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Thyristors & Controlled Rectifiers Tutorial

This document is a tutorial for the EC419b - Power Electronics course at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur. It contains various problems related to thyristors and controlled rectifiers, including calculations for rectifier circuits, efficiency, output voltage, and waveforms for different configurations. The tutorial also includes derivations and explanations of three-phase semi-converters and controlled bridge rectifiers.

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Thyristors & Controlled Rectifiers Tutorial

This document is a tutorial for the EC419b - Power Electronics course at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur. It contains various problems related to thyristors and controlled rectifiers, including calculations for rectifier circuits, efficiency, output voltage, and waveforms for different configurations. The tutorial also includes derivations and explanations of three-phase semi-converters and controlled bridge rectifiers.

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PDPM

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,


DESIGN & MANUFACTURING, JABALPUR (M.P.)

Tutorial # 2
EC419b - Power Electronics
Topic- Thyristors and Controlled Rectifiers

Q.1 For designing a rectifier circuit for 7.5 kV, 1000 Amp system, the only thyristors available are
of 500V, 75 Amp rating. Considering a derating factor of 14%, find out the number of thyristors
required and show their arrangement in series/parallel.
Q.2 A single phase half-wave controlled rectifier is operated from a 120 V, 50 Hz supply and the
load resistance value is R=10 . For firing angle of 60o, determine (a) The converter efficiency
(b) form factor, (c) ripple factor (d) PIV.
Q.3 A single phase full-wave controlled rectifier is operated from a 120 V, 50 Hz supply and the load
resistance value is R=10 . If the average output voltage is 25% of the maximum possible
average output voltage, calculate (a) Delay angle (b) RMS and average output current, (c)
average and RMS thyristor currents (d) sketch various voltage & current waveforms.
Q.4 Derive expression for DC and RMS output voltage of single-phase full wave controlled rectifier
that is connected to RL load. Calculate its performance parameters for delay angle of 45o.
Q.6 Explain three-phase semi-converter with the help of circuit diagram. Draw its output voltage
waveform for (a) delay angle  < 30o (b) delay angle  =120o.
Q.7 For a single phase semiconverter circuit, shown in figure,
derive the expression for output voltage and find out average T1 D1
R
S

output voltage at =45o, if source voltage is 230V, 50 Hz.


L
Sketch waveforms of load voltage, input current, voltage T2 D2
across thyristor T1. (Assume output current ripple-free).
Q.8 Draw output voltage waveform for
IFWD Io +
the rectifier circuit shown in figure
T1 T3 T5
B.10, when delay angle  = 45 is o
Va
Vb R
same for all the thyristors. Consider FWD o
S

Vc
highly inductive load so that output L
T4 D6 D2
current is ripple free. (You may use
the supply waveform graph sheet) -
Q.9 Explain how a single-phase controlled bridge rectifier can provide variable output voltage for a
constant input. For the following three conditions, draw output voltage and input current
waveforms for a firing angle of 450: (a) Resistive load (b) RL load with continuous current (c)
RL load with discontinuous current.
Q.10 Draw circuit of 3-phase controlled rectifier and its output voltage waveform for (a) delay angle
 = 30o (b) delay angle  =75o (c) delay angle  >120o.

VIIIth Semester ECE, Year-2025


[Link] Academics/2025-26 Session 1st Sem/EC419b_PE/Tutorials/Tutorial#[Link]

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