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TSTE19

-Power Electronics

Period 2
Credits: 6 HP

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2 May 2016

Old exams update

Course Description

The aim of the course is to give the student knowledge of principles for power electronics such as voltage conversion and power control. After completed course shall the student know how to:

  • explain and analyze the function of DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC converters

  • calculate the waveforms in DC-DC, AC-DC. and DC-AC converters

  • describe the function of common semiconductors used in power control

  • describe and model thermal effects

  • describe various pulse width modulation principles

  • describe the control of DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC converters

  • know about drive and protection circuits for power control

  • define the base requirements for selection of components in converter design

Course setup

The course is given through lectures where theory and exercises are mixed. Three labs are given for practice through computer simulation and also through operation and measurement using real circuits.


Course content

Power electronic application overview (switch-mode power supply, variable speed drive, high voltage applications (HVDC, SVC)), diode rectifiers, thyristor rectifiers, switch mode converters (DC-DC, AC-DC and DC-AC), power semiconductors, semiconductor rating and thermal effects, converter control and protection

Course litterature

Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design
by N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, W. P. Robbins
Wiley, 2003

Exam

A written exam (4h). 13 Jan 2016. 8-12.

Staff

  • Examiner & Instructor
    Tomas U Jonsson, Adjunct
    Integrated circuits and systems, Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
    Office 3D:513, B-huset
    Tel: 013-28
    1721
    E-mail: tomas.u.jonsson@liu.se

  • Teaching Assistant
    Martin Nielsen-Lönn, Ph.D. Student
    Integrated circuits and systems, Department of Electrical Engineering (ISY)
    Office 3D:535, B-huset
    Tel: 013-28 6653
    E-mail: martin.nielsen.lonn@liu.se

Lectures

The following 16 lectures will be given to present theory from the course book (chapter no given in brackets). During the lecture related exercises will be discussed and solved.

Date

Room

Number

Content

Tue 3/11

13-15

R34

1

Course introduction

“Energy conversion through power electronics†an overview of applications.

Power electronic systems [1]

Circuit theory [3-2]

Exercises: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-5RMS, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5

Wed 4/11

10-12

R35

2

Diode rectifier, part 1:

Diode semiconductor theory [20-1, 20-2, 20-4, 20-5, 20-6]

Diode datasheet

rectifier operation [5-2, 5-3-1, 5-3-3, 5-3-4]

Exercises: 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-7, 5-14

Tue 10/11

13-15

R26

3

Diode rectifier, part 2:

Commutation [5-3-2],

3ph rectifier [5-6-1, 5-6-2], circuit simulation [4]

Exercises: 5-5, 5-8, 5-10, 5-23, 3-100, 3-101, 3-102

Wed 11/11

10-12

R42

4

Phase controlled converter:

Thyristor semiconductor theory [23], Thyristor datasheet

Thyristor converter operation [6.2 – 6.4]

Exercises: 4-100, 4-101

Mon 16/11

8-10

R18

5

Power semiconductor devices and rating:

Semiconductor switches (MOSFET, IGBT, GTO) [21-22, 24-26], data sheet, rating, cooling [29]

Exercises: 22-13, 5-100, 29-6, 29-7

Wed 18/11

10-12

R35

6

DC/DC converter, part 1:

Switch-mode power supply [10], step-down [7.3], step-up [7.4]

Exercises: 7-1, 7-2, 7-7, 7-8

Tue 24/11

13-15

R35

7

DC/AC inverter, part 1:

Half-bridge [8.3], commutation, PWM [8.2]

Exercises: 8-1, 7-100

Wed 25/11

10-12

R34

8

DC/AC inverter, part 2:

Full-bridge [8.3], harmonics

Exercises: 8-1, 8-100

Tue 1/12

13-15

R36

9

DC/AC inverter, part 3:

Blanking time [8.5], gate control [28]

Wed 2/12

10-12

R37

10

Design review of full-bridge circuit for Lab2 and 3:

Calculations preparing for Lab2 using theLab2 manual

Principles, component selection, control

Tue 8/12

13-15

R18

11

Control & protection:

Current control modes [8-6], snubbers [27]

Wed 9/12

10-12

R23

12

DC/AC – AC/DC:

3-phase converter [8.4], short circuit [28-6]

Exercises: 12-100, 12-101

Tue 15/12

13-15

R19

13

Switch-mode DC/DC converter, part 2:

Load resonant converters [9-4]

Exercises: 9-1, 9-2

Wed 16/12

10-12

R22

14

High power applications for HVDC power transmission

HVDC, Utility applications [17]:

Mon 21/12

8-12

P30

15

Motor drive applications [12-13]:

Induction motors [14], Harmonics [3-2-4]

Tue 22/12

13-15

P18

16

Preparation for exam


Laborations

The laboratory work consists of two computer lab sessions and one measurement lab session, where each session is 4 hours. One additional lab session is offered as an option to complete any of the computer or measurement labs. The laboratory work is carried out in groups of one or preferably two students each.

The tool to use for computer labs is Multisim, which is also available from the student portal (in the National Instruments package). A short introduction to Multisim and the laboration is now available here (57k pdf).

The measurement lab will be done using the National Instrument ELVIS platform and Labview control software.

Date

Room

Number

Content

Thu 19/11

17-21

Freja

1

Computer lab on diode bridge rectifier, phase controlled converter, dc/dc buck

Thu 3/12

17-21

Freja

2

Computer lab on VSC full-bridge Inverter

Thu 10/12

17-21

Transistorn

3

Measurement lab on VSC full-bridge inverter

Tue 15/12

17-21

Transistorn

1-3

Spare. Opportunity to complete any of Labs 1-3


Old exams

Old exams to download in pdf format.


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Last updated: 2016-05-02