POWER ELECTRONICS

Assignment1 (SCR, Single phase Rectifier Circuits)

1. SCRs with a rating of 1000 V and 200 A are available to be used in a string to handle
6 kV and 1 kA .Calculate the no of series and parallel units required in case derating
factor is (a) 0.1 and (b) 0.2 .
Ans-(a) 7, 6 (b) 8,7
2. For a Thyristor maximum junction temperature is 125̊ C .the thermal resistances for
the thyristor –sink combination are Θ jc =0.16 and Θcs = 0.08 ̊C/W. For a heat sink
temperature of 70̊ C, compute the total average power loss in the thyristor sink
combination. In case the heat sink temperature is brought down to 60̊ C by forced
cooling, find the percentage in device rating.
Ans-(a) 270.83W ,8.71%
3. The triggering circuit of a thyristor is shown in figure.The thyristor requires a gate
current of 10 mA, for guaranteed turn on. The value of R required for the thyristor to
turn on reliably under all condition of V variation is?

Ans- 800Ω
4. A diode circuit feeds an ideal inductor as shown in the figure. Given V=100 sin(wt)
V, where w=100π rad/s andL=31.83 mH. The initial value of inductor current is zero.
Switch S is closed at t=2.5ms. the peak value of inductor current in the first cycle is

Ans-17.07 A
5. The figure shows the circuit diagram of a rectifier. The load consists of a resistance
10Ω and inductance 0.05H connected in series. Assuming ideal thyristor and ideal
diode, the thyristor firing angle (in degrees) needed to obtain an average load voltage
of 70V is ?

Ans- 69.31̊
6. For an SCR, the gate – cathode characteristics has a straight line slope of 130. For
trigger source voltage of 15 volt and allowable gate power dissipation of
0.5W,compute the gate source resistance.
Ans- 111.94Ω
7. Latching current of an SCR , inserted in between a dc voltage source of 200 V and
the load , is 100 mA. Compute the minimum width of gate-pulse current required to
turn on this SCR in case the load consists of (a) L = 0.2 H (b) R= 20 Ω in series with
L = 0.2 H .
Ans- (a) 100μs (b) 100.503μs
8. Discuss what would happen if gate is made positive with respect to cathode during the
reverse blocking of thyristor .
9. In the given rectifier, the delay angle of the thyristor T 1 measured from the positive
zero crossing of Vs is 30̊ .If the input voltage Vs is 100 sin(100πt) V, the average
voltage across R (in Volts) under steady state is

10. The figure shows the circuit of a rectifier fed from a 230-V (rms), 50-Hz sinusoidal
voltage source. If we want to replace the current source with a resistor so that the rms
 value of the current supplied by the voltage source remains unchanged, the value of
the resistance (in ohms) is (Assume diodes to be ideal)

Ans-23Ω

11. What are advantages and disadvantages of GTOs?

12. What are design considerations of snubber networks?
13. What is the purpose of dv/dt and di/dt protection?
14. Define following terms relating to SCR and discuss their significance .
a) Latching current
b) Holding current
c) Forward break-over voltage
d) Peak inverse voltage
e) Turn on time
f) Turn off time
g) Firing angle
15. A single phase full converter feeds power to RLE load with R= 6 Ω ,L= 6 mH and E=
60 Volt, the AC source voltage is 230 Volt ,50 Hz ,for continuous conduction , find
the average value of load current for firing angle delay of 50̊ .In case one of the four
SCRs get open circuited due to fault , fnd the new value of average load current
taking the output current as continuous .Sketch the waveform for the new output
voltage and indicate the conduction of various SCRs.
Ans- 12.181A, 1.903A
 16. A single phase full converter bridge is connected to RLE load .The source voltage is
230 Volt, 50 Hz . The average load current of 10 A is constant over the working range
.For R= 0.4 Ω and L= 2 mH ,compute (a) firing angle delay for E =120 V (b) firing
angle delay for E= -120 V (c) in case output current is assumed constant , find input
power factor for both parts a and b .
Ans-(a) 53.21̊ (b) 124.1̊ (c) 0.5391 lag, 0.5043 lag
17. The battery voltage in figure is E = 12 volt and its capacity is 100 Wh. The average
charging current should be Idc=5A. The primary input voltage is V p= 120V, 60Hz, and
the transformer has a turns ratio of n=2:1. Calculate (a) the conduction angle of the
diode, (b) the current limting resistance R, (c) the power rating of R, (d) the charging
time (e) rectifier efficiency ,(f) PIV of diode.

