GATE Power Electronics: Voltage and Current commutated Thyristor based converters – Previous Year Questions
4 GATE previous year questions on Voltage and Current commutated Thyristor based converters (Power Electronics, Electrical Engineering) with answers and explanations, from every paper.
- GATE 2019 EE Q65 – A single-phase fully-controlled thyristor converter is used to obtain an average voltage of 180 V with 10 A constant current to feed a DC load. It is…
- GATE 2020 EE Q22 – Thyristor T 1 is triggered at an angle (in degree), and T 2 at angle 180+, in each cycle of the sinusoidal input voltage. Assume both thyristors to be…
- GATE 2020 EE Q61 – A single-phase, full-bridge, fully controlled thyristor rectifier feeds a load comprising a 10\ resistance in series with a very large inductance. The…
- GATE 2023 EE Q55 – The circuit shown in the figure has reached steady state with thyristor ‘T’ in OFF condition. Assume that the latching and holding currents of the…