Reg. No.

IV SEMESTER B.TECH (ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING)

END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS, MAY 2024
POWER ELECTRONICS [ELE 2222]
REVISED CREDIT SYSTEM

Time:180 Minutes Date: 03 May 2024 Max. Marks: 50

Instructions to Candidates:
❖ Answer ALL the questions.
❖ Missing data may be suitably assumed.

1A. A half-wave uncontrolled rectifier is interfaced with a resistive load of

100Ω. The AC source is 230V rms at 50Hz. With a neat circuit,
(i). Determine the average load voltage and average load current.
(ii). Sketch the waveforms of load current and load voltage.
(iii). Subsequently, introduce a capacitor across the resistive load and
redraw the above waveforms in (ii). Discuss the changes in circuit
dynamics following the incorporation of the capacitor. (04)
1B. A single-phase full wave-controlled bridge rectifier feeding an RL load
operates from a 230 V, 50 Hz AC supply.
(i)With a neat circuit, discuss the operation of the converter with RL
Load when in continuous conduction mode (CCM).
(ii)The converter provides an average load current of 10 A at a delay
angle of 60° in CCM. Determine the average load voltage.
(iii)For the firing angle of 60°, sketch the steady state waveform of load
voltage, load current and SCR voltage (Sketch upto one cycle) (04)
1C. For the converter in Q 1B, if a freewheeling diode (FWD) is now
connected across the output for the same RL load and the same firing
angle, calculate the new average load voltage with the FWD. Redraw
the steady state waveforms of load voltage and load current (Sketch
upto one cycle) (02)

2A. A single-phase full wave ac voltage controller feeds a load of R = 15 Ω

with an input voltage of 120V, 60Hz. Firing angle for both the SCRs is
1.535 radians. Calculate (i) rms value of output voltage (ii) load power
(iii) input power factor. (iv) rms SCR current. (04)
2B. Analyse the operation of a buck dc dc converter with a neat circuit
schematic and sketch the following waveforms.
(i). Inductor current and inductor voltage
(ii). Capacitor current and capacitor voltage (03)

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2C. An employee of a company was asked to design a power converter for
the specifications shown in Table 1.
Table 1: Specifications
Input Voltage 8V
Output Voltage 4V
Output Current 1A
Switching frequency 200 kHz
Inductor current 40%
ripple
Output Voltage ripple 2%
Inductance ( L ) 12.5 μH
Capacitance ( C ) 15.625 uF
The employee selects a boost topology as the power converter. Hence
evaluate the design and answer the following questions:
(i). Is the boost topology ideal for the design specifications mentioned
in Table 1? If not, suggest a better topology.
(ii). Are the designed values of L and C in Table 1 meeting the
specifications and ripple considerations? Are they underrated or
overrated? Justify with appropriate calculations. (03)
3A. A single-phase AC load requires a voltage of 100V rms at 50 Hz and is
purely resistive. In the laboratory setting, there's a 100V DC supply.
The designer's task is to select between a half bridge and a full bridge
square wave inverter for connecting the DC supply to the AC load to
meet the specified requirement. Justify your choice by providing a
circuit diagram along with the following waveforms (Sketch upto 2
cycles):
(i) Load voltage and load current
(ii) Gating pulses (03)
3B A single-phase full bridge square wave inverter has a resistive load of R
=10 Ω and a DC input voltage of Vs = 100 V. The desired output
frequency is 50 Hz. Determine
(i). RMS of output voltage
(ii). RMS output voltage of fundamental component
(iii). The output power
(iv). THD
(v). The Harmonic factor of the third harmonic
(vi). The peak current and peak voltage of the switch. (04)
3C Discuss the advantages of PWM inverters and outline the difference
between bipolar and unipolar PWM switching scheme. (03)
4A A three-phase bridge inverter delivers power to a resistive load from a
450V dc source. For a star connected load of 10 ohms per phase, the
inverter is operated in 180° mode of conduction. The switch used in the
circuit has a peak voltage rating of 600V and peak current rating of 20A.
With a neat circuit diagram, evaluate the following.
(i). Compute rms value of load phase voltage and the rms value of the load
current.
(ii). Compute the power consumed by the three-phase load.
(iii) Verify if the rating of the switch is meeting the design criteria of the
circuit.
(iii) Sketch the waveforms of any one phase voltage upto one cycle. (04)

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4B A single-phase full bridge inverter is used to produce a 50Hz voltage
across a series R-L load using bipolar PWM, with R= 12Ω and XL=16 Ω.
The dc input to the bridge is 100V. The carrier signal has a frequency of
5kHz and a peak value of 1V. The control signal has a frequency of 50
Hz and a peak value of 0.8 V.
(i). Specify the amplitude modulation ratio and the frequency
modulation ratio.
(ii). Calculate the peak amplitude of fundamental component of output
voltage.
(iii). Calculate the peak amplitude of fundamental component of output
current.
(iv). Sketch the harmonic spectrum of the load voltage (03)
4C Discuss the key considerations and design aspects related to gate
drivers. Categorize the various types of gate drive circuits based on
their functionalities and applications (03)
5A The Power MOSFET is used to switch a load of 5 Amps from 10 V supply
at a duty cycle of 0.5 as shown in Figure 1. The switching frequency fs
is 100kHz and the duty cycle of operation D is 0.5. The On-state
resistance RDS(on) of the MOSFET is 50mΩ. The turn on time and the
turn off time of the MOSFET is same and is given as tON=tOFF=2ns.
(i) Estimate the conduction loss and switching loss in the Power
MOSFET.
(ii) Sketch the turn on and turn off switching characteristics of
the Power MOSFET.

[Given: The RMS of the drain current through the MOSFET is 𝐼𝐷𝑟𝑚𝑠 =
𝐼𝐷(𝑂𝑁) √𝐷 ]

Figure 1
(05)
5B A SPV (Solar PV) system is configured with four strings having 10
modules per string. This is connected to an inverter whose input
voltage is 400 V . The intermediate stage consists of a Boost DC-DC
converter. The STC rated values of voltage and current of individual
modules at MPP are Vm=18V and Im=8A. Assume the system is
operating at STC. Analyse the system and answer the following.
(i)Determine the corresponding value of the duty cycle applied to the
boost converter required to extract the maximum power from the solar
modules.
(ii)Draw the block diagram of the entire system (03)
5C Draw the block diagram of an electric drive and explain the role of
power electronic converters in the electric drive system
(02)

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