Sheet - 2 - Power Electronics2 - Inverters
Sheet - 2 - Power Electronics2 - Inverters
Sheet (2)
DC/AC Converters (Inverters)
(1) The single phase half bridge inverter has a resistive load of R = 2.4 Ω and
the dc input voltage is Vs = 48 V. Determine:
(a) The rms output voltage at the fundamental frequency V1
(b) The output power Po
(c) The average, rms, and peak currents of each transistor
(d) The peak off-state voltage VBR of each transistor
(e) The total harmonic distortion THD
(f) The distortion factor DF
(g) The harmonic factor and distortion factor of the lowest order
harmonic.
(2) Repeat problem (1) for the single phase full bridge inverter.
(3) The full bridge inverter has an RLC load with R = 5 Ω, L=10 mH and C =
26 µF. The inverter frequency fo = 50 Hz. And the dc input voltage Vs =
220 V.
(a) Express the instantaneous load current in a Fourier series.
(b) Calculate the rms load current at the fundamental frequency I1.
(c) Calculate the THD of the load current.
(d) Calculate the average supply current.
(4) The three-phase full bridge inverter with 180o conduction has a Y-
connected resistive load of R = 5 Ω. The inverter frequency is f o = 50 Hz
and the dc input voltage is Vs = 220 V. Express the instantaneous phase
voltages and phase currents in a Fourier series.
(5) A three-phase inverter has a wye-connected resistive load of R = 5 Ω and L
= 23 mH . The inverter frequency is 60 Hz and the dc input voltage is V s=
220V.
(a) Express the instantaneous line voltage vab(t) and the line current ia (t) in a
Fourier series.
Determine:
(b) the rms line voltage VL,
(c) the rms phase voltage Vp ,
(d) the rms line voltage at the fundamental frequency VL1,
(e) the rms phase voltage at the fundamental frequency Vp1,
(f) the total harmonic distortion THD,
(g) the distortion factor DF,
(h) the harmonic factor and distortion factor of the lowest-order harmonic,
and
(i) the output power Po.
(7) A single phase inverter operates with uniform PWM techniques, such
that the output voltage waveform has five pulses per half cycle. Find
the pulse width that results in rms output voltage equals to 80% of the
DC input supply voltage.