Anand Engineering College, Keetham, Agra

Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Question Bank
Subject:- Power Electronics, Subject Code:- TEE-603
Class:- III
rd
Year (EEE) Prepared By:- Amit Saraswat
Unit:1 Power semiconductor Devices:
Q (1) Explain the relationship between the terms power, electronics and control as far as power
electronics is concerned. State various applications of power electronics.
Q (2) Draw the static V-I Characteristics, Circuit Symbols and Practical Ratings for the
following Power Electronic Devices:
I. Power BJT
II. Power MOSFET
III. Power IGBT
IV. Power SIT
V. SCR
VI. GTO
VII. TRIAC
Q (3) Explain the Various Power Electronic Circuit, their application with the help of power
circuit diagrams.
Q (4) Explain the working and operation of Power BJT. Draw the steady state and Switching
Characteristics of Power BJTs. Also explain the switching limits of BJTs.
Q (5) Explain the working and operation of n- channel Enhancement type MOSFET. Draw the
steady state and Switching Characteristics of Power MOSFETs. Also explain the
advantages and disadvantages of MOSFETs with reference to BJTs.
Q (6) Explain the structure of diffused type (D-) MOSFET (Power MOSFET) and also explain
How the current handling capability of DMOS is improved as compared to simple
NMOS.
Q (7) Explain the working and operation of Power IGBT. Draw the steady state and Switching
Characteristics of Power IGBTs. Also explain the advantages and disadvantages of
IGBTs with reference to BJTs and MOSFETs.
Q (8) Explain the operational working of SCR. Draw the circuit symbol, static V-I Characteristic
and Switching Characteristic of SCR.
Q (9) Discus the Two transistor model of SCR. Drive the expression of anode current for SCR in
conduction State. Explain the gate Turn-ON method of SCR on the basis of Two
Transistor Model.
Q (10) Explain the structure of MOS Controlled Thyristor (MCT) and also explain advantageous
features of MCT. Draw the Circuit symbol also.
Q (11) Draw the Circuit symbol and Static V-I Characteristic of Gate Turned OFF Thyristor
(GTO). Explain the Control Circuit with the help of appropriate circuit diagram. Give the
merits and demerits of GTO as compare to SCR.
Q (12) Explain the different Turning ON methods of Thyristor (SCR) in detail.
Q (13) Explain the basic structural features of TRIAC with neat diagram. Explain the four
working modes of operation of TRIAC.
Q (14) Draw the Static V-I characteristic of TRIAC. Also discuss the application of TRIAC.
Q (15) (a) Define turn-on and turn-off times as applied to SCR.
(b) Draw the switching (or dynamic) characteristics of a thyristor during its turn-on and
turn-off process. Show the variation of voltage across the thyristor and current
through it during these two dynamic processes. Indicate clearly the various intervals
into which turn-on and turn-off times can be subdivided. Discuss briefly the nature of
these curves.
Unit:2 Power Semiconductor Devices(Contd) & DC-DC Converters
Q (1) (a) Explain the term String Efficiency and DRF in the prospective of Series/Parallel
operation of SCRs.
(b) Explain and Design the Static External Equalizing Circuit in case of Series operation of
the SCRs.
Q (2) Explain, How different type of protections are provided in thyristor based circuits. Also
design the Snubbers Circuit for dv/dt protection in thyristor circuits.
Q (3) (a) Explain the basic principle of operation of Step-Down DC Chopper with the help of
power circuit diagram and out put voltage and current wave forms. Also explain the
term Duty Cycle .
(b) For Type A DC Chopper, the dc source voltage = 210 V, load resistance = 12 . Take
a voltage drop of 2 V across chopper when it is ON. For a duty cycle of 0.4, calculate;
(i) Average and RMS values of out put voltage and (ii) Chopper efficiency.
Q (4) (a) Explain the basic principle of operation of step-up DC Chopper with the help of power
circuit diagram and out put voltage and current wave forms. Also drive the expression
of average value of out put voltage.
(b) A step-up DC chopper has input voltage of 230V and output voltage of 440V. If the
non-conducting time of thyristor- chopper is 70s, compute the pulse width of the
output voltage. In case pulse width is halved for constant frequency operation, find the
new output voltage.
Q (5) Classify and explain in detail the different configurations of DC choppers on the basis of
different quadrants of operations with the help of circuit diagrams.
Q (6) For type-A DC chopper connected to RLE load, write the basic voltage equations and
drive the expressions for the maximum and minimum values of load current in terms for
source voltage Vs, R, E etc. Hence show that expression for the per unit ripple in the load
current is given by:
/ (1 ) /
m m
/
(1 )(1 )
I I
(1 )
T a T a
x n
T a
e e
e

