Department of Electrical Engineering

Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat-785007

ASSIGNMENT- I
Course Name: Power Electronics Semester: B. Tech, 5th Semester
Course Code: EI181502 Session: July-Dec ’2024
Total Marks: 100 Due Date: 21/10/2024

Q. Taxonomy
CO Questions Marks
No Level
1 1 Understand Describe the switching characteristics of power MOSFETs. 5
Explain why IGBTs are becoming popular in their applications to controlled
2 1 Understand 3+2
converters. Enumerate some applications of IGBTs.
Distinguish clearly between voltage commutation and current commutation
3 1 Analyze 5
in thyristor circuits.
Discuss the two transistor analogy of a thyristor. Also derive an expression
4 1 Understand 3+2
for anode current.
5 1 Understand Discuss the various mounting and cooling techniques for thyristors. 5
Show that string efficiency of two series-connected SCR is usually less than
6 1 Apply one. Derive an expression for the resistance used for static voltage 2+3
equalization for a series connected string.
7 1 Apply Illustrate the operation of a TRIAC with neat diagram. 5
8 1 Understand What is GTO? Describe its basic structure. 1+4
For an SCR, gate-cathode characteristics have a straight line slope of 130.
9 1 Apply For trigger source voltage of 15V and allowable gate power dissipation of 0.5 5
watts, compute the gate source resistance.
Illustrate various commutation techniques used for thyristors with relevant
10 1 Understand 5
diagrams.
Derive the expression for average voltage of a three-phase half wave
11 3 Apply 5
controlled converter with resistive load.
A resistive load of 10 ohm is connected through a half-wave SCR circuit to
12 3 Apply 220V, 50Hz, single phase source. Calculate the power delivered to load for a 5
firing angle of 600. Also find the value of input power factor.
A single phase half wave converter is operated from 230V, 50Hz source and
the load resistance is R=12 Ohm. For a firing angle delay of 300, determine
13 3 Apply 5
(a) rectification efficiency, (b) form factor, (c) voltage ripple factor (d)
Transformer utilization factor, and (e) PIV of thyristor.
Describe how a freewheeling diode improves the power factor in a converter
14 3 Understand 5
system.
A single-phase full converter supplies power to RLE load. The source
voltage is 230V, 50Hz and for load R=2Ohm, L=10mH, E=100V. For a
15 3 Apply 5
firing angle of 300, find the average value of output voltage and load current
in case the load current extinguishes at (a) 2000 and (b) 1700

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 A single phase full converter delivers ripple free current to RL load with
R=15 Ohm. The source voltage is 230V, 50Hz. For a firing angle of 30 0 ,
16 3 Apply 5
calculate (a) rectification efficiency, (b) voltage ripple factor, (c)
displacement factor, (d) active and (e) reactive power
A delta-star transformer feeds power to a load R=10 Ohm through a three-
17 3 Apply phase M-3converter. The input voltage to converter is 400V, 50Hz. Find the 5
power delivered to load for a firing angle delay of (a) 15 0 and (b) 600
A resistive load 10Ω is connected to a 3-phase full-converter. The load takes
5kW for a firing angle delay of 700. Find the magnitude of per phase input
18 3 Apply 5
supply voltage. Derive the expression for the output voltage in terms of
firing angle.
Describe the effect of source inductance on the performance of a 3-phase
19 3 Analyze 5
full-converter with the help of phase voltage waveforms.
Differentiate between line commutation and forced commutation. Describe
20 1 Understand 2+3
any one of the forced commutation techniques.

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