Course Content
Motivation for power electronic converters (2): Applications, linear regulators.
Diode rectifiers (3): With capacitive and inductive loads, waveforms, harmonic content.
Non-isolated dc-dc converters (7): Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost (principle of operation, continuous conduction mode, waveforms, volt-second balance, ripple current and voltage, condition for DCM, output to input voltage relation).
Isolated dc-dc converters (4): Need for isolated converters. Working principle of Flyback Converter and Forward Converter.
Inverters (7): 1-ph and 3-ph VSC topologies, sine-triangle PWM technique, applications of inverters.
Power generation and grid integration (7): Single synchronous generator connected to a load. Frequency and voltage control of the single generator with load. Single synchronous machine connected to an infinite bus. Power-angle curves. Reactive power control. Transmission line characteristics. Star-Delta transformers. Interconnected grids. Frequency control in interconnected grids.
Thyristors and HVDC (6): Thyristor based converters, rectifying and inverting mode of operation, waveforms with different loads. HVDC links — motivation and topologies: Line Commutated (Thyristor) Converter links and Voltage Source Converter based links.
Introduction to Solar and Wind Energy Integration into the grid (3).
Text / References
- 1 Mohan, Ned, and Tore M. Undeland. Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- 2 Erickson, Robert W., and Dragan Maksimovic. Fundamentals of Power Electronics. Springer Science & Business Media, 2001.
- 3 Grainger, John J., and William D. Stevenson. Power System Analysis. Vol. 621. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
- 4 Sen, P.C. Principles of Electric Machines and Power Electronics. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.