ELEC2530 Power Converters

Tutorial questions 3
Questions to do for hand-in are : Q1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1. (a) A single-phase thyristor-controlled bridge rectifier is supplying a resistive load. The
sinusoidal supply voltage is, Vmax sin(t) at 50 Hz and the firing angle is , neglecting the
effect of overlap. Derive the mean DC output voltage formula.
(b) Assume the rms value of supply voltage is 615 V(rms), and the load resistance is 200
., calculate the mean DC output voltage and current when the delay angle = 60. [415
V, 2.075 A]
(c) For the above rectifier if the load is highly inductive to maintain a constant dc current
and firing angle unchanged, sketch the dc-bus voltage and ac-side current. Derive the
formula for the mean DC output voltage and calculate the average DC output voltage
and current [276 V, 1.38A].
(d) If in (c) above the average DC output voltage is 320 V, what is firing angle ? [54.69]
2. (a) A full-wave diode-bridge rectifier has a capacitor filter C connected across its output
terminals and the load resistance is R. The frequency of the input voltage is 50 Hz, and the
rectified output dc voltage VDC has ripples approximating to a saw-tooth waveform with
frequency fr and peak-to-peak value Vpp. Given that the rms value of the ripple voltage is V pp /
(23), derive the formula for percentage ripple of the output voltage.
(b) if R= 50 calculate the value of capacitor C required for the percentage ripple to be
below 5%. [1.154mF]
3. A full-bridge diode rectifier is operated from a 60 Hz 120V (rms) power supply. On the dcside it has a 100uF filter capacitor and supplies a 1000 load. What is the percentage ripple?
What is DC voltage and average current in load? [2.4%, 163V, 163mA]
v (t ) 10 sin( t 0)
4.(a) A voltage given by
is supplying an R-load of 2, write the current
formula, and calculate the rms values of voltage and current. Calculate the real power and
power factor. (7.07V, 3.54A, 25W, 1)

(b) If the same voltage is supplying an inductive load and the current waveform has the same
magnitude as 4.(a) above but phase delayed voltage by 30 , write the current formula again ,
Calculate the real power and reactive power Q and power factor for this case.
(21.65W,12.5VA, 0.866)
(c) A single-phase full-wave controlled rectifier supplied by the AC voltage V SM sin(t) has a
square wave input current with amplitude IS. The input fundamental current component
magnitude is IS1 and the phase delay angle 1 is equal to the device firing angle . Based on
the AC side,
write expression for the real power P, and
write expression for the reactive volt-amperes Q supplied to this
rectifier
derive the power factor.

If the phase delay angle of the input current = 20 and the DC current amplitude is I DC,
calculate the power factor. Evaluate the THD [0.85, 0.054]
V/I

AC Current IS

AC Voltage V SM sin(t)

1
0

-1
0

100

200

300

t
400

500

600

700

Fig.Q4

5. A single-phase full-bridge rectifier in (b)(i) is supplied from a 240 V(rms), 50 Hz power

system with supply inductance, LS = 4 mH. The load voltage is 180 V and the load power is
2800 W. Calculate the voltage loss due to overlap effect, and the device firing angle .
[12.5V , 27]
6. A 600 V (rms) 50 Hz supply has an inductance LS of 24 mH and energizes a single-phase
controlled rectifier bridge. Calculate the DC load voltage and overlap angles when
supplying a load current of 8 A at delay angles = 15 and 60 respectively.[483.4 V, 19.5,
231.7 V, 9.03]

7. In a single-phase full-bridge controlled rectifier, the supplied voltage VS =120 V (rms) at

50 Hz, the supply inductance LS is 5 mH, the load in highly inductive, d.c. current I dc = 8A
and the firing angle .=20. If overlap effect is ignored (LS=0) ,[(b) 0.85, (c) 101.5V, (d) 8V,
93.5V,(e) 17.81]
(a) Sketch the input current and voltage waveforms,
(b) Calculate the power factor,
(c) Determine the dc voltage.
If overlap effect is considered
(d) Calculate voltage loss due to overlap effect, hence average dc voltage,
(e) Calculate the overlap angle ,
(f) what is the percentage voltage in VDC due to supply inductance Ls.
8 A permanent magnet excited dc motor is rated at 240 V, 1000 rpm and is supplied with
power from a fully controlled single-phase rectifier. The power supply is sinusoidal and rated
at 210 V(rms) 50 Hz. The motor armature resistance is 0.42 and motor constant is 2 volt
second/radian. A large inductance is included in the armature circuit to ensure ripple free dc
current. If thyristor firing angle = 20 degrees , the load torque is maintained constant, and
assuming that the speed is proportional to the average applied voltage, calculate the motor
current under rated condition, motor input voltage, (=converter average DC voltage ) , speed
in rad/second and rpm.[72.76A, 177V,73.54, 702rpm]