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Solved Examples For The Course Power Electronics

The document provides 14 examples of solved problems related to power electronics circuits including rectifiers, choppers, and AC voltage controllers. The examples calculate values like output voltage, power, current, and firing angle for various single-phase and three-phase rectifier, chopper, and controller circuits operating with resistive and inductive loads. Solution steps and equations are provided for determining quantities like voltage, current, power, and efficiency.

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Solved Examples For The Course Power Electronics

The document provides 14 examples of solved problems related to power electronics circuits including rectifiers, choppers, and AC voltage controllers. The examples calculate values like output voltage, power, current, and firing angle for various single-phase and three-phase rectifier, chopper, and controller circuits operating with resistive and inductive loads. Solution steps and equations are provided for determining quantities like voltage, current, power, and efficiency.

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Solved Examples for the Course Power Electronics

Example (1): A single-phase half-wave controlled rectifier shown in Fig .below supplied from
230V a.c. supply is operating at α = 60º.

If the load resistor is 10 Ω, determine:


(a) The power absorbed by the load (Pdc).
(b) The power drawn from the supply (Pac).
(c) The power factor at the a.c. source.

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Example (2): The single-phase half-controlled rectifier shown in Fig. below operating at a
triggering angle of 60º from a.c. source vs = 300 sin ωt. Assuming the load is resistive, express
Vdc of the load as a function of α, and calculate its value.

Example (3): A fully-controlled single-phase bridge rectifier is supplied from a 50Hz, 230/100V
transformer .The rectifier supplying a highly inductive load of 10Ω resistor. For a firing angle of
45º, determine the rectified voltage, the rectified current and the power factor.

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Solution
For highly inductive load, referring to Fig. (b) below, the average output voltage Vdc is
calculated as follows,

Example (4): For single-phase, fully-controlled, bridge rectifiers derive an expression for the a.c.
power dissipated in a resistive load as the triggering angle is varied. If one thyristor remains in

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the non-conducting state, calculate the firing angle which results in 25% of maximum power
dissipation in the load.

Example (5): A three-phase full-wave fully-controlled rectifier supply a highly inductive load
with R = 10 Ω the supply is a three-phase star-connected with 400 V rms, calculate:
(a) The load current when the firing angle α = 45°.
(b) The power drawn from the supply.
(c) If the current value kept at (a) and α changed to 135°, calculate the power returned to the
supply.

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Example (6); A d.c. load requires control of Vdc from maximum to 1/10 of the maximum value.
If a half-controlled three-phase bridge is to be used, determine the range of angles required to
trigger the thyristors.

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Example (7): A Chopper circuit is operating on TRC at a frequency of 2 kHz on a 460 V supply.
If the load voltage is 350 volts, calculate the conduction period of the thyristor in each cycle.

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Example (8): Input to the step up chopper is 200 V. The output required is 600 V. If the
conducting time of thyristor is 200 sec. Compute
a. Chopping frequency,

b. If the pulse width is halved for constant frequency of operation, find the new output
voltage.

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Example (9): A dc chopper has a resistive load of 20 and input voltage VS = 220V. When
chopper is ON, its voltage drop is 1.5 volts and chopping frequency is 10 kHz. If the duty cycle
is 80%, determine the average output voltage and the chopper on time.

Example (10); In a dc chopper, the average load current is 30 Amps, chopping frequency is 250
Hz, supply voltage is 110 volts. Calculate the ON and OFF periods of the chopper if the load
resistance is 2 ohms.

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Example (11); A dc chopper in figure has a resistive load of R = 10Ω and input voltage of V =
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) Average output voltage
b) RMS value of output voltage
c) Effective input resistance of chopper
d) Chopper efficiency

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Example (12); A single phase full wave ac voltage controller working on ON-OFF control
technique has supply voltage of 230V, RMS 50Hz, load = 50 . The controller is ON for 30 cycles
and off for 40 cycles. Calculate

i. ON & OFF time intervals.

ii. RMS output voltage.

iii. Input P.F.

iv. Average and RMS thyristor currents.


Solution

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RMS Current Rating of Thyristor

Example (13): A single phase half wave ac regulator using one SCR in anti-parallel with a diode
feeds 1 kW, 230 V heaters. Find load power for a firing angle of 450.

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Example (14): A single phase voltage controller is employed for controlling the power flow
from 220 V, 50 Hz source into a load circuit consisting of R = 4 Ω and L = 6 mH. Calculate the
following
a. Control range of firing angle

b. Maximum value of RMS load current

c. Maximum power and power factor

d. Maximum value of average and RMS thyristor current.

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