Pre-requisites: Basic Electrical Engineering, Network Analysis & Synthesis
List of Experiments / Activities
- 1To study triggering of (i) IGBT (ii) MOSFET (iii) power transistor
- 2To study V-I characteristics of SCR and measure latching and holding currents.
- 3To compare the R, RC & UJT trigger circuit for SCR.
- 4To study the commutation circuit for SCR.
- 5To study single phase fully controlled bridge rectifiers with resistiveand inductive loads.
- 6To study single phase fully controlled bridge rectifiers with DC motor load.
- 7To study three-phase fully controlled bridge rectifier with resistive and inductive loads.
- 8To study single-phase ac voltage regulator with resistive and inductive loads.
- 9To study single phase cyclo-converter
- 10To study the four quadrant operation of chopper circuit
- 11To study MOSFET/IGBT based single-phase bridge inverter. Software based experiments (Scilab/MATLAB or any equivalent open source software)
- 12To obtain the simulation of single phase half wave controlled rectifier with R and RL load and plot load voltage and load current waveforms.
- 13To obtain simulation of single phase fully controlled bridge rectifier and plot load voltage and load current waveform for inductive load.
- 14To obtain simulation of single phase full wave ac voltage controller and draw load voltage and load current waveforms for inductive load.
- 15To obtain simulation of step down dc chopper with L-C output filter for inductive load and determine steady-state values of output voltage ripples in output voltage and load current.
Course Outcomes (COs)
After completion of the course student will be able to:
- CO1Demonstrate the characteristics and triggering of IGBT, MOSFET, Power transistor and SCR.K3
- CO2Analyze the performance of single phase fully controlled bridge rectifiers under different loading conditions.K4
- CO3Develop simulation models of power electronic circuits. KL- Bloom’s Knowledge Level (K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6) K1 – Remember K2 – Understand K3 – Apply K4 – Analyze K5 – Evaluate K6 – Create Note: Minimum 10 experiments are to be performed from the following list:.K5
Text/Reference Books
- M.H. Rashid,"Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices & Applications", Pearson Education
- D.W. Hart, “Introduction to Power Electronics” Prentice Hall Inc. DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVES DEPARTMENT ELECTIVE-I
Official AKTU syllabus
This subject is on page 26, 27, 28 of the original AKTU PDF.