E6 Power Electronics and Drives

 


 

E6 201 (AUG) 2:1

Power Electronics

 

Overview, power switching devices (BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, IPM). Control and protection of power switching devices, electromagnetic elements and their design, choppers for dc to dc power conversion. Single and multiquadrant operation of choppers, chopper controlled drives, closed loop control of drives.

 

V Ramanarayanan

 

Mohan, N., Power Electronics: Principles, Analysis and Design, John Wiley, 1989.

Joseph Vithayathil, Power Electronics, McGraw-Hill, 1995.

Robert Ericson, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Chopman and Hall, 1997.

Krein, P.T., Elements of Power Electronics, Oxford Press, 1998.

 

E6 202 (AUG) 2:1

Design of Power Converters

 

Introduction to power electronic applications like UPS, SMPS, power factor converters, motor control, lighting. AC to DC converters, DC to DC converters, inverters, drive circuits for power devices, magnetics for switched mode converters, thermal design for switched mode converters, current mode control, controller designs, switched mode power supply circuits, regulation in isolated SMPS. Magnetic amplifiers. Application case studies.

 

L Umanand

 

Mohan, N., Undeland, T.M., and Robbins, W.P., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, John Wiley and Sons, 1989.

Chryssis, G.C., High frequency switching power supplies, Second Edn, McGraw Hill, 1989.

Umanand, L., Bhat, S.R., Design of Magnetic Components for Switched Mode Power Converters, Wiley Eastern Publication, 1992.

 

E6 211 (JAN) 3:0

Electric Drives

 

Closed loop control of DC drives. Static inverters-voltage source inverters, inverter control; six step and pulse width modulated operation, AC motor operation from inverters. Voltage source drives, closed loop control of AC drives.

 

V T Ranganathan

 

Rajashekara, K.S., and Rao, N.J., Thyristor Controlled DC Drivers, CEDT, IISc., Bangalore, 1979.

Rajashekara, K.S., and Schoenholzer E.T., Closed Loop Control of DC Motors, CEDT, IISc. Bangalore, 1979.

Murphy, J.M.D., Thyristor Control of AC Motors, Pergamon Press, 1973.

Bose, B.K., Adjustable Speed AC Drives systems, IEEE Press.

Current Literature.

 

 

E6 212 (JAN) 2:1

Control of Power Converters and Drives

 

Brief survey of phase controlled converters, multiquadrant operation of DC to DC converters. Voltage and current source inverters. PWM strategies for voltage and current source inverters. Multilevel inverters. DC motor control: modelling, analysis and design of a closed loop speed control system for a separately excited DC motor. AC motor control: variable voltage control: V If control, field oriented control.

 

K Gopakamar

 

Kjeld Thorborg, Power Electronics, Prentice Hall, 1988.

Mohan, N., Undeland, T.M., and Robbins, W.P., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, John Wiley and Sons, 1989.

Leonard, W., Control of Electrical Drives, Springer Verlag, 1985.

 

 

E6 221 (JAN) 3:0

Switched Mode Power Conversion

 

Switched mode power converters: Characteristics, constituent elements, operating principles, steady state analysis, stress and sizing of elements, control methods, duty ratio, current programmed, frequency programmed and sliding mode control, dynamic analysis and frequency domain models, design of feedback compensators, unity power factor rectifiers, resistor emulation principle and applications to rectifiers and active filters.

 

V Ramanarayanan

 

Ramanarayanan, V., Switched Mode Power Conversion, Course Notes, CCE, IISc, 2004.

Ericson, R., Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Chapman and Hall, 1997.

Issa Batarseh, Power Electronic Circuits, John Wiley, 2004.

Philip T Krein, Elements of Power Electronics, Oxford Press, 1998.

 

E6 222 (AUG) 2:1

Design of Photovoltaic Systems

 

Introduction to photovoltaic energy conveJ Solar radiation and measurement. Solar and their characterization. Influenl insolation and temperature. PV ar Electrical storage with Batteries. ct controllers. DC power conditioning conve Maximum power point tracking algori’ AC power conditioners for PV power p Solar powered drives. Applications suc pumping/refrigeration. Instrumentation f( systems. Economic analysis of PV syster. Check for spelling mistakes.

 

L Umanand

 

Chenming, Hu., and White, R.M., Solar Cells from B to Advanced Systems, McGraw Hill Book Co, 198:

R~uschenbach, HS, Solar Cell Array Design Hand Varmostrand, Reinhold, NY, 1980.

Proceedings of IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference.

Solar Energy Journal.

 

 

E6 223 (AUG) 3:0

PWM Converters and Applications

 

AC/DC and DC/AC power conversion, overview of applications of voltage source converters, pulse modulation techniques for 1-phase bridges; bus clamping PWM, space vector based PWM, advanced PWM techniques, practical devices in converter. Calculation of switching and conduction losses, compensation for dead time and DC voltage regulation, dynamic model of a PWM converter, multilevel converters. Constant V/F induction motor drives; estimation of current ripple and torque ripple in inverter fed drives, line-side converters with power factor compensation, reactive power compensation, reactive power compensation, harmonic current compensation.

 

G Narayanan and V T Ranganathan

 

Mohan, N., Undeland, T.M., and Robbins, W.P., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, John Wiley and Sons, 1989.

Erickson, R.W, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Chapman and Hall, 1997.

Vithyathil, J., Power Electronics: Principles and Applications, McGraw Hill, 1995.

Current Literature.

 

 

E6 224 (JAN) 3:0

Topics in Power Electronics and Distributed Generation

 

Introduction to distribution systems, fault calculations, fault contribution and protection coordination with DG, intentional and unintentional islanding, relaying requirements for DG systems. Power converters for grid interconnection and micro source side power converters topologies, inverter modeling, component selection and design for efficiency and reliability, grounding, filtering requirements. Control requirements for DG, phase locking, current control, DC bus control, power quality, unbalance, harmonics, flicker, surges, voltage and frequency windows. Recent standards on DG interconnection. Other topics based on ongoing research in the area

 

Vinod John

 

IEEE papers and standards, and other current literature.

Mohan, N., Undeland, T.M., and Robbins, W.P., Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, Third Edn, John Wiley and Sons, 2002.

Bergen, A.R., Vittal, V., Power Systems Analysis, Second Edn, Prentice Hall, 1999.

Chee-Mun Ong, Dynamic Simulations of Electric Machinery: Using MATLAB/SIMULINK, Prentice Hall, PTR 1997.

 

E6 311 (AUG/JAN) 3:0

Selected Topics in Control of AC Motor Drives

 

Sensorless vector control of induction motors, three level inverters and pwm techniques, vector control of VSI fed drives with output filter, slip ring induction motor drives, current source drives for induction and synchronous machines. A substantial portion of the course will consist of student seminars, simulation exercises and mini projects.

 

V T Ranganathan and G Narayanan

 

Pre-requisites:   E6 201, Power Electronics,

E6 211, Electric Drives

Leonhard. W., Control of Electric Drives, Springer Verlog, 1985.

Vas. P., Vector Control of AC Machines, Oxford University Press, 1990.

Current literature.