FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY - SOE
EE360/ECE505:
Power Electronics
Fall, 2022
This course covers the design and operation of power
electronics circuits, such as power supplies and motor controls. Using
electronic circuit models for transistors and diodes developed in earlier
courses, students analyze and design power circuits. Particular attention is
paid to power dissipation and packaging.
(Prerequisites: EE 301, EE 231) Three
Credits
Class location: BNW 138, Monday evenings
from 6:30 to 9:00 pm. Office Hours: Mon. 5-6 in BNW 138, Tues. 3-4 in BNW129a
Learning Objectives
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Learning Outcome |
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1. |
Describe the
role of Power Electronics as an enabling technology in various applications
such as flexible production systems, energy conservation, renewable energy,
transportation etc. |
Evaluation |
2, 4, 7 |
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2. |
Design the
switching power-pole using the available power semiconductor devices, their
drive circuitry and driver ICs and heat sinks. You will be able to model these designs. |
Synthesis |
1 |
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3. |
Using the
average model of the building block, quickly simulate the dynamic performance
of dc-dc converters and compare them with their switching counterparts. |
Analysis |
1 |
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4. |
Design the
single-phase power factor correction (PFC) circuits to draw sinusoidal
currents at unity power factor. |
Synthesis |
1, 2 |
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5. |
Learn basic
magnetic concepts, analyze transformer-isolated switch-mode power supplies
and design high-frequency inductors and transformers. |
Knowledge |
7 |
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6. |
Learn basic concepts
of soft-switching and their applications to dc-dc converters, compact
fluorescent lamps (CFL) and induction heating. |
Knowledge |
7 |
Grade Distribution – Final Grades
The Blackboard system along with our course web site will be used to manage this course. Students must submit their assignments into
Blackboard for archival and grading. All
work is to be typed (including equations), drawings are to be computer-base,
not scanned, hand written work.
Text:
Power Electronics: A First Course, Ned Mohan, 2012, Wiley,
ISBN: 978-1-118-07480-0, Lecture Slides, Lecture Videos
References:
Power Electronics:
Converters, Apps. And Design, N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland,
and W. P. Robbins, John Wiley & Sons., 2003
Introduction to MatLab for Engineers and Scientists, Etter,
Prentice-Hall, 1996, ISBN 0‑13‑519703‑1
Prof. A.K. Sinha, IIT Kharagpur – A full set of Power
System Lecture Videos
Prof. Krishna Vasudevan, IIT Madras –Lectures on Modelling
and Analysis of Electric Machines
Required Software:
MatLab, Student Ed. (Fairfield Student Download Instructions) or Octave (Open
Source MatLab Clone)
MatLab Tutorial by B. Aliane, Simulink
Power Electronics tutorial
PSpice (Now Orcad – with added PE Models),
PSpice PE Instructions, PSpice PE Lab Manual, PSpice PE Installation Instructions,
LTSpice, (Free from Linear Technology, but needs PE models) or
Multisim, (Student Version – Nat. Instr., also
may need PE models)
LTSpice Tutorial, Multisim Tutorial
Grade
allocation:
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Quizzes
(8 of 11 count) |
40% |
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Quiz
Review Exam |
30% |
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Design Project |
30% |
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Total |
100% |
Academic Dishonesty:
Students
are sometimes unsure of what constitutes academic dishonesty. In all academic work, students are expected
to submit materials that are their own and are to include attribution for any
ideas or language that are not their own.
Examples of dishonest conduct include, but are not limited to:
•
Falsification
of academic records or grades, including but not limited to any act of
falsifying information on an official academic document, grade report, class
registration document or transcript.
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Cheating,
such as copying examination answers from materials such as crib notes or
another student’s paper.
•
Collusion,
such as working with another person or persons when independent work is
prescribed. .
•
Inappropriate
use of notes.
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Falsification
or fabrication of an assigned project, data, results, or sources.
•
Giving,
receiving, offering, or soliciting information in examinations.
•
Using
previously prepared materials in examinations, tests, projects, or quizzes.
•
Destruction
or alteration of another student’s work.
•
Submitting
the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without the
prior written permission of each instructor.
•
Appropriating
information, ideas, or the language of other people or writers and submitting
it as one’s own to satisfy the requirements of a course – commonly known as
plagiarism.
