Professor: Dr. P. Enjeti
Rm. 216K, ZEC

Schedule: Fall or Spring Semester

Textbook: Power Electronics (second edition)
By, Ned Mohan etal., John Wiley & Sons

Reference: Thyristor phase controlled converters and cycloconverters

By, B.R. Pelly, John Wiley & Sons

This course deals with operating principles of rectifier and inverter circuits. Single phase and three phase, uncontrolled and controlled rectifiers, operation, design with passive as well as active loads will be discussed. Passive and active power factor correction, harmonic reduction approaches for rectifier circuits along with their design will be studied. Single and three phase inverter circuits (voltage source), selection of optimum PWM techniques for control, effect of blanking time, switching losses, effect of unbalanced and/or nonlinear loads will be studied. Zero voltage and zero current switching inverter topologies will be examined. Application of these rectifier and inverter circuits to adjustable speed drives, UPS systems will be detailed. Finally, the course will introduce PSPICE and SABER circuit simulation software for power electronic applications.

Grading:

Exams 1,2: 30%

Homework & Project: 70% 

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Course Grade: 100%