UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BEE603

Power Electronics

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 3 semesters · 3 branches

B.Tech Electrical Engineering · Sem 6 (Core) · B.Tech Electrical & Electronics Engineering · Sem 6 (Core) · B.Tech Electrical & Computer Engineering · Sem 6 (Core)

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Pre-requisites: Basic Electrical Engineering, Network Analysis & Synthesis

Syllabus

5 units
Unit1

Unit 1: Power semiconductor devices

Introduction: Concept of Power Electronics, scope and applications, desired Characteristics of controllable switches Power semiconductor switches and their characteristics: Power Diode, Power BJT, Power MOSFET, IGBT, SCR, TRIAC, GTO.

Unit2

Unit 2

Thyristor: Rating & protection, Methods of SCR commutation, Gate Drive Circuit, Series and Parallel operation. DC-DC Converters: Introduction, Control Strategies, Buck converter, Boost Converter, Buck-Boost converter, Analysis of buck converter, introduction to Switched Mode power Supply (SMPS).

Unit3

Unit 3: Phase Controlled Converters

Single phase half wave controlled rectifier with various loads, Effect of freewheeling diode, Single phase fully controlled and half controlled bridge converters with various loads. Performance Parameters of single phase uncontrolled and controlled converters, three phase half wave converters, Three phase fully controlled and half controlled bridge converters, Effect of source impedance on Single phase converters.

Unit4

Unit 4: AC Voltage Controllers

Principle of On-Off and phase controls, Single phase ac voltage controller with resistive and inductive loads, sequence control, Introduction to Matrix converter. Cyclo Converters:Basic principle of operation, single phase to single phase, three phase to single phase output voltage equation.

Unit5

Unit 5: Inverters

Single phase and Three phase bridge inverters, voltage source inverters, current source inverters, Voltage control of single phase inverters, Pulse width modulation, Introduction to Multi level inverter.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Demonstrate the characteristics as well as the operation of BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, SCR, TRIAC and GTO and identify their use in the power switching applications.K4
  2. CO2Comprehend the non-isolated DC-DC converters and apply their use in different Power electronics applications.K3
  3. CO3Analyze the phase controlled rectifiers and evaluate their performance parameters.K4
  4. CO4Apprehend the working of single-phase ac voltage controllers, cyclo-converters and their various applications.K3
  5. CO5Explain the single-phase and three phase bridge inverters differentiate between CSI and VSI and apply PWM for harmonic reduction. KL- Bloom’s Knowledge Level (K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6) K1 – Remember K2 – Understand K3 – Apply K4 – Analyze K5 – Evaluate K6 – CreateK4

Note: The AKTU syllabus PDF of some branches prints this subject with small differences in the course outcomes (Electrical & Electronics, Electrical & Computer). Please also check the official AKTU PDF of your branch, linked at the end of your semester page.

Text Books

  1. M.H. Rashid,"Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices & Applications", Pearson Education.
  2. Ned Mohan, T.M.Undeland and W.P.Robbins, “Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design”, Wiley India Ltd,2008
  3. P.C. Sen, “Power Electronics”, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  4. P.S. Bhimbra, “Power Electronics”, Khanna Publishers.

Reference Books

  1. M.S. Jamil Asghar, “Power Electronics” Prentice Hall of India Ltd., 2004
  2. Chakrabarti & Rai, “Fundamentals of Power Electronics & Drives”Dhanpat Rai & Sons.
  3. V.R. Moorthy, “Power Electronics: Devices, Circuits and Industrial Applications” Oxford University Press,2007
  4. S.N.Singh, “A Text Book of Power Electronics” Dhanpat Rai & Sons

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 20, 21 of the original AKTU PDF.

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