Plagiarism constitutes theft and deceit.
Assignments (compositions, term papers, computer programs, etc. .) acquired either in part or in whole from commercial
sources, publications, students, or other sources and submitted as one’s own
original work will be considered plagiarism.
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Unauthorized
recording, sale, or use of lectures and other instructional materials.
In the event of such
dishonesty, professors are to award a grade of zero for the project, paper, or
examination in question, and may record an F for the course itself. When appropriate, expulsion may be recommended. . A notation of the event is made in the student’s file in
the academic dean’s office. The student
will receive a copy.
Course Schedule:
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Week |
Topic |
Text |
Homework |
Videos |
Topics |
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9/12 |
1 |
1.23, 1.25,
1.26** |
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Semiconductors, Capacitors, MOSFET-IGBT, 3-phase (Gleb), PolyPhase-Circuits (Irwin) |
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9/19 |
2 |
2.1,
2.2, 2.3, 2.9** |
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9/26 |
Switch Mode DC-DC Converters H-Bridges - Scott's Hybrid Electric Bike Project (2003) |
3 |
3.1,
3.15, 3.44** LTSpice #3.44 |
Mohan-3.1, Mohan-3.2, Mohan-3.3, Mohan-3.4, Mohan-3.5, Mohan-3.6, Mohan-3.7 |
LTSpice Ideal Transformer |
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10/3 |
Designing
Feedback Controllers |
4 |
4.1, 4.9** |
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10-11 |
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10/17 |
Rectification of Utility Power |
5 |
5.1,
5.7** |
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10/24 |
Power Factor Correction – Feedback
Controller Design Introduce the Design Project |
6 |
6.7** |
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10/31 |
Magnetic Circuits Isolated Switch Mode Power Supplies |
7 8 |
7.1,
7.3 |
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11/7 |
Design of High Freq. Inductors and
Transformers |
9 |
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11/14 |
Soft Switching for heating and Fluorescent
Lights |
10 |
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11/21 |
Application of SM PE in Motor Drives, UPS,
and Power* |
11 |
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11/28 |
Synthesis
of DC and Low Frequency AC |
12
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12/5 |
13 14 |
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Mohan-13.1,
Mohan-13.2,
Mohan-13.3, Mohan-14.1
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12/12 |
Quiz Review Exam, Design
Project Discussion |
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12/19 |
Design
Project Presentations |
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Last Day to upload Project Materials |
Final Exams 5/15 – 5/21 |
** Computer Simulation HW
CLASS EXPECTATIONS
I.
TEACHER
Distribute
syllabus.
Review the
material described in the syllabus.
Explain
material.
Identify
alternate reading assignments or books that clarify the material.
Relate material
to "real world" situations when possible.
Answer
questions.
Be available to
discuss problems.
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Google
Voice: |
(203)
513-9427 |
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Office
Phone: |
x3330 |
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Email: |
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Home
Page: |
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Class
Office Hours: |
5:00-6:00
PM, Monday’s before class in BNW301C Or
after class |
Be receptive to
new ideas.
Announce
business/class conflicts in advance.
Make up missed
classes.
Prepare and
administer exams.
Grade fairly.
Assign
appropriate home problems.
Homework policy
– reviewed in class, Quizzes
II.
STUDENT
Be familiar with the prerequisite
material
Linear
differential equations
Passive
components
Nodal
and Mesh Equations
Transform
Analysis
Time-Domain
Analysis of RLC Circuits
Computer
Tools and Tutorials for Circuit Analysis:
Use
of MatLab
Use
of Multisim or LTSpice (we will be using PSpice)
Ask questions
and stay current.
Study the
material described in the syllabus. Preferably before it covered in class and
do some of the problems with answers in the back of each assigned chapter.
Complete the
assigned homework.
Obtain class
notes and homework if a class is missed.
View Author’s lecture video on that week’s topic(s)
Use the library
and the Internet to obtain supplemental material.
Prepare for
exams.
Ask for help from me (I have office hours) and/or
your fellow students.
III. Disability
If you have a
documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please
contact: David Ryan-Soderlund at Academic and Disability
Support Services (203) 254-4000, x2615, or email
drsoderlund@mail.fairfield.edu, and notify the course instructor within the
first two weeks of the semester.