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DC Chopper

The document outlines a series of problems related to DC choppers and converters, focusing on calculations involving average load current, output voltage, RMS values, and efficiency. It includes specific scenarios for resistive and RL loads, as well as design requirements for buck and boost regulators. The problems require applying principles of power electronics to determine various electrical parameters and design specifications.

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DC Chopper

The document outlines a series of problems related to DC choppers and converters, focusing on calculations involving average load current, output voltage, RMS values, and efficiency. It includes specific scenarios for resistive and RL loads, as well as design requirements for buck and boost regulators. The problems require applying principles of power electronics to determine various electrical parameters and design specifications.

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Mechatronics Engineering Program

Power Electronics EPE202


Tanta University Faculty of Engineering

Sheet – DC Chopper

1) In a dc chopper, the average load current is 30 A, chopping frequency is 250 HZ. Supply
voltage is 110 V. calculate the ON and OFF periods of the chopper if the load resistance is
2Ω.
2) A dc chopper has a resistive load of R = 10 Ω and input voltage Vs = 200 V. When chopper
is ON, its voltage drop is 2 V and the chopping frequency is 1 kHZ. If the duty cycle is 60 %
Determine:
a) The average output voltage.
b) The RMS value of the output voltage.
c) Effective input resistance of chopper.
d) The chopper efficiency.
3) A chopper feeding an RL load with Vs = 220 V, R = 10 Ω, L = 15.5 mH, f = 5 kHZ, k=0.5 and
E=20 V. Calculate:
a) The minimum and maximum instantaneous values of load current.
b) The peak-to-peak ripple current in the load.
c) The average value of load current.
d) The RMS value of load current.
e) The RMS value of chopper current.
f) Effective input resistance as seen by source.
4) A dc chopper is used to control power flow from a dc voltage Vs = 110 V to a battery
voltage E = 220 V. The power transferred to the battery is 30 kW. The current ripple of
inductor is negligible. Determine:
a) The duty cycle k.
b) The effective load resistance Req.
c) The average input power.
5) Input to the step-up chopper is 200 V, the output required is 600 V. If the conducting
time of transistor is 200µs.
a) Compute the chopping frequency.
b) If the pulse width is halved for constant frequency of operation, find the new output
voltage.

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Sheet – DC Chopper

6) A buck regulator has an input voltage of Vs = 12 V. The required average output voltage is
Va = 5 V and the peak-to-peak output ripple voltage is 20 mV. The switching frequency is
25 kHZ. If the peak-to-peak ripple current of inductor is limited to 0.8 A. Determine:
a) Duty cycle.
b) Inductance value.
c) Capacitance value.
7) A boost regulator has an input voltage of Vs = 5 V. The average output voltage is Va = 15 V
and the average load current Ia = 0.5 A. The switching frequency is 25 kHZ. If L = 150 µH
and C = 220 µf. Determine:
a) Duty cycle.
b) The ripple current of the inductor.
c) The peak current of the inductor.
d) The ripple voltage of the filter capacitor.
8) Design a dc chopper circuit to feed a load with dc voltage of 30 V (with maximum ripple
variation of 34 mV). The load current is 1.5 A without ripple. The dc supply voltage is 15
V. The maximum variation of inductor current is 0.1 A. Using chopper frequency of 10
kHZ. Determine average and RMS switch currents and peak switch current.

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