Course fundamentals of power electronics and practical guide with PSIM. Course objectives:
To enable learners to gain knowledge and understanding in the following aspects:
1. Basics of electronic power devices and functions.
2. Understanding and acquiring knowledge about various converter circuits.
3. Analysis and design of various power converter circuits.
4. Analyze the waveforms of choppers, rectifiers, AC voltage regulators and various types of inverters using PSIM software.
Course results:
Learners will be able to:
1. Acquisition of knowledge of the basic concepts and techniques of power electronics.
2. The ability to analyze and design different circuits of single-phase and three-phase power converters
Understand their use.
3. Strengthen the ability to identify basic requirements for a power electronics-based design program.
4. Develop skills in building and debugging power electronic circuits.
5. Strengthening the understanding of the use of power converters in business and industry
What will you learn from the course?
1. Basic principles of power semiconductor devices such as SCRs, power BJTs, IGBTs and MOSFETs.
2. The analysis of electrical circuits using waveforms and control techniques are presented.
3. This course covers power processing electronic circuits such as rectifiers, AC voltage regulators, DC-DC converters and inverters.
4. The applications of power electronics technology in the production area, in the transmission area and also in everyday applications such as battery chargers, motor drives, power supplies are described.
Module 1: Power semiconductor devices
1. Silicon controlled rectifier (SCR)
1.1 Construction
1.2 Operation
1.3 Static and dynamic functions
1.4 Two-transistor model
1.5 Applications and evaluations
MODULE 2: Ignition circuits, SCR protection circuits and commutation circuits
1. Ignition circuits
i) Resistive ignition circuits
ii) RC full-wave ignition circuits
iii) UJT ramp ignition circuits
iv) Ramp and basic ignition circuits
2. SCR protection circuits and snubber circuit protection
Module 3: DC-DC converter (chopper)
3.1 Helicopters
3.2 Helicopters
3.3 Strategies for controlling the chopper output voltage
Module 4: AC-DC converter (rectifier)
4.1 Fully controlled single-phase AC-DC converters with R-load
4.2 Fully controlled single-phase AC-DC converters with RL load
4.3 Single-phase AC-DC half-controlled converters (half-converters) with R-load
4.4 Single-phase AC-DC half-converters (half-converters) with RL load
4.5 Fully controlled three-phase AC-DC converters with R-load
Module-5: AC-to-AC converter (AC voltage regulator)
5.1 Single-phase half-wave AC voltage regulator with R-load
5.2 Full-wave single-phase AC voltage regulator with R-load
5.3 Full-wave single-phase AC voltage regulator with RL load
5.4 Two-stage sequence control
Module 6: DC-AC converter (inverter)
6.1 Single-phase DC-AC half-bridge converters with R-load
6.2 Single-phase full-bridge DC-AC converter with R-load
6.3 Single-phase full-bridge DC-AC converter with RL load