Power Electronics - Engineering

Q1:

In a single phase full wave converter (M - 2 connection) feeding a highly inductive load, the firing angle for each thyristor is a in the respective half cycle. The period of conduction of each thyristor is

A
p - a

B
p

C
p + a

D
p - 2a

ANS:B -

p

Since conduction is from a to p + a, period of conduction is p in each half cycle.