BEE 4113

UNIVERSITITUN
UNIVERSITI TUNHUSSEIN
HUSSEINONN
ONNMALAYSIA
MALAYSIA

PEPERIKSAANAKHIR
PEPERIKSAAN AKHIR
SEMESTERIIII
SEMESTER
SESI2006/2007
SESI 2008/2009

NAMA MATAPELAJARAN : ELEKTRONIK KUASA

NAMA MATAPELAJARAN : SISTEM KUASA
ELEKTRIK
KOD MATAPELAJARAN : BEE 4113
KOD MATAPELAJARAN:
KURSUS 4: BEE BEE 3243
KURSUS
TARIKH PEPERIKSAAN : : 3 BET/BER/BEI/BEK/BTR
APRIL/MEI 2009
TARIKH PEPERIKSAAN:
JANGKAMASA 2: ½ JAM
APRIL 2007

ARAHAN : JAWAB EMPAT (4) SOALAN SAHAJA

JANGKAMASA : 3 JAM LIMA (5) SOALAN
DARIPADA

KERTAS SOALAN INI MENGANDUNGI (8) MUKA SURAT

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Q1 (a) With the aid of suitable block diagram, discuss briefly and illustrate the
power electronic system.
(8 marks)

(b) Differentiate between the snubber circuit and gate driver circuit.
(7 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(on)+ tc(off) = 8 ns. If the
device operates at the switching frequency of 125 kHz, turn-on time
ton=2 μs, current flow through the switch 5 A, on-state voltage is 1V
and the total average power dissipation is 1.5 watt, calculate:

(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
percent.
(10 marks)

Q2 (a) (i) Figure Q2(a) shows the circuit diagram of single phase half-
wave rectifier with R-L load. The average voltage and current
can be increased by making   0 ,which possible by adding a
freewheeling diode Dm. Explain briefly two effects of
freewheeling diode in the circuit.
(ii) Describe the statement “Freewheeling diode improves the
power factor of the system” in terms of power electronics
application.
(8 marks)

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

(i) The expression of average and rms load voltage

(ii) The value of average and rms load voltage
(iii) Average and rms load current
(iv) Average output power
(v) the new firing angle, α. if the rectifier is connected to the load
which consumes 25% of the maximum possible average output
voltage
(vi) Draw the output voltage and current waveforms for the new
firing angle α
(17 marks)

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Q3 (a) (i) List three common types of inverter

(ii) State an advantage and disadvantage of PWM switching
scheme
(5 marks)

(b) A single-phase full-bridge inverter has an input supply of VDC = 230 V

and consist of RLC load in series with R = 1.2 Ω, ωL = 9 Ω and 1/ωC
= 8 Ω respectively. The output frequency of the inverter is 60 Hz and
the transistor switching scheme is complementary bipolar. Determine:

(i) The amplitude of fundamental rms output current, Io1

(ii) The fundamental component of output current in function of
time
(iii) The power delivered to the load due to the fundamental
component
(6 marks)

(c) Design an inverter that will supply the series R-L load of R=10  and
L = 25 mH with a fundamental frequency and load current of 50 Hz
and 9.27A respectively. If at the beginning of designing stage, the
inverter has very high of Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) of load
current, modify the inverter so that it has the THD less than 10 %. The
analysis must be done up to 9th harmonic numbers.
(14 marks)

Q4 (a) A Buck-Boost Converter circuit has a DC input voltage source of Vs is

shown in Figure Q4(a). Assume all the components are ideal:

(i) Sketch the waveforms of VL, iL, iD, and iC of the converter during
ON-state and OFF-state conditions
(ii) Formulate the expression of inductor current ripple during ON-
state, ∆iL
(iii) Formulate the expression of the inductance to provide
continuous current mode (CCM) operation
(11 marks)

(b) The converter in Q4(a) is designed to produce an output voltage of -36

V from 24 V of input DC voltage source. If the power absorbed by the
load is 108 W and the switching frequency of the converter is 50 kHz:

(i) Determine the duty cycle (D) of the converter

(ii) Determine the minimum value of the inductor to provide
continuous current mode (CCM) operation
(iii) Select the value of capacitor if the converter has 2 % of ripple
output voltage,
(iv) Modify the inductance such that the minimum inductor current
is 40 % of average value

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(v) Choose the appropriate value of inductance if the converter is to be

operated in discontinuous current mode (DCM)
(14 marks)

Q5 Two experiments to find the performance of single-phase half-wave AC

voltage controller as shown in Figure Q5 have been conducted. The AC
voltage controller has a parallel resistive loads of R1= 8 Ω and R2 = 10 Ω
respectively and the input rms voltage is Vs = 230 V, 50 Hz. The first
experiment is conducted with on-off control where the thyristor switch on is
n = 115 cycles while the off is m = 75 cycles. The second experiment is
conducted at delay angle of thyristor T1 is α = π/2. Compare the performance
of AC voltage controller for both experiments in term of

(i) The rms output voltage

(ii) The input power factor (PF)
(iii) The average current of thyristor
(iv) The average current flows in R1 and R2
(25 marks)

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Figure Q1(c)

Figure Q2(a)

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Figure Q2(b)

Figure Q4(a)

Figure Q5

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Formulas

sin( A  B )  sin A cos B  cos A sin B

sin 2 A  2 sin A cos A
cos 2 A  1  2 sin 2 A
cos nx
 sin nx dx  - n
x sin 2nx
 sin nx dx  
2

2 4n

DC/DC Converter

AC-AC Controller

Phase Control

1/ 2
 1  2 2
2
2 2  
V    2V sin t d t    2V sin t d (t ) 
o (rms )  2  s s  
 

 1  2  
V 
o (avg )  2   2Vs sin t d t    2Vs sin t d (t )  
    

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On-Off Control

 n   2 
V avg      Vm sin ( t) d ( t ) 
 2 ( n  m )   0 
1
 n  2 2
Vrms     Vm sin (t) 2 d (t ) 
 2 ( n  m)  0 

n 
I m sin t d t 
2 (m  n) 0
IA 