Power Electronics detail syllabus for Electrical Engineering (Eee), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17EE53), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
- To give an overview of applications power electronics, different types of power semiconductor devices, their switching characteristics.
- To explain power diode characteristics, types, their operation and the effects of power diodes on RL circuits.
- To explain the techniques for design and analysis of single phase diode rectifier circuits.
- To explain different power transistors, their steady state and switching characteristics andimitations.
- To explain different types of Thyristors, their gate characteristics and gate control requirements.
- To explain the design, analysis techniques, performance parameters and characteristics of controlled rectifiers, DC- DC, DC -AC converters and Voltage controllers
Module 1
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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.
Module 3
Thyristors: Introduction, Thyristor Characteristics, Two-Transistor Model of Thyristor, Thyristor TurnOn, Thyristor Turn-Off, A brief study on Thyristor Types, Series Operation of Thyristors, Parallel Operation of Thyristors, di/dtProtection, dv/dtProtection, DIACs, Thyristor Firing Circuits, Unijunction Transistor.
Module 4
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Module 5
Teaching Hours
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:
At the end of the course the student will be able to:
- Explain application area of power electronics, types of power electronic circuits and switches their characteristics and specifications.
- Explain types of power diodes, their characteristics, and the effects of power diodes on RL circuits.
- Explain the techniques for design, operation and analysis of single phase diode rectifier circuits.
- Explain steady state, switching characteristics and gate control requirements of different power transistors and their limitations.
- Discuss different types of Thyristors, their operation, gate characteristics and gate controlrequirements.
- Explain designing, analysis techniques and characteristics of thyristor controlled rectifiers.
- Discuss the principle of operation of single phase and three phase DC – DC, DC -AC converters and AC voltage controllers
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge,
- Problem Analysis,
- Life-Long Learning,
- Accomplishment of Complex Problems
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full question is for 16 marks.
- There will be 2full questions (with a maximum of four 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 eachmodule
Text Books:
- Power Electronics: Circuits Devices and Applications Mohammad H Rashid, Pearson 4th Edition, 2014
Reference Books:
- Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, Ned Mohan et al Wiley 3rd Edition, 2014
- Power Electronics Daniel W Hart McGraw Hill 1st Edition, 2011
- Elements of Power Electronics Philip T Krein Oxford Indian Edition, 2008
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