GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat.

B.E. Semester – V - Continuous Evaluation-I - August 2019
Subject Name: Power Electronics 1 (2150903) Time:1.5 Hr Total Marks 30
Q.1(a) Describe in detail the operation of dual converter without circulating current. 07
Q.1(b) Why it is necessary in a DC-DC converter to have Ampere-sec and Volt-Sec 03
balance for a stable operation ?
Q2(a) Find the expression for, average voltage RMS voltage for single phase full wave 06
rectifier for R load
Q.2(b) Construct the neat power waveforms for output voltage, output current and thyrister 04
voltage for single phase half wave rectifier for RL load.
OR
Q.2(a) An SCR is used to control the power of 1KW, 230V, 50Hzheater.Dermine the 06
0 0
heater power for firing angels of 45 and 90 .
Q.2(b) Discuss the effect of freewheeling diode in controlled rectifier in detail 04
Q.3(a) For a buck converter draw the waveforms of input current, diode current, diode 04
voltage and switch voltage and clearly indicate the values of the waveforms and
derive the average value of each quantity
Q.3(b) Design buck converter for Vo= 18V Capacitor voltage ripple is 0.5%, RLOAD is 10 06
ohm ,Vin is 48V and fs=40kHZ. The converter is operating on the boundary of
continuous and dis continuous conduction. Also find ILMAX, ILMIN.
OR
Q.3(a) Derive the gain expression of a DC-DC boost converter following the ampere-sec 04
balance. Also derive the expression for critical value of inductance
Q.3(b) For a boost converter Vin = 50V, Vo= 120V and R= 20, fs = 15kHz
L=1.8mH, C=147µF. Find ILMAX, ILMIN, IIN, IO, ICMAX, ICMIN

GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat.
B.E. Semester – V - Continuous Evaluation-I - August 2019
Subject Name: Power Electronics 1 (2150903) Time:1.5 Hr Total Marks 30
Q.1(a) Describe in detail the operation of dual converter without circulating current. 07
Q.1(b) Why it is necessary in a DC-DC converter to have Ampere-sec and Volt-Sec 03
balance for a stable operation ?
Q2(a) Find the expression for, average voltage RMS voltage for single phase full wave 06
rectifier for R load
Q.2(b) Construct the neat power waveforms for output voltage, output current and thyrister 04
voltage for single phase half wave rectifier for RL load.
OR
Q.2(a) An SCR is used to control the power of 1KW, 230V, 50Hzheater.Dermine the 06
0 0
heater power for firing angels of 45 and 90 .
Q.2(b) Discuss the effect of freewheeling diode in controlled rectifier in detail 04
Q.3(a) For a buck converter draw the waveforms of input current, diode current, diode 04
voltage and switch voltage and clearly indicate the values of the waveforms and
derive the average value of each quantity
Q.3(b) Design buck converter for Vo= 18V Capacitor voltage ripple is 0.5%, RLOAD is 10 06
ohm ,Vin is 48V and fs=40kHZ. The converter is operating on the boundary of
continuous and dis continuous conduction. Also find ILMAX, ILMIN.
OR
Q.3(a) Derive the gain expression of a DC-DC boost converter following the ampere-sec 04
balance. Also derive the expression for critical value of inductance
Q.3(b) For a boost converter Vin = 50V, Vo= 120V and R= 20, fs = 15kHz
L=1.8mH, C=147µF. Find ILMAX, ILMIN, IIN, IO, ICMAX, ICMIN