For a single phase half-wave thyristor circuit with R load, the input power factor is given by
(a) rms source voltage/total rms line current
(b) rms input power/power delivered to the load
(c) cos α
(d) power delivered to load/input VA
This question was posed to me in an international level competition.
My enquiry is from Single-Phase HW AC-DC-2 in section Converters of Power Electronics