(b) Briefly describe the conditions for a thyristor to conduct and the way to
turn off with the aid of suitable diagram or circuit.
(8 marks)
(c) (i) List all the design considerations on power semiconductor switches.
(ii) Sketch the turn-on and turn-off switching waveform of gate current,
Ig, anode to cathode voltage, VAK, and anode current, IA of a Gate
Turn-off Thyristor (GTO).
(9 marks)
Q2 (a) Draw completely the waveforms of vs, io, vo, ig1, and ig2 for the circuit
shown in Figure Q2(a). The firing angle of the rectifier circuit is 45o and
the output current is in continuous mode (CCM).
(5 marks)
(b) Prove that the power factor, pf for a single-phase full-wave controlled
rectifier with resistive load is
sin(2 )
pf 1
2
(5 marks)
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(b) A boost converter circuit as shown in Figure Q3(b) has an input of 5 V and
an output of 20 W at 15 V. The minimum inductor current must be no less
than 50% of the average value. The output voltage ripple must be less than
1%. The switching frequency is 30 kHz.
(i) Obtain the expression of the output voltage using volt-second balance
technique.
(ii) Find the duty ratio of the converter.
(iii) Find the minimum inductor value.
(iv) Find the minimum capacitor value.
(v) Based on the calculation in Q3(b)(iii), give your conclusion.
(15 marks)
Q4 (a) (i) Briefly discuss about the Total Harmonics Distortion (THD) of an
inverter.
(ii) Draw the square-wave waveform with fundamental sine wave
component, third harmonic and fifth harmonic.
(7 marks)
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Q5 (a) (i) State the advantages and disadvantages of the on-off control AC
voltage controller.
(ii) Briefly discuss the principle of Phase Control AC voltage controller
with the aid of the converter circuit and its waveform.
(12 marks)
Q6 (a) (i) A well known power electronics application is High Voltage Direct
Current (HVDC) system. Briefly discuss the main purpose for the
application of HVDC schemes.
(8 marks)
(ii) Sketch the basic block diagram of the main equipment for HVDC
converter station with monopolar operation.
(5 marks)
V2
Active power, P sin
X
V2
Reactive power, Q 1 cos
X
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Figure Q2(a)
Figure Q3(a)
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Figure Q3(b)
Figure Q5(b)
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Figure Q6(c)
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Trigonometric identities
cos 2 A 1 2 sin 2 A
1
sin A cos B sin A B sin A B
2
Vm 1 sin(2 )
I rms
R 2 2 4
4V dc
i o ( t ) sin n t n
n 1, 3 , 5 ,... n Z n
Ac- Ac controller
Phase Control
1
2
1 2
2
V rms Vm sin ( t)
2 0
1/ 2
1 2 2 2
2 2
V 2V sin td t 2V sin td (t )
rms 2 s s
1/ 2
2V 2 2
s (1 cos 2t )d t (1 cos 2t )d (t )
4
1/ 2
1 sin 2
V (2
s 2 2
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1
2
Vavg Vm sin (t)
2 0
1 2
Vavg 2Vs sin td t 2Vs sin td (t )
2
2Vs
(cos 1)
2
Vs V cos jV sin
2 2
Vr V cos jV sin
2 2
2V sin
V Vr 2
I s
jX X
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