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Power Electronics
Topic : Half-Wave Controlled Rectifier DPP : 03
Date : 30/09/2022 Daily Practice Problem for Mind Map

Question 1
In the circuit shown in figure, L is large and the average value of ‘i’ is 100 A. The thyristor is gated in
the ______ half cycle of ‘e’ at a delay angle is equal to ______. [GATE 1992 : IIT Delhi]
e(t )  200 2 sin314t V

Question 2
Referring to the figure, the type of load is [GATE 1994 : IIT Kharagpur]

(A) Inductive load (B) Resistive load (C) dc motor (D) Capacitive load
Question 3
A half-wave thyristor converter supplies a purely inductive load, as shown in figure. If the triggering
angle of the thyristor is 1200 , the extinction angle will be [GATE 2001 : IIT Kanpur]

(A) 2400 (B) 1800 (C) 2000 (D) 1200

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Question 4
Consider a phase-controlled converter shown in the figure. The thyristor is fired at an angle  in every
positive half cycle of the input voltage. If the peak value of the instantaneous output voltage equals 230
V, the firing angle  is close to [GATE 2005 : IIT Bombay]

(A) 450 (B) 1350 (C) 900 (D) 83.60

Question 5
The figure shows the circuit diagram of a rectifier. The load consists of a resistance 10  and an
inductance 0.05 H connected in series. Assuming ideal thyristor and ideal diode, the thyristor firing
angle (in degree) needed to obtain an average load voltage of 70 V is ________.

[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur]

Question 6
A diode circuit feeds an ideal inductor as shown in the figure. Given Vs  100sin(t)V, where
  100  rad/s and L  31.83mH. The initial value of inductor current is zero. Switch S is closed at
t  2.5ms. The peak value of inductor current iL (in A) in the first cycle is___________.

[GATE 2014 : IIT Kharagpur]

Question 7
If 1-  H.W. controlled rectifier is fired at an angle of 900 , then ripple factor of the output rectified
wave will be
2 2  2 2  1 2  3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
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::Common Data Questions 8 to 10::
A single phase one pulse converter with RLE load has the following parameters : supply voltage : 230 V at 50
Hz, load : R  2  , L = 1 mH, E = 120 V. Extinction angle   2200 , firing angle   250
Question 8
The voltage across thyristor (in V) at the instant SCR is triggered is _________.
Question 9
The voltage (in V) that appears across SCR when current decays to zero is________.
Question 10
The PIV (in V) of the SCR is________.
::Common Data Questions 11 & 12::
A half-wave controlled rectifier circuit is connected to a purely resistive load. When min  100 . The latching
and holding current for thyristor are 10 mA and 5 mA respectively. The circuit is operated from v  100sin314t
Question 11
The maximum value of the resistance to be connected as a load is ______  .
Question 12
The angle of conduction of thyristor is _______ degree.
::Common Data Questions 13 & 14::
A resistive load of 10 is connected through a half wave circuit to 220 V, 50 Hz single phase source.
Question 13
The power delivered to load for a firing angle of 600 is
(A) 1946 W (B) 935 W (C) 2935 W (D) 293 W
Question 14
The value of input power factor is
(A) 0.334 lag (B) 0.434 lag (C) 0.534 lag (D) 0.634 lag
::Common Data Questions 15 to 17::
A 230 V, 50 Hz, one-pulse SCR controlled converter is triggered at a firing angle of 400 and the load current
extinguishes at an angle of 2100 . For load parameters R  5  , L  2mH and E  110V
Question 15
The circuit turn off time (in m-sec) is ________.
Question 16
The average output voltage (in V) is ________.
Question 17
The average load current (in A) is _________.
::Common Data Questions 18 to 22::
A single-phase transformer, with secondary voltage of 230 V, 50 Hz, delivers power to load R  10  through a
half-wave controlled rectifier circuit. For a firing-angle delay of 600 .
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Vs 230V R  10

