COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EEE 5064 SPECIAL TOPICS IN POWER ELECTRONICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR EYUP AKPINAR

Offered to

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING NON -THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM)
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The field of power electronics in industrial, commercial, residential, aerospace and military has the widespread applications. Power semiconductor devices are the key devices of modern power electronics. A power electronics engineer needs to understand the device for efficient, reliable and cost-effective design of converter. This course is dedicated to give specific knowledge on the power semiconductor switches and power electronics converters for graduate level students.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Develoments in power electronics
2   Current control applications
3   Voltage control
4   Torque control
5   Power control
6   Cooling

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Specification of power semiconductor switches and protection
2 Heat transfer and switching losses
3 Gate drive circuits
4 ASD dc link converters
5 Harmonics in power system
6 Single Chip Converters in Automotive Applications
7 Midterm Exam I
8 Active power control
9 Reactive power control
10 Current and voltage controllers
11 Model of rectifier and inverters in rotating reference frame
12 Exam 2
13 Field oriented control of synchronous motors
14 Field oriented control of Permanent Magnent Motors

Recomended or Required Reading

Mohan, Undeland, Robbins, Power Electronics, Converters, Applications, and Design
Emadi, A. Nasiri, S.B. Bekiarov, Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Active Power Filters
D.W.Novotyn, T.A. Lipo, Vector Control and Dynamics of AC Drives

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All students are expected to attend both the lecture and seminar hours and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, the projects supported by the Matlab simulations are prepared by all class members. These projects are presented in the classroom.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 PRJ PROJECT
4 ASG ASSIGNMENT
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.25 + MTE 2 * 0.25 + PRJ * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eyup.akpinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

1 hour/week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 3 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 195

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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