Design of Power Converters

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Electric Drives and Traction

Synopsis:

This course deals with principles of solid state converter design, construction and production. The electrical and thermal design of converters, selection of power switching devices, design of drivers (power devices driving circuits) and their connection to controller, EMC problems, production technology and elaboration of technical reports are given in the lectures and seminars. Laboratory exercises are used to solve selected practical problems.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basic parts of power converters

2. Cooling of power devices and converters

3. Construction modules and their design

4. Basic principles of construction module placement in converters

5. Power modules dimension design (mechanical, electrical and reliability reasons)

6. Control circuits and power device connections

7. Power device drives and their placement inside converters

8. Power device and converter in series and parallel connection

9. Power converter protection

10. EMC of power converters

11. Technological design rules

12. Power converter construction module testing

13. Technical documentation

14. Excursion to a manufacturer

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, safety rules in the laboratory

2. Power device cooler design

3. Thermal resistance measurement and calculation

4. Semestral project assignment

5. Driving circuit design

6. Driving circuit construction

7. Consultation to the semestral project

8. Driving circuit construction

9. Driving circuit measurement

10. Consultation to the semestral project

11. Fibre optic link measurement

12. Interface circuit design

13. Defence of the semestral project

14. Defence of the semestral project, assessment

Study Objective:

Study materials:

Rashid, M.H.: Power Electronics. Prentice Hall, 1992

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)
• Elektrické stroje, přístroje a pohony-inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)