Engi
6856 Power Electronics
Fall 2011
Instructor: Tariq Iqbal,
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of
Newfoundland. Email: tariq@mun.ca
Website: A D2L based
course website is available at https://online.mun.ca/ The course website contains latest course
information, copies of overheads used in the class, labs detail, datasheets and
assignments.
Reference
books:
1.
Power
Electronics: Converters, Applications and Design, 3rd
edition, Mohan N. and Robbins W.P. T.M., 2003 (ISBN: 0-471-22693-9)
2.
Interactive
Power Electronics Online Course available at
http://services.eng.uts.edu.au/~venkat/pe_html/contents.htm
3.
Power electronics: Circuits, devices
and Applications, M. H. Rashid, Prentice Hall, 2004 (ISBN 0131011405)
4.
Modern Power electronics and AC
drives, Bose, B.K., Prentice Hall, 2002. (ISBN 0130167436)
This
course provides an introduction to power electronics and its applications. The
broad objective of the course is to teach students energy conversion and
processing using power electronic converters. It aims to develop student
knowledge and understanding of power devices; converters and teach students
apply their mathematical skills and knowledge of electronics to a number of
practical problems. At the end of this course students will be able to explain
working of various power devices and power converters, derive converters
mathematical relations, analyze and design electronics for the control of
energy converters. Laboratory exercises are basically guided design problems.
Extensive use of Multisim and Matlab is also included
in the course.
Lectures: Three lectures per week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:00am to 9:50am
in the Room En1003.
Office time: Tuesday
Assignments due dates: A1 (Sept. 30), A2 (Oct. 13), A3 (Oct. 28), A4 (Nov.
10), A5 (Nov. 25)
Labs: Every Monday from 2-5pm in En1021.
Midterm
Test (Oct.
21) 20
%
Final
Exam 50
%
Laboratory
(7)
20 %
Assignments
(5)
10 %
Labs:
There
are seven labs in this course that will take ten weeks to complete. Some detail
is given below. More detail of these labs will be explained in the class.
Lab1: Study a three
phase bridge rectifier with a resistive, an inductive and a capacitive load.
(Week 2)
Lab2: Determine a linear
regulator characteristic curve for a resistive and an inductive
load. (Week 3)
Lab3:
Design
and develop a TRIAC based speed controller for a universal motor. (Week 4-5)
Lab4:
Design
and develop a PIC16F684 based DC motor speed controller with a reversible
direction input. (Week 6-7)
Lab5: Design and
develop a PIC16F684 based DC motor position control system. (Week 8-9)
Lab6: Program a PIC16F684 to
generate Sine-PWM waveforms required for a single-phase inverter. (Week 10)
Lab7:
Design
and develop a PIC16F684 based 5V to 12V boost converter. (Week 11)
Academic Integrity: Students are expected to conduct themselves in
all aspects of the course at the highest level of academic integrity. Any work
for which the student is claiming credit should be original work and the source
of any submitted material which is not original must
be given proper credit. Any student found to commit academic misconduct will be dealt with according to the Faculty and University
practices.