ECE 31033 - Power Electronics

Note:

This course was previously offered as ECE 43300 through Spring 2022.

Course Details

Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3

Counts as:

  • EE Elective
  • CMPE Complementary Selective

Normally Offered:

Each Spring

Campus/Online:

On-campus only

Requisites:

ECE 20002 or [ECE 20200 and ECE 25500]

Requisites by Topic:

Undergraduate Electronics Course

Catalog Description:

Introduction to the fundamental operating principles of power conditioning circuits that are currently being used to effect power flow from ac to dc and vice versa. Emphasis is on the relationship between form and function of these circuits. Circuits discussed will include ac/dc line-cummutated converters, dc/dc converters, dc/variable frequency converters, resonant converters, and ac/ac converters. Computer simulations will be used as a part of the course work.

Required Text(s):

  1. Power Electronics , Daniel W. Hart , McGraw Hill , 2010 , ISBN No. 978-0-07-338067-4

Recommended Text(s):

  1. Fundamentals of Power Electronics , R. Erickson and W. Maksimovic , Springer , 2004 , ISBN No. 0-7923-7270-0
  2. Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design , Ned Mohan , John Wiley , 2003 , ISBN No. 0-471-58408-8

Learning Outcomes:

A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated:
  1. an understanding of the relationships between form and function and the roles played by various circuit components in ac-dc, dc-dc, and dc-ac converters. [1,2]
  2. a knowledge of the basic characteristics of switch types and classification of converters. [1]
  3. a knowledge of control and switching techniques, and operating principles of ac-dc, dc-dc, and dc-ac converters. [1]
  4. a knowledge of the methods of sizing the switching and energy storage elements in ac-dc, dc-dc, and dc-ac converters. [1,2]

Lecture Outline:

Lectures Major Topics
1 Introduction to the fields of applications
3 Characterization of switch types and classification of inverters Semiconductor Devices/Interface Issues
12 Dc-Dc Converters: circuit configurations, isolated and non-isolated step-down and step-up converters, small ripple approximation, inductor volt-sec balance and capacitor charge balance equations, sizing the inductors and capacitors, design of inductor and capacitors.
8 Dc-Ac inverters: Basics of operation of H-bridge Voltage Sourced Inverters (VSI) (modulation strategies, Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) of an H-bridge inverter, analysis of harmonic spectrum), three-phase VSIs (PWM strategies, harmonic spectrum and distortion), current controlled VSIs.
6 Half-bridge and full bridge diode rectifiers, harmonic distortion of rectifiers and effects, effect of non-ideal AC source on the operation of diode-bridge rectifiers.
7 Three-phase thyristor based converters
6 Practical considerations: gate drivers, types of commutation circuits, snubbing, and thermal management, heatsink design and filtering

Engineering Design Content:

  • Establishment of Objectives and Criteria
  • Synthesis
  • Analysis
  • Evaluation

Engineering Design Consideration(s):

  • Sustainability

Assessment Method:

Projects