VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY V.M.K.V.

ENGINEEING COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING POWER ELECTRONICS SEMESTER UNIT-1 PART-A:

1. List out the power semi conductor devices? 2. List out the applications of power electronics? 3. List out the turn on methods of the Thyristor? 4. What is the importance of Rating? 5. Which semi conductor device operates with the following low power, medium? Power and High power applications? 6. What is the disadvantage of the thyrister and how that problem rectified? By using the GTO? 7. How the power transistors differ from the ordinary transistor? 8. What Is Snubber Circuit? 9. Why the IGBT is very popular compare with the other devices? 10. Draw the symbol of TRAIC and SCR? 11. What is latching current? 12. Why in the snubber circuit the resisters connected in series to the capacitor? 13. Write the 2advantage and disadvantages of power electronics?
14. What is the importance of characteristics?

15. What is the importance of Rating?

16. Draw the symbols of MOSFET and IGBT

17. Define Holding current? 18. What is the importance of reverse characteristics in the power semiconductor? Devices? 19. List out the Application of TRIAC? 20. Compare SCR and TRAIC 21. Why the Gate triggered method is always preferred to turn on the thyrister? PART-B: 1. (i) Draw and explain the construction operational details of SCR (ii) Explain the VI characteristics of SCR 2. Draw and explain the construction operational details of MOSFET and draw the Drain characteristics and transfer characteristics 3. Explain the construction operational details of BJT and draw its characteristics. 4. Draw and explain the construction operational details of IGBT and list out the Merits and demerits 5. Write the short notes on (i) Two transistor analogy of the SCR, (ii) Switching and Switching Losses? 6. Explain the construction and Mode operation of TRIAC? 7. Write the Short Notes on (i) MOSFET Driver (ii) BJT Driver

8. Draw and Explain the snubber Circuits of SCR and MOSFET

UNIT-2 PART-A: 1. What Is Rectifier?

2. What is phase control? 3. What is the difference between controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers? 4. What is the importance of feed back diode? 5. What is meant by delay angle or firing angle? 6. What are the different types of controlled rectifier? 7. Define circulating current? 8. Define non circulating current? 9. How the ideal devices differ from the practical devices? 10. List out the controlled and UN controlled device? 11. How the Harmonics effect the output of the devices? 12. List out the advantage of Rectifier? 13. What are the possibilities of converter act as an inverter? 14. How the overlaps effect the power electronic devices? 15. List out the commutating elements of the circuit? 16. What is the importance of free wheeling diode?

17. What is Ripple? 18. How the Distortion Effect the output? 19. What is AC voltage controller?

20. What are the different types of ac voltage controller?

PART-B: 1. Draw and Explain the operation of single phase half wave converter with RL load with free wheeling diode. 2. Draw and Explain the operation of full wave mid point converter with RL Load. 3. Write the short notes on (i) Application of Converter (ii) Single phase half wave converter with R load. 4. Write the short notes on (i) Distortion and Displacement Factor (ii) Single phase full wave converter with R load. 5. Draw and Explain the operation of three phase full wave converter with RLE Load. 6. Draw and Explain the operation of three phase half wave converter with RLE Load. 7. Explain the effect of source inductance on the performance of single phase full converter.

8. Explain the effect of source inductance on the performance of three phase full converter bridge. 9. Explain briefly about the single phase half wave AC voltage controller? 10. Draw and explain the operation of single phase voltage controller with R load? 11. Draw and explain the operation of single phase voltage controller with RL load?

UNIT-3 PART-A: 1. What is chopper? 2. List out the control strategies of chopper? 3. List out the types of chopper? 4. What is commutation? 5. What is Regulator? 6. List out the classification of commutation? 7. What is forced commutation? 8. What is the dis advantage of Frequency Modulation or variable frequency system? 9. What is Current Limit Control? 10. What is switching? 11. Draw the Buck converter? 12. Draw the Boost converter?

13. What is Resonance? 14. Compare Step Up and Step Down Chopper? 15. why the Switching Mode Regulator is Neccessory? 16. What is the importance of auxiliary thyrister? 17. What is line commutation? 18. What is Duty cycle? 19. How the Ripples effect the output? 20. Draw the two quadrants Type B chopper? PART-B: 1. Draw and Explain the principle operation of chopper? 2. Give the short notes on (i) constant frequency system (ii) variable frequency system 3. Draw and explain the operation of Step Up and Step Down chopper? 4. Draw and Briefly discuss about the operation of Buck and Boost Converter? 5. Draw and explain the operation of Buck Boost Converter? 6. Draw and explain the operation of Cuk Converter? 7. Write the short notes on (i) Resonant Switching (ii) Switching Mode Regulators 8. Explain the operation of Fly back converter SMPS? 9. Explain the operation of push pull converter SMPS? 10. Explain the operation of Half Bridge converter SMPS? 11. Explain the operation of Full bridge converter SMPS?

UNIT-4 PART-A: 1. What is meant by inverter? 2. What are the applications of inverters? 3. What is the main classification of inverters? 4. How the output frequency is varied in the care of an inverter? 5. What is meant by overlap how those problems are rectified? 6. What is Voltage Control? 7. How the VSI convert into CSI? 8. List out the classification of inverter? 9. What is the application of CSI? 10. What is the importance of feed back diodes in the inverter? 11. What is Harmonic? 12. What is meant by self commutated inverter? 13. List out the application of inverter? 14. What is the importance firing angle? 15. What is the advantage of bridge circuits?

16. List out the Harmonic Control techniques?

17. How the inverter feed back diode differ from the converter feed back diode? 18 .when the converter circuit acted as an inverter circuit? 19. Why in the reverse bias extra current is produces by the inductive load? PART-B: 1. Draw and explain the operation of single phase voltage source inverter? 2. Draw and explain the operation of Multiple PWM? 3. Draw and explain the operation of three phase 180 degree mode voltage source inverter? 4. Draw and explain the operation of three phase 120 degree mode voltage source inverter? 5. Draw and Explain the operation of External Control of DC Input Voltage? 6. Draw and Explain the Operation of Harmonic Reduction By Transformer Connection? 7. Draw and Explain the operation of Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation? 8. Draw and Explain the operation of External Control of AC output Voltage? 9. Explain the operation of single phase current source inverters with Resistive load? 10. Draw and Explain the Operation of Harmonic Reduction by Transformer Connection?

UNIT-5: PART-A: 1. What is FACTs? 2. What is the importance of VAR compensator? 3. List out the Application of Static VAR compensator. 4. What is meant by Static series VAR Compensator? 5. Compare Static Series and Shunt VAR compensator. 6. Define Skin Effect 7. Mention the Disadvantages of HVDC system? 8. What is Real Power and Reactive Power? 9. What is Harmonics? 10.What is the importance of unified power flow controller? 11.What is Corona Loss? 12.What is meant by Static Shunt VAR Compensator? 13.What is the difference between UNI-directional and BI-directional devices? 14.Compare HVDC and FACTs Transmission System PART-B: 1. Draw and explain the operation of Static Series VAR Compensator. 2. Explain briefly about the operation of Static Shunt VAR Compensator? 3. Describe the operation of UPS with its relevant Diagram. 4. Explain briefly about the operation of HVDC System with neat diagram? 5. Briefly explain about the operation of unified power flow controller and its Application 6. Describe the operation of FACTs with its relevant Diagram and list out the merits and demerits.