.
(f) What is meant by DC chopper and write its applications.
(g) What does ac voltage controller mean and write its advantages.
(h) Write the difference between On-Off control and phase control.
(i) Write the application of inverter.
(j) Write the advantages of CSI.

PART – B
(Answer all five units, 5 X 10 = 50 Marks)

P
UNIT – I
2 Discuss different modes of operation of thyristors with the help of static VI characteristics.

Q
OR
3 Explain the operation of TRIAC with the help of its VI characteristics.

5
voltage and r.m.s output voltage.
P UNIT – II
Describe the working of three phase semi converter and derive the expressions for average output

OR
A single-phase full converter has a RL load having L = 6.5 mH, R = 0.5Ω and E = 10 V. The input voltage
is Vs = 120 V at (r.m.s) 60 Hz. Determine: (i) The average thyristor current Ia. (ii) r.m.s thyristror current
IR. (iii) The average output current Idc.
UNIT – III
6 Discuss the principle of operation of DC-DC step down chopper with suitable waveforms.
OR
7 (a) Explain the operation of Step-up chopper with relevant waveforms
(b) A step-up chopper has an input voltage of 150 V. The voltage output needed is 450 V. Given that
thyristror has a conducting time of 150 𝜇𝜇 seconds. Calculate the chopping frequency.
UNIT – IV
8 Describe the working of a single phase half bridge inverter. What is its main drawback? Explain how this
drawback is overcome.
OR
9 What are the different PWM techniques employed for inverter? Explain sinusoidal PWM technique with
neat wave forms.
UNIT – V
10 (a) Describe the operation of single phase full wave AC voltage controller feeding RL load with relevant
waveforms.
(b) A single phase AC voltage controller has a resistive load of R = 10 ohms and the input voltage is
Vs = 120 V, 60 Hz. The delay angle of thyristor is 90 degrees. Determine: (i) The r.m.s value of output
voltage V0. (ii) The input power factor. (iii) The average input current.
OR
11 Explain the operation of single phase bridge configuration of cyclo-converter with continuous load
current.
*****
www.android.universityupdates.in | www.universityupdates.in | www.ios.universityupdates.in

You might also like