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This document appears to be an exam for a power electronics and drives course, consisting of 2 pages and 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each (20 marks total) and 5 longer answer questions worth 10 marks each (50 marks total), for a total of 100 marks. The questions cover topics like switched mode rectifiers, duty ratio selection, single phase converter configurations, PWM control modulation index, effects of series loading in resonant inverters, voltage vector synthesis in SVM, total harmonic distortion, forward converter operation at high duty ratios, resonant inverter dead zones, buck converter voltage and current ripple derivation, buck-boost converter output calculations, multilevel inverter operation, SVM sector calculations, current regulated PWM inverters, and

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P2PDCC01

This document appears to be an exam for a power electronics and drives course, consisting of 2 pages and 10 short answer questions worth 2 marks each (20 marks total) and 5 longer answer questions worth 10 marks each (50 marks total), for a total of 100 marks. The questions cover topics like switched mode rectifiers, duty ratio selection, single phase converter configurations, PWM control modulation index, effects of series loading in resonant inverters, voltage vector synthesis in SVM, total harmonic distortion, forward converter operation at high duty ratios, resonant inverter dead zones, buck converter voltage and current ripple derivation, buck-boost converter output calculations, multilevel inverter operation, SVM sector calculations, current regulated PWM inverters, and

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P2PDCC01

2ND Semester Regular Examination 2016-17


Advanced Power Converter
BRANCH: POWER ELCTRONICS & DRIVES
Time: 3 Hours
Max Marks: 100
Q.CODE: Z346
Answer Question No.1 which is compulsory and any FOUR from the rest.
The figures in the right hand margin indicate marks.
Q1 Answer the following questions: Short answer type (2 x 10)
a) What is the effect of shifting the inductor to the source side in switched
mode rectifier?
b) How to select the duty ratio in case of a switched mode rectifier?
c) Which kind of semi converter (single phase) configuration is normally
used and why?
d) What is the modulation index for a PWM control?
e) What are the effects of series loading in a series resonant inverter?
f) In SVM why two consecutive voltage vectors are selected for
synthesizing the reference voltage vectors?
g) What is total harmonic distortion and how it is related to distortion
factor?
h) What will happen in forward converter if we select tertiary turns equal to
primary turns and duty ratio greater than 0.5?
i) What is the dead zone of a resonant inverter?
j) Draw the basic circuit of L-type and M-type resonant converter switch.

Q2 a) Derive the expressions for voltage ripple and current ripple in a buck (10)
converter.
b) In a buck boost converter, the input voltage is 12V, the duty cycle is (10)
k=0.26 and the switching frequency is 25 kHz. The inductance
L=150µH and filter capacitance C=220µF. The average load current
Ia=1.25A. Determine (a) the average output voltage, (b) peak to peak
output voltage ripple. (c) Peak to peak current ripple and (d) critical
values of L & C?

Q3 a) Explain the operation of a flying capacitor type multilevel inverter with (10)
circuit diagram.
b) What is reactive power compensation using multilevel inverter? Explain (10)
using phasor diagrams?

Q4 a) For three phase SVM Based inverter, derive the expressions of (10)
durations for which the consecutive voltage vectors are to be applied in
order to synthesize Vref, in case the reference vector is lying in sector
two.
b) What do you mean by pulse of appropriate polarity in SVM? (10)

Q5 a) Explain the operation of a forward converter with circuit diagram and (10)
waveforms.
b) A basic series resonant inverter with bidirectional switches has C=2µF, (10)
L=20µH, R=0, and Vs=220V. the switching time of the transistor is
tsw=12µs. the output frequency is f0=20kHz. Determine (a) peak supply
current Ip, (b) average device current IA, (c) rms device current IR.

Q7 a) Write notes on Current regulated PWM voltage source inverter (10)


b) Explain the operation with circuit diagram and wave forms of three (10)
phase series inverter.

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