UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS. UNIVERSITEITSEKSAMENS UNISA [ex PCE4701 JanuarylFebruary 2016 POWER ELECTRONICS IV (THEORY) Duraton 3 Hours 100 Marks EXAMINERS FIRST OR JF JANSE VAN RENSBURG SECOND MR GL NICKOLA EXTERNAL DR JL MUNDA Programmable pocket calculator 1s permissible Closed book examination ‘This examination question paper remains the property of the University of South Africa and may not be removed from the examination venue This examination question paper consists of 5 pages including this “cover” page, Answer all the questions2 PCE4701E JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 PLEASENOTE: IF YOU HAVE THE OPINION THAT INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED FOR YOU TO ANSWER A PARTICULAR QUESTION, MAKE A REALISTIC ASSUMPTION, MOTIVATE IT AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION. Question 1 HVDC. The harmonic profile of a twelve-pulse converter is given in Figure 1 ww Figure 1 ae 11 Calculate the rms value of the phase current if / = 10004 (2) 12 Calculate the rms value of the fundamental current. (2) 1.3. Calculate the THD of the current (2) 14 Calculate the input distortion factor of the current 2) 15 Calculate the power factor if the voltage can be assumed to be sinusoidal and the finng delay angle 1s zero. (2) [10) {TURN OVER)3 PCE4701E JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 Question 2 FACTS Figure 2 shows the setup in a substation where a 240 V 50 Hz supplies all the lighting and other equipment inside the substation via the LVAC bus The Potential of the HVAC line 1s 440 KV The compensating capacitor C = 145 uF The TCR mnductor L = 58 4 mH Figure 2 Determine the TCR delay angle when the load current is (6 + J0) A Note 1,(a)=Vac- +im2a] ol x ok ” Question 3 HFFL A power factor corrector supplies 400 V to a half bndge consisting of two MOSFETs The half bridge feeds a DC blocking capacitor connected in senes with a resonant section containing a fluorescent lamp 31 Sketch a simplified model of the electronic ballast output stage. (1) 32 Consider a 38W/T8 linear type fluorescent lamp. lpn= 0,85 A, Vpn = 300 V, Vign = 560 V; Van = 130 V Design an electronic ballast following the directives given below 3.2 1 Calculate the value of the inductor for a running power of 32 W at 42 kHz with a ballast efficiency of 95% (3) My Note L= 2H fn Pan 3.2 2Select an appropnate resonant frequency for the high-Q circut (1) TrurN over)4 PCE4701E JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016. 323 Calculate the value of the resonant output stage capacitor (2) (2) (2) 326 Sketch the output wave shape of the half bridge stage (1) 327 Calculate the maximum instantaneous value of the fundamental voltage 8) 171 Question 4 AC DRIVES 41 Sketch a block diagram of a vector control scheme for a three phase induction motor driven by a SVM inverter a 42. Calculate the instantaneous currents delivered by the inverter if the direct axas current required at a particular instant 1s 8 66 A and the quadrature current 1s 5 A. Denvve all equations for the three currents ay [18] TURN OVER]5 PCE4701E JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016 Question 5 VECTOR CONTROL. A universal motor is supplied from a 250 V 50 Hz supply via a bridge rectifier A thyristor is used to control the speed of the motor A commutating diode is connected in parallel to the motor The back emf of the motor 1s 150 V when the delay angle is 90 degrees The motor armature inductance parameters are 50 mH and 5 Q Torque constant = 0,9 N m/A Voltage constant i= 0,9 Virad/s 51 Sketch the cireutt (1) 52 Sketch a simplified equivalent crroutt (t) 53 Derive an expression for the motor current via the thyristor 6) 54 Calculate how many radians the commutating diode will conduct (6) 55. Sketch a free-hand waveform of the motor current and voltage @) 56 Calculate Vnoan of the motor 4) 57 Calculate Imean of the motor (2) 58 Calculate the mean torque a) 59 Calculate the rp m of the motor (2) 27] Question 6 TRANSIENT PROTECTION A transistor is to be used to control the speed of a DC motor by means of pulse width modulation The transistor is switched at a high frequency The motor has a freewheeling diode in parallel to it The motor current is 60 A Supply voltage is 120 V A turn-off snubber 1s used to ensure that the power dissipation during the switching-off process 1s at a minimum 61. Sketch the circurt diagram (1) 62 Sketch the expected waveforms of current and voltage of the transistor chopper circurt qa) 63. Estimate an optimum value for the capacitor to be used in the snubber if the transistor switch-off time 1s given as 3 us Denve all the equations used (19) [21] Full Marks: [100] © UNISA 2015