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Set n2 of Ee331 2020 2021

This document contains 8 problems related to analyzing circuits involving rectifiers and AC power sources. Problem 1 involves calculating power and current for a half-wave rectifier circuit. Problem 2 involves calculating voltage, current, power, and waveforms for a circuit with an AC source and inductor-resistor load. Problem 3 involves using Fourier analysis to determine DC and AC components of current for a half-wave rectifier circuit. The remaining problems involve calculating current, voltage, power, and waveforms for various rectifier circuits including single phase, three phase, and those using transformers. Diagrams are provided for some of the circuit configurations.

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Set n2 of Ee331 2020 2021

This document contains 8 problems related to analyzing circuits involving rectifiers and AC power sources. Problem 1 involves calculating power and current for a half-wave rectifier circuit. Problem 2 involves calculating voltage, current, power, and waveforms for a circuit with an AC source and inductor-resistor load. Problem 3 involves using Fourier analysis to determine DC and AC components of current for a half-wave rectifier circuit. The remaining problems involve calculating current, voltage, power, and waveforms for various rectifier circuits including single phase, three phase, and those using transformers. Diagrams are provided for some of the circuit configurations.

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Mrs RECIOUI F.

Z Problem set N°02 IGEE/L05/EE331

Pb01: For the half-wave recti er with a freewheeling diode and RL load, the source is 240 V rms at
60 Hz and R =8 . (a) Assume L is in nitely large. Determine the power absorbed by the load and
the power factor as seen by the source. Sketch vo , i D1 , and i D2. (b) Determine the average current in
each diode.

Pb02: In the figure pb2 shown, the source voltage is 240 2 sin(2 50t) V, R = 10 , and L = 50
mH. Calculate;
1. the mean and rms values of the load voltage,
2. the mean value of the load current Io,
3. the average freewheel diode current, hence average rectifier diode current
4. the rms load current, hence load power and supply rms current
5. the supply power factor
If the freewheel diode is removed from across the load, determine
6. an expression for the current hence the current extinction angle
7. the average load voltage hence average load current
8. the rms load voltage and current Fig.pb2
9. the power delivered to the load and supply power factor
10.schetch the input and output waveforms (supply voltage and current, load voltage and current,
diodes voltage and current).

Pb03: The half-wave rectifier with a freewheeling diode (Fig. pb3) has R = 12 and L = 60 mH. The
source is 120 V rms at 60 Hz.
(a) From the Fourier series of the half-wave rectified sine wave that appears across the
load, determine the dc component of the current.
(b) Determine the load current amplitudes of the first four nonzero ac terms in the
Fourier series. Comment on the results.

Fig.pb3
Pb04: Given a single phase bridge rectifier has an AC source Vm =100V at 50Hz, and R-L load with
R=100ohm, L=10mH.a) Determine: (a) the average current in the load, (b) The first two higher
order harmonics of the load current, (c)the power absorbed by the load

Pb05: A single-phase rectifier has a resistive load of 25 . Determine the average current and peak
reverse voltage across each of the diodes for (a) a bridge rectifier with an ac source of 120 V rms and
60 Hz and (b) a center-tapped transformer rectifier with 120 V rms on each half of the secondary
winding.

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Mrs RECIOUI F.Z Problem set N°02 IGEE/L05/EE331

Pb 06: Power is supplied to a load resistor R from a three-phase supply of balanced


sinusoidal voltages using half-wave bridge circuit of Fig.pb06.
(a) Sketch the phase current waveform ia ( t) in phase-a with respect to the phase voltage
van ( t) = Vm sin t.
(b) Show that the rms value of the phase current current is: = 0.485
Hence, calculate Ia of the phase current, compare with the value for sinusoidal operation.
(c) Sketch the load current waveform and specify, by observation, the lowest ripple
frequency.

Fig.pb06 Three-phaseHalf-wave rectifier.

Pb07: A full-wave three-phase rectifier has a three-phase 415V 50Hz source (240V phase),
and a 10 , 50mH, series load. Verify that the only harmonic that need be considered is the sixth.
Determine:

(a) The average output voltage and current


(b) The rms load voltage and the ac output voltage
(c) The rms load current hence power dissipated and supply power factor
(d) The diode average and rms current requirements.

Pb08: Solve Pb07 with a highly inductive load.

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