When a large surge current of very short duration flows through a thyristor then which one of the following device will operate to protect the thyristor ___________?

Related Mcqs:

1. An SCR has half cycle surge current rating of 3000 A for 50 Hz supply. One cycle surge current will be_____?

   A. 1500 A.
   B. 6000 A.
   C. 2121.32 A.
   D. 4242.64 A.

2. The capacitance of reversed bised junction J2 in a thyristor is CJ2 = 20 pF and can be assumed to be independant of the off state voltage. The limiting value of the charging current to turn on the thyristor is 16 mA. What is the critical value of dv/dt?

   A. 600 V/µs
   B. 800 V/µs
   C. 1200 V/µs
   D. 1000 V/µs

3. Leakage current flows through the thyristor in_________?

   A. forward blocking mode
   B. reverse blocking mode
   C. both forward and reverse blocking mode
   D. forward conduction mode

4. What is used to protect a thyristor from high di / dt conditions__________?

   A. Fuse.
   B. Snubber circuit
   C. Inductor
   D. Voltage clamping device

5. If holding current of a thyristor is 2 mA then latching current should be_____?

   A. 0.01 A.
   B. 0.002 A.
   C. 0.009 A.
   D. 0.004 A.

6. CB used for over current protection of thyristor operates when the fault current is__________?

   A. of long period
   B. of short duration
   C. both (A) and (B)
   D. neither (A) nor (B)

7. A thyristor string is made of a no. of SCR connected in series and parallel. The string have volume and current of 11 KV and 4 KA. The voltage and current rating of available SCRs are 1800 V and 1000 A. For a string efficiency of 90 % let the number of SCRs in series and parallel are a and b respectively. Then the value of a and b will be_____________?

   A. 5, 7
   B. 4, 6
   C. 7, 5
   D. 6, 4

8. Let of a thyristor Vc1, Vc2, Vc3 are forward break over voltage for gate current Ig1, Ig2, Ig3 respectively. Then________________?

   A. Vc1 > Vc2 > Vc3 when Ig1 > Ig2 > Ig3.
   B. Vc1 > Vc2 > Vc3 when Ig1 < Ig2 < Ig3.
   C. Vc1 = Vc2 = Vc3 any value of Ig.
   D. Vc1 > Vc2 > Vc3 when Ig1 ≥ Ig2 &Atil

9. Gate circuit or triggering circuit of a thyristor is

   A. lower power circuit.
   B. high power circuit.
   C. magnetic circuit.
   D. may be low power or high power circuit

10. Typical range of thyristor turn OFF time is______________?

    A. 3 – 10 µs
    B. 3 – 50 µs
    C. 3 – 100 µs
    D. 3 – 500 µs