Where T= chopping period, = duty cycle ,

a
= L/R.
Q (7) (a) Explain the Class D: Impulse Commutation technique with the help of different
waveforms.
(b) For a voltage or Impulse Commutated thyristor circuit (Class D commutation) ,
capacitor is initially charged to Vs with the polarity as shown. Determine the circuit
turn-OFF time for main thyristor in case C=20F, R=10 and Vs = 220V dc.
Q (8) (a) Explain the Class C: Complementary Commutation technique with the help of different
waveforms.
(b) In Class C Commutation circuit, Vs = 200V, R1 = 10 and R2 = 100, Determine
(i) Peak value of current through thyristor T1 & T2
(ii) Value of Capacitor C if each thyristor has turn-OFF time is 20Sec. take a
factor of safety = 2.
Q (9) (a) Explain the Class B: Resonant-Pulse Commutation technique with the help of different
waveforms.
(b) In resonant-pulse commutation (or class-B commutation) has C=20 F and L=5 H.
Initial voltage across capacitor is Vs=220V. for a constant load current of 300 A,
Calculate:
(i) Conduction time for the auxiliary thyristor,
(i) Voltage across the main thyristor when it gets commutated and
(iii) The circuit turn-off time for the main thyristor.
Q (10) Explain the term Commutation in the perspective of power electronics. Classify the
different commutation techniques.
Q (11) An ideal chopper operating in first quadrant is supplied with power from an ideal battery
source of terminal voltage of 220V. the load voltage waveform consists of rectifier pulse
of 1 mSec duration in overall chopper time period of 3 mSec. The load current is constant
and ripples free. Calculate;
(i) Average and RMS values of load voltage
(ii) Voltage ripple factor
Q (12) Distinguish between voltage and current commutated choppers. Briefly explain working
of voltage and current commutated choppers with the help of its circuit diagrams and
waveforms.