Question 18
The rms value of output voltage (in V) is _______.
Question 19
The rectification efficiency in (%) is _______.
Question 20
The form factor is _______.
Question 21
The transformer utilization factor (in %) is _______.
Question 22
The PIV of thyristor (in V) is ________.
Question 23
If the r.m.s. source voltage is V volts, the minimum and maximum value of firing angles for a single-
phase, half-wave controlled rectifier, supplying a load with a back e.m.f. of 40 volts are
40
(A) 00 and 1800 (B) α  sin -1 and 1800
V 2
40  40   40 
(C) α  sin -1 and    sin 1  (D) 00 and    sin 1 
V 2  V 2  V 2

:: Common Data Questions 24 & 25 ::

A electric heater (resistive load) is connected across single-phase 230 V, 50 Hz supply through an SCR. The
rated value of the electric heater is 230 V, 1 kW. For firing angle delay of 900 .
Question 24
The power absorbed (in watt) by electric heater is ________.
Question 25
The Input power factor is _________.
:: Common Data Questions 26 & 29 ::
A dc battery of constant emf E is being charged through a resistor R as shown in fig. For an source voltage of
230 V, 50 Hz and for R  8  and E  150V . On the assumption that SCR is fired continuously then
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Question 26
The value of average charging current (in A) is _________.
Question 27
The power supplied to battery is _________W.
Question 28
The power that dissipated in the resistor is _______ W.
Question 29
The supply power factor is _________.
::Common Data Questions 30 & 32::
A 230 V, 50 Hz, one-pulse SCR controlled converter is triggered at a firing angle of 400 and the load current
extinguishes at an angle of 2100 .

R 5
Vs
L  2mH

Question 30
The average output voltage (in V) across load is _______.
Question 31
The average output current (in A) is ________.
Question 32
The circuit turn off time (in m-sec) is _______.
Question 33
A battery is charged by a single - phase one - pulse thyristor controlled rectifier. The supply is 30 V, 50
Hz and battery emf is constant at 6 V. Take a voltage drop of 1 V across the SCR, then what value of the
resistance to be inserted in series with the battery to limit the charging current to 4 A on the assumption
SCR is triggered continuously is _______.
Question 34
Given figure shows a thyristor converter feeding a resistor R . P is the power consumed by the resistor
in the absence of the thyristor. In the presence of the thyristor the power consumed by R at   /2
would be reduced by a factor of

V  2 sin t R

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/16

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Question 35
If a single-phase half-wave rectifier feeds a resistive load R  10  and the data sheet of SCR specifies
maximum r.m.s. ON state current as 10 A, then the average ON state current rating for firing angle of
900 is equal to
(A) 5 A (B) 7.5 A (C) 8 A (D) 4.5 A
Question 36
A phase controlled rectifier operates with excitation angle control to improve power factor of the
system. A 1-  half-wave rectifier feeds a resistive load as shown in figure and thyristor is triggered by a
constant dc signal. The thyristor is commutated at   1500 . Then average output current would be

T
230 V 10 
50 Hz

(A) 9.65 A (B) 6.95 A (C) 19.32 A (D) 23 A

Question 37
A single-phase one pulse converter feeding RE load has the following data :
Source voltage : 230 V at 50 Hz, E  100V , R  10 
The thyristor is continuously triggered by a constant dc pulse, then the peak inverse voltage across
thyristor is
(A) 445 V (B) 2  230 2 (C) 330 V (D) 425 V
Question 38
A DC battery is charged through a resistor R as shown in figure. The SCR is fired continuously. If
E  220V (r.m.s.), Eb  120 (DC) and R  10  , the battery charging current is
R

E Eb

(A) 9.37 A (B) 9.52 A (C) 4.64 A (D) 0 A

Question 39

A single phase half-wave rectifier is feeding a resistive load with firing angle   . Then the form
2
factor of the output voltage waveform will be_______.
Question 40
A 1-  half-wave rectifier is used to supply power to a load of impedance 8 from 220 V, 50 Hz AC
supply at a firing angle of 600 . The effective value of voltage is
(A) 160 V (B) 172 V (C) 140 V (D) 120 V

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