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Power Electronics
Topic : Half-wave Uncontrolled Rectifier DPP : 02
Date : 28/09/2022 Daily Practice Problem for Mind Map

Question 1
In the circuit of adjacent figure the diode connects the ac source to a pure inductance L.
[GATE 2007, IIT Kanpur]

The diode conducts for

(A) 900 (B) 1800 (C) 2700 (D) 3600
Question 2
The circuit shows an ideal diode connected to a pure inductor and is connected to a purely sinusoidal 50
Hz voltage source.

Under ideal conditions the current wave-form through the inductor will look like
[GATE 2009, IIT Roorkee]
(A) (B)

(C) (D)
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Question 3
In the circuit shown in the figure, the diode used is ideal. The input power factor is __________. (Give
the answer up to two-decimal places.) [GATE 2017, IIT Kanpur]

Question 4
A single-phase half wave uncontrolled converter circuit is shown in figure. A 2-winding transformer is
used at the input for isolation. Assuming the load current to be constant and v  Vm sin t , the current
waveform through diode D2 will be [GATE 2006, IIT Kharagpur]

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Question 5
A single-phase, 230 V, 50 Hz ac mains fed step down transformer (4 : 1) is supplying power to a half-
wave uncontrolled ac-dc converter used for charging a battery (12 V dc) with the series current limiting
resistor being 19.04  . The charging current is [GATE 2007, IIT Kanpur]
(A) 3.43 A (B) 1.65 A (C) 1.22 A (D) 1.0 A
: Common Data for Q.6 to Q.12::
A dc battery of constant emf E is being charged through a resistor as shown in figure. For source voltage of 230
V, 50 Hz and for R  8 , E  150V

Question 6
The value of average charging current is ____A
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Question 7
The power supplied to battery is _________W
Question 8
The power that dissipated in the resistor is __ W
Question 9
The supply power factor is _____________
Question 10
The charging time is ___________ hour in case battery capacity is 1000 Wh,
Question 11
The rectifier efficiency is __________ %
Question 12
PIV of the diode is _______________ V.
Question 13
A single phase half – wave diode rectifier with an output current of 100 A rms and with sinusoidal input
voltage. Assume diode conduction over a half-cycle , then the time (in hrs) required to deliver a charge of
200 Ah through a single phase half wave diode rectifier is _________.
:: Common Data for Q.14 to Q.16 ::
A electric heater (resistive load) is connected across single-phase 230 V, 50 Hz supply through a diode. The rated
value of the electric heater is 230 V, 1 kW.
Question 14
The power absorbed (in watt) by electric heater is __________.
Question 15
Peak value of diode current (in A) is __________.
Question 16
The Input power factor is _________.
Question 17
A Resistive load where R  60  is fed from 1 phase, 230 V, 50 Hz supply through a step – up transformer
and then one diode. When the transformation ratio is 2 then the rating of transformer (in VA) is ______.
Question 18
A battery is charged by a single - phase half - wave diode rectifier. The supply is 30 V, 50 Hz and the
battery emf is constant at 6 V. At what value of the resistance (in Ω) to be inserted in series with the
battery to limit the charging current to 4 A. (Take a voltage drop of 1 V across diode)
(A) 2.55 (B) 4.16 (C) 7.5 (D) 5.66
Question 19
A single - phase half wave uncontrolled rectifier is connected to RL load. For Vs  230V at 50Hz ,
R  10  , L  5mH , extinction angle  2100 . Then the average value of output current (in A) is
______.
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:: Common Data for Q.20 to Q.24 ::
For the circuit shown in fig. the output current i0 is considered constant at I 0 because of large value of load
inductance L . For the below circuit
is iD i0

D 2

230 V
vs FD v0
50 Hz L

i fd
50 V


Question 20
The average value of output voltage (in V) is _________.
Question 21
The average value of output current (in A) is __________.
Question 22
The average value of freewheeling diode current (in A) is _______.
Question 23
The rms value of freewheeling diode current (in A) is ________.
Question 24
The supply power factor is _______.
Question 25
In the following circuit, the ammeter reads 13.46 A when it is of moving iron (MI) type. What would be
the ammeter reading if it is of moving coil (MC) type
A

230 V 0.1 H
50 Hz

(A) 13.46 A (B) 10 A

(C) 10.98 A (D) Ammeter will get damaged
: Common Data for Q.26 & Q.27::
The half-wave rectifier circuit as shown in fig. with a resistive load of 25 and a 60 Hz AC source of 110 V rms.

vs R

Question 26
The average power (in W) delivered to the load over one cycle is _______.
Question 27
When the source has a resistance of 60 then the average power (in W) is ________.
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Question 28
The half-wave rectifier circuit as shown in fig. with a resistive load of 25 and vs  120 2 sin(260t )V

vs R

The ratio of rms and average diode current is ________.

:: Common Data for Q.29 to Q.32 ::
A diode whose internal resistance is 20  is to supply power to a 1000  load from a 230 V (rms) source of
supply. [IAS 1983]
Question 29
The peak load current is ________ A
Question 30
The dc load current is ________ A
Question 31
The dc diode voltage is ________ V
Question 32
The percentage regulation from no load to given load is __________ %

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