BEE 4113

UNIVERSITI
UNIVERSITITUN
TUNHUSSEIN
HUSSEINONN
ONNMALAYSIA
MALAYSIA

FINAL EXAMINATION
PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR
SEMESTER
SEMESTERIIII
SESSION 2009/2010
SESI 2006/2007

COURSE NAME : POWER ELECTRONICS

NAMA MATAPELAJARAN : SISTEM KUASA ELEKTRIK
COURSE CODE : BEE 4113
KOD MATAPELAJARAN : BEE 3243
PROGRAMME : 4 BEE
KURSUS : 3 BET/BER/BEI/BEK/BTR
EXAMINATION DATE : APRIL 2010
TARIKH PEPERIKSAAN : APRIL 2007
DURATION : 2 ½ HOURS
JANGKAMASA
INSTRUCTION : : 3 JAM
ANSWER FOUR (4) QUESTIONS ONLY

THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF (8) PAGES

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Q1 (a) List the condition to turn on and off of the SCR.

(4 marks)

(b) Determine the typical of the switching gate signal (pulse or continue) and the
gate driven source (voltage or current) of the GTO and IGBT.

(4 marks)

(c) A power semiconductor device specifies the following switching times

corresponding to the linearized characteristics shown in Figure Q1(c). From
the clamped-inductive switching: tc(off) = 0.5μs. If the device operates at the
switching frequency of 100 kHz, the turn-on time, ton is 1% of its switching
period, current flow through the switch 8 A, on-state voltage is 1.8V and the
total average power dissipation is 2 watt. Determine:

(i) the average power dissipated during on-state, Pon

(ii) the average switching power losses, Ps
(iii) the input voltage, Vd
(iv) the new switching frequency should be applied if the average power
dissipated during on-state in Q1(c)(i) is reduced by 50%.

(17 marks)

Q2 (a) Figure Q2(a) is a single diode rectifier with a resistive and inductive load. The
key waveforms of the circuit are shown in Figure Q2(b). There are four period
processes from 0 to 2π. Explain briefly the process for each period.
(8 marks)

(b) Figure Q2(c) shows a single phase half-wave controlled rectifier has a
resistive load of R = 10Ω, the voltage at the secondary transformer is 230V
with ratio 2:1, and the firing angle of thyristor is 60o.

(i) Determine the expression and value of both average and rms load
voltage
(ii) Determine the average and rms load current
(iii) Determine average output power
(iv) Determine the new firing angle, α. if the rectifier is connected to the
load which consumes 75% less than maximum possible average
output voltage
(v) Draw the output voltage and current waveforms for the new firing
angle α.
(17 marks)

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Q3 (a) State the advantages and disadvantages of PWM switching scheme

. (4 marks)

(b) A single-phase full-bridge inverter has an RLC load connect in series with R =
10Ω, ωL = 9.89Ω and 1/ωC = 28.43Ω. The inverter frequency is 50Hz and the
DC input voltage is 230V. Solve the followings:

i) express the instantaneous load current in Fourier series up to 9th order

harmonic
ii) the rms load current at the fundamental frequency
iii) the THD of load current
iv) power absorbed by the load and fundamental power
v) the average DC supply current
vi) the RMS and peak supply current of each transistor
(21 marks)

Q4 (a) Define the duty cycle, D for switching frequency, fs of a DC converter.

(2 marks)
(b) Explain briefly the operation of the converter in Continuous Current Mode
(CCM) and Discontinuous Current Mode (DCM).
(4 marks)
(c) Design a boost converter to provide an output of 36V from 24V source for
continuous current mode. The load is 50W and the output voltage ripple must
be less than 0.5%. The maximum inductor current should be 3A. The
converter circuit is shown in Figure Q4(c). Assuming for the ideal components
and the switching frequency is 40 kHz.
(i) Using volt-second balance technique, prove that the output voltage is
V
Vo  s
1 D
(ii) Specify the duty cycle of the converter
(iii)Determine the capacitor size
(iv) Find the average inductor current
(v) Derive the expression of the minimum inductor current ILmin, during the
switch is closed
(vi) Derive and determine minimum inductor Lmin, for continuous current
mode operation
(19 marks)

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Q5 (a) Figure Q5(a) shows a single phase full wave ac voltage controller with
resistor load. If the firing angle, α=900, plot the waveform (in one period) of:
(i) Vsw
(ii) Io, and
(iii) Vo
. (9 marks)

(b) Figure Q5(b) shows a single phase full-wave ac voltage controller is being
employed for controlling the power flow from 220 Vrms, 50 Hz source into a
load circuit consisting of a 12 Ω load resistor and a 50 mH load inductance
connect in series.
(i) Calculate the control range of the firing angle, α.
(ii) Determine the maximum value of RMS load current.
(iii) Determine the maximum value of output power and power factor.
(iv) Derive and determine the maximum value of RMS thyristor current.
(16 marks)

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SEMESTER/SESSION : II/2009/2010 PROGRAMME : 4 BEE

COURSE NAME : POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE CODE : BEE 4113

FIGURE Q1(c)

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FIGURE Q2(a)

FIGURE Q2(b)

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COURSE NAME : POWER ELECTRONICS COURSE CODE : BEE 4113

FIGURE Q2(c)

FIGURE Q4(c)

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FIGURE Q5(a)

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Ig2

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FIGURE Q5(b)