Unit:3 Phase Controlled Converters
Q (1) (a) An RL load is fed from single phase supply through a half SCR based controlled
rectifier. Draw the circuit diagram and different I/O voltage and current wave forms.
(b) Also drive the expression for the load current
.
Q (2) (a) Explain the working of single phase Semi-Converter with R-L-E Load with the help of
different waveform.
(b) Determine the expression for output current in single Phase Semi-Converter for both
modes of operations.
(c) Drive the expressions for average and RMS values of the output voltage in single Phase
Semi-Converter.
Q (3) The single phase Semi-converter is connected to 220V, 60 Hz Ac Supply. The load current
Ia is continues and its ripple contents are negligible. The turns ratio of the input transformer
is unity.
(a) Express the input current in a Fourier series. Determine the HF of the input current, DF,
and input PF.
(b) If the delay angle is = /3, Calculate Vdc, Vrms, HF, DF and PF.
Q (4) (a) Explain the working of single phase Full-Converter with R-L-E Load with the help of
different waveform.
(b) Drive the expressions for average and RMS values of the output voltage in single Phase
Full-Converter.
Q (5) The single phase Full-converter is connected to 200V, 50 Hz Ac Supply. The load current
Ia is continues and its ripple contents are negligible. The turns ratio of the input transformer
is unity.
(a) Express the input current in a Fourier series. Determine the HF of the input current, DF,
and input PF.
(b) If the delay angle is = /3, Calculate Vdc, Vrms, HF, DF and PF.
Q (6) Explain the different Performance Parameters for the controlled Rectifier Circuits. And
define the following terms;
(i) Input Power Factor
(ii) Harmonics Factor
(iii) Displacement Factor
(iv) Fundamental component of source current
(v) RMS and Average value of current
Q (7) (a) Explain the working of Three phase Half- wave Converter with R-L Load with the help
of different waveform.
(b) Drive the expressions for average and RMS values of the output voltage in Three Phase
Half-wave Converter.
Q (8) (a) Explain the working of Three phase Semi-Converter with R-L Load with the help of
different waveform.
(b) Drive the expressions for average and RMS values of the output voltage in Three Phase
Semi-Converter.
Q (9) (a) Explain the working of Three phase Full-Converter with R-L Load with the help of
different waveform.
(b) Drive the expressions for average and RMS values of the output voltage in Three Phase
Full-Converter.
Q (10) (a) Explain the effect of source impedance on the performance of single phase Full-
converter with the help of input and output voltage wave forms.
(b) Drive the expression of average output voltage in the presence of source inductance.
Q (11) (a) Explain the working of single phase Dual-converter with the help power circuit
diagram and different waveforms.
(b) Explain the Circulating and Non-Circulating mode single phase Dual Converter.
(c) Drive the expression of circulating current in single phase Full-converter.
Q (12) (a) Explain the working of single phase Dual-converter with the help power circuit
diagram and different waveforms.
(b) Explain the Circulating and Non-Circulating mode single phase Dual Converter.
(c) Drive the expression of circulating current in single phase Full-converter
Q (13) A 220V, 50 Hz single phase AC voltage source supplies a resistive load of 20 through
a Half-wave controlled rectifier circuit. If the thyristor delay angle is fixed at /2,
determine;
(i) The average value of output voltage and current
(ii) The ripple factor and
(iii) The peak inverse voltage (PIV) of thyristor
Q (14) A three phase full-wave controlled bridge type rectifier contains six ideal thyristor and is
fed from an ideal 3 phase source of 230V, 50 Hz. The load resistance of 20 connected
in series with a large smoothening inductor. Calculate the average load voltage and the
power dissipation at firing delay angle of /6.
Q (15) A single phase half-controlled bridge type converter feeds a load comprising of resistance
of 10 and large inductance to provide a constant and ripple free load current. Calculate
the following, if the firing delay angle is /4 and the input AC source voltage is 120V,
50Hz;
(i) Rectification ratio
(ii) Form factor
(iii) Power factor and
(iv) Output average and RMS voltage
Unit: 4 AC Voltage Controllers & Cyclo-converters
Q (1) (a) Explain the principle of operation of 1-Phase Controlled AC voltage Controller with
RL load with the help of different input and output waveforms and circuit diagrams.
(b) Drive the expression for the output current in case of 1-Phase Controlled AC
voltage Controller with RL load.
Q (2) Explain the principle of operation of 1-Transformer TAP changers (i.e. Sequence control
of 1-AC voltage Controller) with the help of different input and output waveforms and
circuit diagrams.
Q (3) Explain the basic principle of 1 to 1 Step-up cyclo-converter with the help of different
input and output waveforms and circuit diagrams for following configurations;
(i) Mid-Point cyclo-converter configuration
(ii) Bridge type cyclo-converter configuration
Q (4) Explain the basic principle of 1 to 1 Step-down cyclo-converter with the help of
different input and output waveforms and circuit diagrams for Mid-Point cyclo-converter
configurations for;
(i) Continuous load current
(i) Discontinuous load current
Q (5) Explain the basic principle of 3 to 1 Step-up cyclo-converter with the help of input and
output waveforms and circuit diagrams.
Q (6) Explain the basic principle of 3 to 3 Step-up cyclo-converter with the help of input and
output waveforms and circuit diagrams.
Q (7) Drive the following expression for the output voltage for a single phase cyclo-converter:
sin cos
d m
m
V V
m

] | `

]
. , ]
and
sin
or ph
m
V V
m

| `

. ,
Where
d
V
=average value of output dc voltage,

= firing angle
And
or
V
=fundamental RMS value per phase of output voltage
Q (8) An AC voltage controller has a resistive load of R= 10 and RMS input voltage is
Vs=120V, 60Hz. The thyristor switch is on for n=25 cycles and off for m= 75 cycles,
Determine;
(i) The RMS output voltage
(ii) Input power factor
(iii) Average and RMS current of thyristor
Q (9) A single phase half wave AC voltage controller has a resistive load of R= 5 and RMS
input voltage is Vs=120V, 60Hz. The delay angle of thyristor is

=
6

, Determine;
(i) The RMS output voltage
(ii) Input power factor
(iii) Average input current
Q (10) A single phase full wave AC voltage controller has an RL load. The input voltage is
230V, 50Hz and the load is R= 2 and X
L
= 2 ,
1 1
2

. Calculate the following;

