Lesson 1 - Introduction To Power Electronics
Lesson 1 - Introduction To Power Electronics
Course Outline
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Reference Books
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Power Electronics
Cyrill Lander; Mc Graw Hills Co., 3rd edition, 1993.
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I. Introduction
Power electronics is the technology associated with efficient conversion and control of electric power using semiconductor devices. Power electronic converters are devices that modify the form of electrical energy (i.e. change its voltage, current or frequency). The power range of these converters is from some milliwatts (as in a mobile phone) to hundreds of megawatts (e.g. in a HVDC transmission system).
Power conversion is responsible for majority of the efficiency loss in an electronic device.
Avoid lossy resistive elements as much as possible. Avoid operating in linear region when semiconductor devices. Use elements that does not consume power such as Inductors (L) and Capacitors (C). Operate semiconductor devices in cutoff and saturation region.
Switching Converters
Due to the need to operate the semiconductor devices in either saturation or cut-off region. The power electronics devices must be in switched mode operation. Power Converters operating in switched operation are also called switch-mode converters.
Applications
Power Supplies ( AC and DC) Lighting Motor Drives Induction Heating Electric Welding Solar / Wind etc. Power Conversion HV Power Transmission
Diode
Diode Characteristic
Transistor
Semiconductor Switch
SOA
Linear Converters
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_electronics http://www.youtube.com
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