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Power Electronics for Energy Applications (1)

What Will Learn?

  • Course Aims
    - Enrich the student knowledge with the importance of power electronic devices in industrial electronics systems and applications. - Develop the student ability to analyze and characterize different AC/DC converters and AC voltage regulators. - Gain the practical skills for connecting and testing gate firing circuit and different power electronics converters.
  • Course Goals
  • Quality Education
  • Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • Responsible Consumption and Production

Requirements

EPM251

Description

  • English Description

    Introduction to power electronics, power electronic devices, driving circuits, devices cooling systems, Parallel and series operations, protection circuits, Transients analysis of Single-phase rectifier circuits, Single-phase half wave, full wave converter, Connections Of three phase Rectifiers, Effect of source impedance on 2-3 pulse and multi pulse performance of rectifiers. AC voltage controllers: phase angle control, static switches
  • Arabic Description

    Introduction to power electronics, power electronic devices, driving circuits, devices cooling systems, Parallel and series operations, protection circuits, Transients analysis of Single-phase rectifier circuits, Single-phase half wave, full wave converter, Connections Of three phase Rectifiers, Effect of source impedance on 2-3 pulse and multi pulse performance of rectifiers. AC voltage controllers: phase angle control, static switches
  • Department
    Electrical Power and Machines Engineering
  • Credit Hours
    3
  • Grades
    Total ( 100 ) = Midterm (20) + tr.Major Assessment (20 = tr.Industry 5% , tr.Project 10% , tr.Self_learning 0% , tr.Seminar 10% ) + tr.Minor Assessment (5) + tr.Oral/Practical (15) + Exam Grade (40)
  • Hours
    Lecture Hours: 2, Tutorial Hours: 2, Lab Hours: 1
  • Required SWL
    125
  • Equivalent ECTS
    5
  • 1. M. H. Rashid, “Power electronics: circuits, devices, and applications,” Pearson - Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2014.
  • 2. N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, and W.P. Robbins “Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design,” John Wiley, 3rd edition, 2015.
  • 3. D. W. Hart, “Power Electronics,” McGraw-Hill International Edition, 2011 - M. H. Rashid, Power electronics: circuits, devices, and applications, Pearson Prentice Hall, 4th edition, 2014.