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R18 B.

TECH EEE III YEAR

EE501PE: POWER ELECTRONICS

III Year B.Tech. EEE I-Sem L T P C


3 1 0 4
Prerequisite: Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics
Course Objectives:
 To Design/develop suitable power converter for efficient control or conversion of power in drive
applications
 To Design / develop suitable power converter for efficient transmission and utilization of power
in power system applications.

Course Outcomes: At the end of this course students will demonstrate the ability to
 Understand the differences between signal level and power level devices.
 Analyze controlled rectifier circuits.
 Analyze the operation of DC-DC choppers.
 Analyze the operation of voltage source inverters.

UNIT-I:
POWER SWITCHING DEVICES
Concept of power electronics, scope and applications, types of power converters; Power semiconductor
switches and their V-I characteristics - Power Diodes, Power BJT, SCR, Power MOSFET, Power IGBT;
Thyristor ratings and protection, methods of SCR commutation, UJT as a trigger source, gate drive
circuits for BJT and MOSFETs

UNIT-II:
AC-DC CONVERTERS (PHASE CONTROLLED RECTIFIERS)
Principles of single-phase fully-controlled converter with R, RL, and RLE load, Principles of single-phase
half-controlled converter with RL and RLE load, Principles of three-phase fully-controlled converter
operation with RLE load, Effect of load and source inductances, General idea of gating circuits, Single
phase and Three phase dual converters

UNIT-III:
DC-DC CONVERTERS (CHOPPER/SMPS)
Introduction, elementary chopper with an active switch and diode, concepts of duty ratio, average
inductor voltage, average capacitor current. Buck converter - Power circuit, analysis and waveforms at
steady state, duty ratio control of output voltage. Boost converter - Power circuit, analysis and
waveforms at steady state, relation between duty ratio and average output voltage. Buck-Boost
converter - Power circuit, analysis and waveforms at steady state, relation between duty ratio and
average output voltage.

UNIT-IV:
AC-DC CONVERTERS (INVERTERS)
Introduction, principle of operation, performance parameters, single phase bridge inverters with R, RL
loads, 3-phase bridge inverters - 120 and 180 degrees mode of operation, Voltage control of single
phase inverters –single pulse width modulation, multiple pulse width modulation, sinusoidal pulse width
modulation.

UNIT-V:
AC-AC CONVERTERS
Phase Controller (AC Voltage Regulator)-Introduction, principle of operation of single phase voltage
controllers for R, R-L loads and its applications. Cyclo-converter-Principle of operation of single phase

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