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Which one is most suitable power device for high frequency (>100 kHz) switching application?
a) Power MOSFET
b) BJT
c) Schottky diode
d) Microwave transistor
Suppose the anode current of a conducting SCR is 50 A. if its gate current is reduced to one-fifth, its anode
current will become
a) 10 A
b) 50 A
c) 25 A
d) Zero
It is preferable to use a train of pulse of high frequency for gate triggering of SCR in order to reduce
a) dv/dt problem
b) di/dt problem
c) the size of the pulse transformer
d) the complexity of the firing circuit
An SCR has half cycle surge current rating of 3000 A for 50 Hz supply. One cycle surge current rating will be
a) 1500 A
b) 2,121.32 A
c) 4,242.64 A
d) 6000 A
. Two thyristors A and B have rated gate current of 100 mA and 2 A respectively.
a) B is GTO and A is conventional thyristor
b) A is GTO and B is conventional thyristor
c) Thyristor A may opearate as transistor
d) None of the above
. In a thyristor controlled reactor, the firing angle of thyristor is to be controlled in the range of
a) 0° to 90°
b) 0° to 180°
c) 90° to 180°
d) 90° to 270°
. In a single phase full wave controlled bridge rectifier, minimum output voltage and maximum output voltages
are obtained at which conduction angles?
a) 0°,180° respectively
b) 180°,0° respectively
c) 0°, 0° respectively
d) 180°,180° respectively
. A single-phase fully controlled thyristor bridge ac-dc conveter is operating at a firing angle of 25° and on
overlap angle of 10° constant dc output current of 20 A. the fundamental power factor (displacement factor)
at input ac mains is
a) 0.78
b) 0.827
c) 0.866
d) 0.9
. A single phase fully bridge converter supplies a load drawing constant and ripple free load current. If the
triggering angle is 30°, the input power factor will be
a) 0.65
b) 0.78
c) 0.85
d) 0.866
. In a single-phase semiconveter, with discontinuous conduction and extinction angle β<Π free wheeling action
takes place for
a) α
b) Π-β
c) β-Π
d) zero degree
. The advantage of using free-wheeling diode with bridge type ac/dc conveter is
a) Regenerative breaking
b) Reliable speed control
c) Improved power factor
d) Reduced cost of the system
c) Does not allow smooth reversal of load current, but reduces the response time
. In a 3-phase bridge rectifier circuit for HVDC transmission, the ratio of outout dc voltage to input ac voltage
is
a) 0.5
b) 1.0
c) 1.71
d) 2
. A three phase full coverter is supplying a purely resistive load at 300 V dc for 0° firing angle. The output
voltage for 90° firing angle would be
a) 0 V
b) 40 V
c) 50 V
d) 100 V
. A thyristorised, three phase, fully controlled converter feeds a dc load that draws constant current. Then the
input ac line current to the converter has
d) A fundamental frequency component, whose rms value is equal to the dc load current
. Which one of the following is the most suitable device for dc-to-dc conveter?
a) BJT
b) GTO
c) MOSFET
d) Thyristor
b) Cycloconverter
c) Inverter
d) Bidirectional rectifier
d) Should be train of pulses of duration equal to the conduction period of the SCR
a) Traction drives
b) Fan drives
. A single phase ac voltage controller is controlling current in a purely inductive load. If the firing angle of the
SCR is α, what will be the conduction angle of the SCR?
a) Π
b) Π-α
c) (2Π-α)
d) 2Π
a) 3
b) 6
c) 12
d) 18
. Compared to a single phase half-bridge inverter, the output power of a single phase full-bridge inverter is
higher by a factor of
a) 12
b) 8
c) 4
d) 2
d) none of these
. in case of voltage source inverter, freewheeling diode can be avoided for the load of
a) inductive nature
b) capacitive natures
c) resistive nature
. In a three phase voltage source inverter operating in square wave mode, the output line voltage is free from
a) 3rd harmonic
b) 7th harmonic
c) 11th harmonic
d) 13th harmonic
. The armature current of a dc motor fed from a thyristor power convertor contains ripple. The ripple in the
armature current affects
. Which of the following configurations is used for both motoring and generative braking?
. A three-phase fully-controlled thyristor bridge converter is used as line commutated inverter to feed 50 kW
power 420 V dc to a three phase, 415 V(line), 50 Hz ac mains. Consider dc link current to be constant. The
rms current of the thyristor
a) 119.05 A
b) 79.37 A
c) 68.73 A
d) 39.68 A
. Which stage of the power supply uses a zener as the main component?
a) Rectifier
b) Voltage divider
c) Regulator
d) Filter
Answers
1)a 2)a 3)a 4)d 5)b 6)c 7)b 8)b 9)b 10)b 11)c 12)b 13)b 14)b 15)a
16)b 17)d 18)c 19)b 20)a 21)a 22)c 23)b 24)b 25)d 26)b 27)b 28)b 29)d 30)d
31)c 32)b 33)a 34)a 35)a 36)c 37)c 38)d 39)c
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