18EE53: Power Electronics EEE Syllabus for BE 5th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Power Electronics detailed Syllabus for Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU EEE 5th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU EEE 5th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for power electronics is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Module 1

Introduction: Applications of Power Electronics, Types of Power Electronic Circuits, Peripheral Effects, Characteristics and Specifications of Switches. Power Diodes: Introduction, Diode Characteristics, Reverse Recovery Characteristics, Power Diode Types, Silicon Carbide Diodes, Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes, Freewheeling diodes ,Freewheeling diodes with RL load. Diode Rectifiers: Introduction, Diode Circuits with DC Source connected to R and RL load, Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifiers with R load , Single-Phase Full-Wave Rectifier with RL Load .

Module 2

Power Transistors: Introduction, Power MOSFETs-Steady State Characteristics, Switching Characteristics Bipolar Junction Transistors-Steady State Characteristics, Switching Characteristics, Switching Limits, IGBTs, MOSFET Gate Drive, BJT Base Drive, Isolation of Gate and Base Drives, Pulse transformers and Opto-couplers.^ T1

Module 3

Module 4

Controlled Rectifiers: Introduction, Single phase half wave circuit with RL Load, Single phase half wave circuit with RL Load and Freewheeling Diode, Single phase half wave circuit with RLE Load, Single-Phase Full Converters with RLE Load, Single-Phase Dual Converters, Principle of operation of Three- Phase duel Converters. AC Voltage Controllers: Introduction, Principle of phase control & Integral cycle control, Single-Phase Full-Wave Controllers with Resistive Loads, Single- Phase Full-Wave Controllers with Inductive Loads, Three-Phase Full-Wave Controllers.

Module 5

DC-DC Converters: Introduction, principle of step down and step up chopper with RL load, performance parameters, DC-DC converter classification.
DC-AC Converters: Introduction, principle of operation single phase bridge inverters, three phase bridge inverters, voltage control of single phase inverters, Harmonic reductions, Current source inverters.

Course Outcomes:

Question paper pattern:

The question paper will have ten questions. Each full question is for 20 marks.
There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of three sub questions in one full question) from each module.
Each full question with sub questions will cover the contents under a module.
Students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text Books:

Power Electronics: Circuits Devices and Applications Mohammad H Rashid, Pearson 4th Edition, 2014

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 5th Sem Electrical & Electronics Engineering, visit (EEE) 5th Sem Syllabus Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.

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