Power Electronics Syllabus
Power Electronics Syllabus
B.Tech. Semester V
Subject Name: Power Electronics Subject Code: BTEL13503
Content:
Sr. Teaching Module
Topics
No. Hrs. Weightage
1. Power switching devices 08 15
Diode, TRIAC, Thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT; Static
characteristics of these devices; Operation of power devices
as switches and switching losses, Single-quadrant switches,
two-quadrant and bidirectional switches; Firing circuit for
thyristors; Gate drive circuits for MOSFET and IGBT.
2. DC-DC converters 12 20
Switching Voltage Regulators, Linear voltage regulator,
Concept of switching voltage regulators and advantages,
Operation and Principle of Basic DC-DC converter
topologies like Buck, Boost and Buck-Boost converter,
Various control techniques for output voltage control,
Mathematical analysis for these converters for steady state,
Concept of CCM and DCM and factors affecting them,
Closed loop control for voltage regulation, Isolated
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4. AC-DC Converters 12 20
Concept of phase control using half-wave single phase ac-dc
converter, Single phase and three phase half wave and full
wave, 1-phase and 3- phase half controlled and fully
controlled converters, Analysis with R & RL load,
Performance parameters for converters, Operation in
continuous and dis-continuous mode, Reactive power
considerations, Operation in conversion and inversion mode,
Effect of source inductance, Power factor improvement
techniques, Dual Converters, Applications
5. AC Voltage Controller 8 15
Single-phase AC voltage controller, Principle of Phase
Control, On-off Control, Mathematical analysis related to
single-phase AC voltage controller, Three-phase AC voltage
controller configurations: Operations, Waveforms, Analysis
6. Miscellaneous 6 10
Frequency Control: Introduction to cycloconverter and matrix
converter; basic power circuit and their operating principle.
Datasheet interpretation, Ratings of the devices and Selection
of switches.
Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students andteachers. The
actual distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.
Course Outcome:
15. To study the performance of single-phase fully controlled and semi-controlled converter for
R and R-L load
16. To study the performance of three-phase fully controlled and semi-controlled converter for
R and R-L load
Major Equipment:
Power semiconductor devices, power electronic converter kits, CRO/DSO, choke coil, load bank,
voltage and current probes, Simulation software like Scilab, MATLAB, PSIM etc. along with
necessary toolbox.