(i) Average

until which the thyristor conducts

(ii) Conduction angle of the thyristor
(iii) RMS voltage of output. Also determine the formula you used.
Q (11) A single Phase voltage Controller feeds power to a resistive load of 3 from 230V, 50
Hz source. Calculate:
(i) The maximum value of average and RMS thyristor currents for any firing angle

.
(ii) The minimum circuit turn-off time for any firing angle

.
(iii) The ratio of third harmonic voltage for

= 60
0
.
Q (12) Calculate the RMS current flowing through the element shown in fig.4.1 Both the SCRs
are triggered with the delay angle of 30
0
.
Unit: 5 Inverters
Q (1) (a) What is an inverter? List a few industrial applications of inverters.
(b) what are line-commutated inverters ? How do they operate? Explain the difference
between line-commutated and forced-commutated inverters.
(b) what are the two main types of inverter? Distinguish between them explicitly.
Q (2) Draw the circuit diagram of single phase series resonant inverter. Explain the working of
single phase series resonant inverter with the help of appropriate wave forms.
Q (3) Explain the working of single phase bridge inverter with the help of circuit diagram and
input and output current waveforms for different load conditions (i.e. for R, RL, RLC
under damped and over damped case). Also give the steady state analysis of single phase
bridge inverter.
Q (4) (a) A single phase full bridge inverter is connected to an RL load. For a dc source voltage
of Vs and output frequency f=1/T, obtain expressions for load current as a function of
time for the first two half cycles of the output voltage.
(b) Drive also the expressions for steady state current for the first two half cycles.
(c) For R=20 and L=0.1H, obtain current expressions for part (a) and (b) in case source
voltage is 240 V dc and frequency of output voltage is 50 Hz.
Q (5) For a single phase full bridge inverter, Vs = 230 V dc, T=1ms. The load consist of RLC in
series with R = 1, wL = 6 and 1/wC = 7.
(a) Sketch the waveforms for load voltage V
0
, fundamental component of load current I
01
,
and voltage across thyristor 1. Indicate the devices under conduction during different
intervals of one cycle.
(b) Find the power delivered to the load due to fundamental component.
(c) Check whether forced commutation is required or not. Take thyristor turn off time as
100 s.
Q (6) A single phase full bridge inverter has RLC load of R = 4 , L=35mH and C=155F. The
dc input voltage is 230V and the output frequency is 50 Hz.
(a) Find an expression for load current up to fifth harmonic. Also, calculate
(b) RMS value of fundamental load current,
(c) The power absorbed by load and the fundamental power,
(d) The RMS and peak currents of each thyristor,
(e) Conduction time of thyristors and diodes if only fundamental component were
considered.
Q (7) Discuss the principle of working of a three phase bridge inverter with an appropriate circuit
diagram. Draw phase and line voltage waveforms on the assumption that each thyristor
conducts for180
0
and resistive load is star connected. The sequence of firing of various
SCRs should also be indicated in the diagram.
Q (8) (a) A star connected load of 15 per phase is fed from 420V dc source through a 3 phase
bridge inverter. For both (a) 180
0
mode and (b) 120
0
mode, determine
(i) RMS value of load current
(ii) RMS value of thyristor current
(iii) Load power
Q (9) (a) what is the nead for controlling the line voltage at the output terminals of an inverter?
Describe briefly and compare the various methods employed for the control of output
voltage of inverters.
(b) For the series inverter control of voltage, two single phase inverters are connected in
series. Each inverter has has output voltage of 400v and each transformer has primary
to secondary turns ratio of . Calculate the resultant output voltage from this scheme in
case firing angles for the two inverters differ by 30
0
.
Q (10) Explain the various methods for the control of output voltage of inverters with the help of
block diagrams and circuit diagram. Also give the comparative features of all these
voltage control scheme in practical prospective.
Q (11) Explain the Following methods for Harmonic Reduction in the inverter output voltage
with the help of appropriate circuit diagram and waveforms.
(i) Harmonic Reduction by PWM Technique
(ii) Harmonic Reduction by Transformer Connection
(iii) Harmonic Reduction by Stepped wave Inverters
Q (12) (a) Discus the basic principle of operation of single phase Current Source Inverter (CSI)
with the help of Circuit Diagram and appropriate waveforms.
(b) Discus the basic principle of operation of Three phase Current Source Inverter (CSI)
with the help of Circuit Diagram and appropriate waveforms.