ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

ABBOTABAD CAMPUS

Assignment No.: 2 (CLO-2)

Subject: ELE-331 Power Electronics Date: 16/10/2019

Problem 1: A sinusoidal source voltage vabc is applied to a 3-ϕ half-wave diode rectifier with highly
inductive load. (a) Draw the waveform for vo and vD1 showing the effect of source inductance Ls . (b)
Derive a relation for vD1 during commutation of current from D2 to D3.

Solution: (a)

iD1 Io(av)
- +
vD1
+ D1 D2 D3
Ls Ls Ls
ia
vo Load
+ i
+ b + ic
va vb vc
- - - -

vc va vb vc va vb
V
-vb -vc -va
V 2 2 2
2

ωst

vab vac
3V̂
3V
2 3va
2

2π 4π 2π
3
8π ωst
3 3

vD1
μ
iD3 iD1 iD2 iD3 iD1 iD2
Io(av)
π π 5π 7π 3π ωst
3 3 3

(b) During commutation from D2 to D3, vo = -va/2. Therefore, the voltage across D1 is

𝑣a 3
𝑣D1 = 𝑣a − (− ) = 𝑣a
2 2
Problem 2: Repeat Problem 1 for 3-ϕ phase bridge rectifier.

iD1 vp Io(av)
- +
v D1 D3 D5
va Ls i D1+
- + a

vb L
- + s ib
vo Load
vc Ls ic
- +
D4 D6 D2
-
vn

vc va vb vc va vb
-vb -vc -va
2 2 2

ωst

vcb vab vac vbc vba vca vcb vab vac vbc

-3vc
2

ωst
3va
2
-3vb
u 2

iD5 iD1 iD3 iD5 iD1

Io(av)
π π 5π 7π
3
3π ωst
3 3
iD6 iD2 iD4 iD6 iD2
Io(av)

2π 4π 2π 8π ωst
3 3 3