A single phase fully controlled bridge converter supplies a load drawing constant and ripple free load current, if the triggering angle is 30o, the input power factor will be 

(A) 0.65 (B) 0.78 (C) 0.85 (D) 0.866

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A single phase fully controlled bridge converter supplies a load drawing constant and ripple free load current, if the triggering angle is 30o, the input power factor will be 0.78

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