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PE - W2022 (3140915) (GTURanker - Com)

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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER–IV(NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2022
Subject Code:3140915 Date:21-12-2022
Subject Name:Power Electronics
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks:70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.

Marks

Q.1 (a) Draw only basic structure of power MOSFET and IGBT and name each 03
layer and part.
(b) Explain buck converter with relevant waveforms. 04
(c) Describe three different modes of operation of a thyristor with the help of 07
its static V-I characteristics.

Q.2 (a) Write advantages and disadvantages of PWM technique to generate gate 03
pulse.
(b) Derive inverter output voltage. 04
(c) Draw circuit diagram and necessary waveforms of single phase fully 07
controlled center-tapped ac to dc converter with R load. Derive equation for
VRMS.
waveforms OR
(c) Describe the working of a single phase full converter in the rectifier mode 07
with RLE load. Derive an expression for the average output voltage in
terms of source voltage and firing angle.

Q.3 (a) Explain the difference between line commutated and force-commutated 03
inverters.
thyristor with
(b) Distinguish between on-off control and phase angle control. 04
(c) Explain working of 3 phase bridge inverter with star connected resistive 07
load with 120˚ mode using gate signals, output phase voltage and line
voltage.
OR
Q.3 (a) What do you mean by Pulse Width Modulation? State advantages and 03
disadvantages of PWM technique.
(b) Derive an expression for the resistance used for static voltage equalization 04
for a series connected string.
(c) Discuss Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Technique in brief. 07

Q.4 (a) Derive only expression of RMS output voltage of single phase full wave 03
AC voltage controller with R load.
(b) Write a note on Matrix converter. 04
(c) Describe the principle of step-up chopper. Derive an expression for the 07
average output voltage in terms of input dc voltage and duty cycle. State
the assumptions made.
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain RC firing circuit of SCR. 03
(b) Derive output voltage equation for single phase half wave rectifier. 04
1
(c) Explain the working principal of buck-boost converter with circuit 07
diagram of different modes of operation.

Q.5 (a) List any three industrial applications of ac voltage controller. Enumerate 03
its merits and demerits.
(b) Derive output voltage equation of single phase AC Voltage controller. 04
(c) Show that the fundamental rms value of per-phase output voltage of low- 07
frequency for an m pulse cyclo-converter is given by
m  
Vor  Vph  sin  
  m
OR
Q.5 (a) Write any six applications of Power Electronics. 03
(b) For type A chopper, dc source voltage = 230 V, load resistance 10 Ω. Take 04
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 output voltage and (ii) chopper
efficiency.
(c) Discuss why 3-phase to 1-phase cyclo-converter requires positive and 07
negative group phase-controlled converters. Under what conditions, the
groups work as inverters or rectifiers?

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