Inverter Design with Applications
Syllabus, Master's level, 1TE673
This course has been discontinued.
- Code
- 1TE673
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Energy Technology A1F, Renewable Electricity Production A1F, Technology A1F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 28 April 2016
- Responsible department
- Department of Engineering Sciences
Entry requirements
130 credits within Science and Technology, of which 10 credits in courses on advanced level including Power Electronics.
Learning outcomes
After a succcessfully completed course the student should be able to:
- analyse and design the power circuits related to DC-DC switch-mode power supplies,
- analyse and design switch-mode DC-AC voltage source converters,
- analyse the harmonic spectra for various PWM switching schemes,
- comprehend various topologies of Multilevel Inverters.
Content
Isolated DC-DC converters: Flyback and Forward converter topologies, Operating principle, Waveform analysis, Simulation study.
DC-AC Converters: Introduction to VSI and CSI, half-bridge and full-bridge VSI topologies, Unipolar and bipolar PWM schemes, Harmonic analysis of different modulation techniques, Effect of blanking time, Rectifier mode operation, Push-pull inverters
Multilevel Inverters: Areas of application, Types of Multilevel inverters and their characteristics, Diode-clamped and cascaded type: principal of operation and applications.
Instruction
Lectures, tutorials, laboratory work including simulation exercises.
Assessment
Written exam (3hp) and laboratory exercises (2hp).