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Power Electronics problems


  • 1. In the basic series inverter circuit, the source current has

  • Options
  • A. low harmonic content
  • B. high harmonic content
  • C. low or high harmonic content depending on firing angle
  • D. zero harmonic content
  • Discuss
  • 2. Assertion (A): Chopper always requires forced commutation

    Reason (R): Morgan chopper uses a saturable reactor.


  • Options
  • A. Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A
  • B. Both A and R correct but R is not correct explanation of A
  • C. A is correct but R is wrong
  • D. A is wrong but R is correct
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of these devices have four layers?

  • Options
  • A. UJT
  • B. SCR
  • C. TRIAC
  • D. SCR and TRIAC
  • Discuss
  • 4. A single phase half wave converter is feeding-a resistor load. The input voltage is v = Vm sin ?t. If firing angle is zero, the output dc voltage Vdc and output rms voltage Vrms respectively

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 5. A capacitor C farads is charged to a voltage V. It discharges through a thyristor, a diode and an inductance L. The peak current in the circuit is

  • Options
  • A. VCL
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 6. A single phase converter is fed by a source having an inductance L. If load current is I0, the decrease in output voltage due to overlap is

  • Options
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • Discuss
  • 7. In a power diode the reverse recovery time is the time from the instant the forward current is zero to the instant when reverse recovery current has decayed to

  • Options
  • A. 50% of peak reverse current
  • B. 25% of peak reverse current
  • C. 10% of peak reverse current
  • D. zero value
  • Discuss
  • 8. In a semi converter feeding a resistive load,

  • Options
  • A. the waveshapes of input voltage and input current are always similar
  • B. the waveshapes of input voltage and input current can never be similar
  • C. the waveshapes of input voltage and input current are similar only if firing angle is zero
  • D. the waveshapes of input voltage and input current are similar only if firing angle is high
  • Discuss
  • 9. In a single phase full wave ac regulator feeding R-L load, the gate pulses

  • Options
  • A. are always of short duration
  • B. may be of short duration
  • C. should be rectangular with width (p - a)
  • D. cannot be rectangular with width (p - a)
  • Discuss
  • 10. In a single phase semiconverter feeding a highly inductive load, the load current is

  • Options
  • A. sinusoidal
  • B. nearly constant
  • C. absolutely constant
  • D. rectangular
  • Discuss

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