Ans- (a) 163.74̊ (b) 4.26Ω (c) 286.4W (d) 1.6674 (e) 17.32%(f)96.85W

18. The rectifier in figure has a purely resistive load of R . Determine (a) efficiency (b)
the form factor (FF) (c) the ripple factor (RF) (d) the transformer utilization factor
(TUF) (e) the PIV of Diode (f) the input power factor.
Ans- (a) 40.5% (b) 157% (c)121% (d)0.286 (e) Vm (f)0.707

19. The rectifier in figure has a purely resistive load of R . Determine (a) efficiency (b)
the form factor (FF) (c) the ripple factor (RF) (d) the transformer utilization factor
(TUF) (e) the PIV of Diode (f) the input power factor.

Ans-(a) 81% (b) 1.11

20. The single phase full wave rectifier of given figure has L= 4.5 mH and R= 5 Ω and
E= 20 V. The input voltage is Vs=120 Volt at 60 Hz (a) determine steady state load
current I0 at wt= 0 (b) average diode current (c)rms diode current (d) rms output
current.
Ans- (a) 6.33A (b) 8.8A (c) 13.83A (d) 52.31A
21. 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 R= 8 Ω, E= 150V.
(a) Find the value of average charging current
(b) Find the power supplied to battery and that dissipated in resistor
(c) Calculate the supply power factor
(d) Find the charging time in case battery capacity is 1000 Wh and
(e) Find rectifier efficiency and PIV of diode

Ans- (a)4.96A (b) 691.25W (c) 0.6672lag (d) 1.342 hr (e) 51.876% (f) 4.7522V
22. Describe how a free wheeling diode improves power factor in a converter system.
23. Describe the working of a single phase full converter in inverter mode with RLE load.
Illustrate your answer with waveforms of source voltage ,E, load voltage and current ,
source current current through and voltage across one SCR.Assume continuous
conduction.
24. Is it possible to operate a single phase fully controlled half wave converter in the
inverting mode? Explain.
25. A single phase fully controlled bridge converter operates in the continuous conduction
mode from a 230V, 50HZ single phase supply with a firing angle α = 30°. The load
resistance and inductances are 10Ω and 50mH respectively. Find out the 3rd harmonic
load current as a percentage of the average load current.
 26. The phase controlled rectifier, shown in figure below, is operatng at α=45̊ and load
current at steady state is constant. Neglecting source impedance
a) Draw output voltage
b) Device currents
c) Current across thyristor 1

27. Figure shows two thyristors each rated 500A (continuous) sharing a load current
through thyristor y is 120 A.The current through thyristor x will be

Ans-100A
28. Consider the thyristor circuit of figure. The thyristor is given a triggering pulse after
every 10 ms. Calculate the duration for which the thyristor remains ON after each
triggering pulse. Assume ideal devices.
29. The single phase half controlled ac to dc bridge convertor of figure supplies a 10Ω
resistor in series with a 100V back emf load. The firing angle of the thyristors is set to
60̊.
a) Find the average current through the resistor.
b) What will be the new average current through the resistor ,if a very large
inductor is connected in series with the load.

30.In the single phase diode bridge rectifier shown in figure , the load resistor is R = 50Ω.
The source voltage is ν=200 sin(ωt), where ω=2π50 radians per second. The power
dissipated in the load resistor R is ------------------

Ans-400W