Course No.: EE 333
Course Title: Power Electronics
Credits: L-T-P-C: 2-1-3-4
Prerequisites: Introduction to Electrical Systems (ES 103)
Instructor(s): S.Rajendran
Course contents:
Power semiconductor devices – diodes, thyristors, BJT, MOSFET, GTO, IGBT, MCT; Drive and protection circuits. AC-to-DC converters – uncontrolled and controlled, single phase and three phase, performance parameters, effect of source inductance; DC-to-DC converters – buck, boost, buck-boost and cuk; DC-to-AC converters – voltage source and current source, square wave and pulse-width-modulated, single phase and three phase, performance parameters; AC-to-AC converters; Resonant converters – zero-voltage and zero-current switching. Applications of power electronics – power supplies, motor drives, industrial applications, power system; Harmonics and mitigation.
Texts/References:
1. Trzynadlowski A. M., Introduction to Modern Power Electronics, Wiley-India, 2nd edition, 2011.
2. Krein P. T., Elements of Power Electronics, Oxford University Press, 2012.
3. Mohan N., Undeland T. M., Robbins W. P., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, Wiley-India, 2007.
4. Rashid M. H., Power Electronics Handbook, Academic Press, 2nd edition, 2009.
Any other Remarks:
The integrated lab component supplements this course and “Electrical Machines” (course offered earlier). Possible experiments are listed below:
- Obtaining equivalent circuit models for transformer and rotating machines
- Obtaining terminal characteristics of machines
- Parallel operation of transformers and alternators
- Designing and developing power electronic converters together with driver circuits
Controlling the terminal characteristics of rotating machines through appropriate power electronic converters