Course Details

1. Explain the basic concepts of power electronics.
2. Be familiar with the different existing types of basic power electronic switches such as the power diodes, transistors and thyristors.
3. Understand power electronic control principles for renewable energy systems.
4. Be familiar with the general principles of AC/DC Rectifiers, DC/AC Inverters, AC/AC Changers and DC/DC Choppers.
5. Examine power electronic devices used in renewable energy sources applications.
6. Explain power electronic devices used in photovoltaic and wind applications.

·    Introductionto Power Electronics: Applicationsof Power Electronics, History of PowerElectronics, Power Semiconductor Devices- Power Diodes, Thyristors, Power Transistors.

·    ControlCharacteristics of Power Devices: Characteristicsand Specifications of Switches- Ideal Characteristics, Characteristics ofPractical Devices, Switch Specifications, Types of Power Electronic Circuits.

·    Design ofPower Electronics Equipment: Square Values of Waveforms, PeripheralEffects, Power Modules, Intelligent Modules.

·    Power Diodes: Diode characteristics and its models, Types of diodes,Series and parallel operation of diodes, Unidirectional device like a diode onRLC circuits, Freewheeling and stored-energy recovery.

·   AC/DC Rectifiers, DC/AC Inverters, AC/ACChangers and DC/DC Choppers:

Principles of operation, General characteristics of these devices,Applications of the above circuits.

·    Photovoltaic Power Electronics: PV Energy Basics, PVEnergy Generation, Electrical Efficiency, Construction of PV Cells and PanelModules, PV Modules and Strings, Mismatch Losses, Models of PV Cells, OutputCharacteristics of a PV Cell, Approximate Determination of the PV Panel Parameters,Determination of the PV Panel Maximum Power, Temperature Effects, Parameters ofPV Cell, Module Inverter, String Inverter, Central Inverter, Team ConceptInverters, Energy Storage for PV, Power Electronic Topologies in PV Systems,Transformer Isolated Converters, Stand-Alone PV Systems, Series ConnectedInverters, Parallel-Connected Converters, Grid-Connected PV Systems,Distributed Photovoltaic Systems, Maximum Power Point Tracking.

·    Power Electronics for Wind Power: Partially-Rated PowerElectronics, Soft Starters for Fixed-Speed Turbines, Power Converter forExternal Resistance Control in Variable-Slip Turbines, Back-to-Bath PWM VSI forDFIG Turbines, Crowbar for Rotor Circuit of DFIG Turbines, Full Scale PowerElectronics, Back-to-Back PWM VSI for Full Converter Turbines, ConverterExclusively for Full Converter Turbines with Permanent Magnet SynchronousGenerators, New and Advanced Topologies, Reduced Switch Count PWM VSI FullConverter Configuration for PMSG Turbines, Multilevel Converters, Matrix Converters,FACTS Devices, HVDC Systems for Wind Power Plants, Controls for PowerElectronics for Wind Power, Controlling Wind Turbines, Blade Pitch Control,Controls for Variable-Slip Turbines, Controls for DFIG Turbines, Controls forFull Converter Turbines, Controlling Wind Power Plants.

• Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, 3rd Edition, Rashid M., Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Power Electronics for Renewable and Distributed Energy Systems: A Sourcebook of Topologies, Control and Integration, Sudipta Chakraborty, Marcelo G. Simões and William E. Kramer, Springer, 2013

• Introduction to Modern Electronics, 2nd Edition, Andrzej M. Trzynadlowski, 2010. Wiley.
• Advanced DC/AC Inverters: Applications in Renewable Energy, Fang Lin Luo and Hong Ye, CRC Press, 2013, 1466511354/9781466511354.

Teaching is based on lectures.