Entry requirements

130 credits within Science and Technology, of which 10 credits in courses on advanced level including Power Electronics.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the 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).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.