A. Voltage drop in transformer reactance
B. Voltage drop in resistance of transformer and smoothing chokes
C. Arc voltage drop
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Ageing of a selenium rectifier may change the output voltage by__________?
A. 5 to 10 per cent
B. 15 to 20 per cent
C. 25 to 30 per cent
D. none of the above - The voltage drop between the anode and cathode, of a mercury arc rectifier comprises of the following_____________?
A. anode drop and cathode drop
B. anode drop and arc drop
C. cathode drop and arc drop
D. anode drop, cathode drop and arc drop - The voltage drop at anode, in a mercury arc rectifier is due to_____________?
A. self restoring property of mercury
B. high ionization potential
C. energy spent in overcoming the electrostatic field
D. high temperature inside the rectifier - In a mercury pool rectifier, the voltage drop across its electrodes___________?
A. is directly proportional to load
B. is inversely proportional to load
C. varies exponentially with the load current
D. is almost independent of load current - The cathdde voltage drop, in a mercury arc rectifier, is due to_____________?
A. expenditure of energy in ionization
B. surface resistance
C. expenditure of energy in overcoming the electrostatic field
D. expenditure of energy in liberating electrons from the mercury - Which of the following is the loss within the mercury arc rectifier chamber ?
A. Voltage drop in arc
B. Voltage drop at the anode
C. Voltage drop at the cathode
D. All of the above - On which of the following factors the number of phases for which a rectifier should be designed depend ?
A. The voltage regulation of the rec¬tifier should be low
B. In the output circuit there should be no harmonics
C. The power factor of the system should be high
D. The rectifier supply transformer should be utilized to the best ad-vantage
E. all of the above - Which of the following mercury arc rectifier will deliver least undulating current?
A. Six-phase
B. Three-phase
C. Two-phase
D. Single-phase - The efficiency of the copper oxide rectifier seldom exceeds____________?
A. 90 to 95%
B. 85 to 90%
C. 80 to 85%
D. 65 to 75% - The advantage of mercury arc rectifier is that________________?
A. it is light in weight and occupies small floor space
B. it has high efficiency
C. it has high overload capacity
D. it is comparatively noiseless
E. all of the above
