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Power Electronics problems


  • 1. The waveshape of output voltage of half bridge inverter is

  • Options
  • A. sinusoidal
  • B. square
  • C. triangular
  • D. either (a) or (b)
  • Discuss
  • 2. In an SCR, the anode current consists of

  • Options
  • A. only holes
  • B. only electrons
  • C. both electrons and holes
  • D. either electrons or holes
  • Discuss
  • 3. In a single phase full wave ac regulator, the firing angles in the two half cycles

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  • A. are always equal
  • B. are sometimes equal
  • C. are never equal
  • D. may be equal or unequal
  • Discuss
  • 4. In a single phase dual converter, a1, and a2 are firing angles of the two converters. Then

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  • A. a1 - a2 =
  • B. a1 + a2 = p
  • C. a1 - a2 = p
  • D. a1 + a2 =
  • Discuss
  • 5. A dc chopper V = 500 V feeds an electric fraction dc series motor. The chopping frequency is 400 Hz. The series inductance required to limit the maximum current swing to 10 A is

  • Options
  • A. 20 mH
  • B. about 31 mH
  • C. about 51 mH
  • D. about 92 mH
  • Discuss
  • 6. Between which points does UJT exhibit negative resistance characteristics

  • Options
  • A. between peak and valley points
  • B. before peak point
  • C. after peak point
  • D. after valley point
  • Discuss
  • 7. The gate current required to turn on an SCR is

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  • A. few amperes
  • B. a few mA
  • C. almost equal to anode current
  • D. about 50% of anode current
  • Discuss
  • 8. In a semi converter feeding a resistive load, the firing angle is a. Each thyristor conducts for

  • Options
  • A. p radians
  • B. (p - a) radians
  • C. (p + a) radians
  • D. (p - 0.5 a) radians
  • Discuss
  • 9. An SCR has a turn on time of 4 ?s. The gate pulse should have a duration of about

  • Options
  • A. 2 ?s
  • B. 5 ?s
  • C. 20 ?s
  • D. 50 ?s
  • Discuss
  • 10. A 3 phase semiconverter when supplying a certain load has a rectification efficiency of 0.6 and transformer utilisation factor of 0.35. When a 3 phase full converter is supplying the same load

  • Options
  • A. rectification efficiency will be more than 0.6 and TUF will be more than 0.35
  • B. rectification efficiency will be more than 0.6 but TUF will be less than 0.35
  • C. rectification efficiency will be less than 0.6 and TUF will be less than 0.35
  • D. rectification efficiency will be less than 0.6 but TUF will be more than 0.35
  • Discuss

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