Northwest Workforce Training on Smart Grid > Undergraduate Courses > U4
Course Description
Goals
To introduce students to
- Theory of power electric energy devices and systems
- Modeling and analysis of power electronic systems
- Grid and load applications of power electronic systems
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to
- Understand the function of the basic elements of power electronic systems
- Understand the operation of the power electronic devices and systems system under normal conditions
- Understand key applications of power electronic systems
Textbook
Electric Energy: An Introduction, Second Edition by Mohamed A. El-Sharkawi, CRC press, 2008
Electric Drives by Mohamed El-Sharkawi, Brooks/Cole publishing, 2000
Additional Material
- Lecture material
- Lab material
- IEEE reports
- Web material
Course Prerequisites by Topic
- Integral and differential calculus
- Alternating current circuits
Topics
- Ideal Mechanical Switch
- Solid-state devices (Switches)
- Two-layer-devices (diode)
- Three-layer devices (transistors)
- Bipolar junction Transistor
- Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET)
- Four-layer devices (thyristors)
- Four layer diode
- Silicon Controlled Rectifier
- Hybrid components
- Darlington Transistor (DT)
- Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT)
- Static Induction Transistor (SIT)
- Rating and protection of solid-state devices
- AC to DC Converters
- Diode Circuit
- Single Phase, half wave and full wave
- Three-Phase, half wave and full wave
- SCR Circuits
- Single Phase, half wave and full wave
- Three-Phase, half wave and full wave
- Frewheeling
- Diode Circuit
- Energy Recovery Systems
- DC to DC converters
- Step-down (Buck) converter
- Step-up (Boost) converter
- Step-down/step-up (Buck-Boost) converter
- DC to AC converters
- Single phase
- Multi-phase
- Control of frequency, magnitude and phase shift
- Fixed width modulation
- Pulse width modullation
- AC to AC Converter
- Voltage control
- Full control
- Voltage
- Frequency
- Phase shift
- Application: Electric Drives
- Functions of Electric Drives
- Starting
- Speed Control
- Braking
- Types of Electric Drives
- DC Drives
- AC Drives
- Functions of Electric Drives
- Application: VAR Compensators
- Problems with reactive power
- Transmission line congestion
- Losses of transmission lines
- Voltage sags
- Voltage flicker
- Voltage instability
- Static VAR Compensator (SVC)
- Thyristor-switched reactor (TSR)
- Thyristor-switched Capacitor (TSC)
- Combinations of TSR and TSC
- Static Compensator (STATCOM)
- Dynamic Voltage Restorer (DVR)
- Synchronous Condenser
- Problems with reactive power
- Application: Unified Power Flow Controller
- Application: High Voltage Transmission Line
Course Structure
- Each lecture is 50 minute
- You are expected to complete about 40 lectures
- After each module, you are assigned a homework
- You are required to view 3 laboratory experiments and complete a quiz after each one
Computer Resources
Lecture material and homework assignments are posted on the class web page
Grading
40% on the homework
10% on the laboratory
50% on the final exam
