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Power Electronics Circuits

PİRİ REİS UNIVERSITY

 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Computational Science and Engineering Programme

2017 - 2018 Fall Term Course catalogue Form

 

Course Name : Power Electronics Circuits

Degree: MS

 

Code

 

 

Year/Semester

 

Local Credits

 

ECTS Credits

 

Course Implementation, Hours/Week

Course

Tutorial

Laboratory

ENG567

2/1 (fall)

3

7,5

3

 

 

Department

Computational Science and Engineering

 

Instructors

 

Prof. Dr. Uğur ÇELTEKLİGİL

 

Contact Information

 

e-mail: uceltekligil@pirireis.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 11:00- 11:50

Web page

http://www.pirireis.edu.tr

Course Type

 Compulsory

Course Language

English

Course Prerequisites

  

Course Category by Content, %

Basic Sciences

Engineering Science

Engineering Design

Humanities

20

60

20

-

Course Description

This course has two major topics:

1) Operation principles of Power Electronics Devices,

2) Analysis and design of Power Electronics Circuits: AC-DC Rectifiers, DC-AC Inverters, DC-DC Converters and AC-AC Choppers and Design

 

Course Objectives

 

1. To provide students with knowledge and skills required for applying fundamentals  

    of power electronics devices and basic circuits

2. To analyze the performance of circuits and to design Power Electronics Circuits  

 

Course Learning Outcomes

 

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to

  1. analyze power electronics circuits using Circuit Analysis methods and related mathematical background (Laplace Transform and Fourier Analysis),
  2. find mathematical solutions to explain the behavior of power electronics circuits,
  3. analyze voltages and currents of power electronics circuits,
  4. integrate power electronics circuits applications for the necessities of marine technology with design examples
  5. take part in power electronics project teams.

Instructional Methods and Techniques

Books, lecture notes and related computer programming tools

Tutorial Place

Classroom

Co-term Condition

 

Textbook

Rashid Muhammad H, Power Electronics, Circuits, Devices and Applications, Third or Fourth Edition, Pearson Education International, 2008-2015

Other References

 

 

Mohan Ned, Undeland Tore M., Robbins William P., Poer Electronics, Converters, Applications and Design, Second Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2010

 

Homework & Projects

Homework assignments based on lectures will be given regularly

Laboratory Work

 

Computer Use

Simulation of power electronics circuits with SIMULINK and MATLAB

Other Activities

The weekly coverage may change as it depends on the progress

 

Assessment Criteria

Activities

Quantity

Effects on Grading, %

Attendance

 

 

Midterm

1

40

Quiz

 

 

Homework

2

10

Term Paper/Project

 

 

Laboratory Work

 

 

Practices

 

 

Tutorial

 

 

Seminar

 

 

Presentation

 

 

Field Study

 

 

Final Exam

1

50

TOTAL

 

100

Effects of Midterm on Grading, %

 

50

Effects of Final on Grading, %

 

50

TOTAL

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECTS/

WORKLOAD TABLE

Activities

Count

Hours

Total

Workload

Lecture

13

3

39

Midterm

1

50

50

Quiz

 

 

 

Homework

2

9

18

Term Paper/Project

 

 

 

Laboratory Work

 

 

 

Practices

 

 

 

Tutorial

 

 

 

Seminar

 

 

 

Presentation

3

10

30

Field Study

 

 

 

Final Exam

1

50

50

Total Workload

 

 

187

Total Workload/25

 

 

187/25

Course ECTS Credits

 

 

7,5

 

Week

 

Topics

Course Outcomes

1

Introduction, History and  Applications of Power Electronics, Definition and Calculation of Average and Root-Mean Square Values of Waveforms

I

2

Power Semiconductor Devices, Characteristics and Specifications of Switches

I

3

Power Semiconductor Diodes and Circuits, Series and Parallel-Connected Diodes, Diodes with RC and RL Loads

I-II

4

Diode Rectifiers,  Single-Phase Half-Wave Rectifiers and Performance Parameters,  design examples

I-II-III

5

Single Phase Half Wave Rectifiers with RL Loads and Performance Parameters

II-III

6

Full-Wave  Rectifiers  and Performance Parameters, Full Wave Rectifiers with RL Load, Three Phase Bridge Rectifier, Rectifier Circuit Design

II-III-IV-V

7

DC-DC Converters, Principles of Step-Down Operation, Step-Down Converter with RL Load

II-III-IV-V

8

MIDTERM EXAM

 

9

DC-DC Converters, Principles of Step-Up Operation, Step-Up Converter with RL Load, Chopper Circuit Design

II-III-IV-V

10

DC-AC Converters, Pulse With Modulated Inverters, Principle of Operation, Performance Parameters, Single- and Three-Phase Inverters, design examples

II-III-IV-V

11

Thyristors, Thyristor Characteristics, Thyristor Turn-On and Turn-Off, Thyristor Types, Series and Parallel Operation of Thyristors, di/dt and dv/dt Protections

I-II

12

Controlled Rectifiers, Principle of Phase-Controlled Converter Operation, Single Phase Full Converter with RL Load, Three Phase Half- and Full-Wave Converters, rectifier design

II-III-IV-V

13

AC Voltage Controllers, Principle of On-Off Control, Principle of Phase Control, Bidirectional Controllers with Resistive Loads , design examples

II-III-IV-V

14

Bidirectional Controllers with Inductive Loads, Three Phase Full-Wave Controllers, Cycloconverters

II-III-IV-V

 

Relationship between the Course and the Computational Science and Engineering Curriculum

 

 

 

Programme Outcomes

Level of Contribution

1

2

3

a

Repeats the current techniques and methods applied in the field of technology and their limitations, effects and results.

 

 

X

b

Completes and implements knowledge with scientific methods using limited or incomplete data; integrates knowledge of different disciplines.

 

 

 

X

c

Models and applies experimental studies and solves complex situations in the process.

 

 

 

 X

d

Leads in multidisciplinary teams in the field of technology.

 

 

 X

 

e

Uses the methods and software used in the field of technology and communication technologies  at advanced level.

 

 

 

 X

f

Observes social, scientific and ethical values in the collection, interpretation, application and announcement phases of data in all professional activities.

 

 

X

 

g

Understanding the role of computer science and computational methods for solving or approximating the solution of advanced computational science problems

 

 

X

h

Ability to develop algorithms and computational approaches to solve the investigated dynamical system and accomplish mathematical analyses using an appropriate programming language

 

 

X

 

         1: Small, 2: Partial, 3: Full

 

Prepared by

Prof. Dr. Uğur Çeltekligil

Date

01.09.2017

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