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This document outlines an assignment for a course on power electronics, focusing on the fundamentals of three-phase systems and control system design. It includes specific objectives related to power electronic analysis, transformations, and simulation validation, along with five detailed questions covering buck-boost converters, balanced three-phase systems, and VSI. Each question involves calculations, graphing, and simulations to reinforce understanding of the concepts presented.

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This document outlines an assignment for a course on power electronics, focusing on the fundamentals of three-phase systems and control system design. It includes specific objectives related to power electronic analysis, transformations, and simulation validation, along with five detailed questions covering buck-boost converters, balanced three-phase systems, and VSI. Each question involves calculations, graphing, and simulations to reinforce understanding of the concepts presented.

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ELEC-8900-58

This assignment leads you through practice with the fundamentals of power electronics and
Clarke and Park reference frames. Over this course, these tools will empower you to visualize and
conceptualize three-phase systems' states with ease and, as a result, design control systems.
The specic objectives of the problems are:
1. Practice with steady-state power electronic analysis
2. Practice with elementary transformations
3. A rst glimpse at how the transformation may simplify computations.
4. The conceptualization of VSI in the Clarke and Park reference frames; a big step towards drive-
train control. Also, an example on how dierent axis may have dierence impedances.
5. Use of simulation for validation of conclusions and ad libitum investigation. The goal here is for
you to be curious. Didn't you come to graduate school to learn, after all?

(20 marks) Question 1. The buck-boost is a converter topology that allows for output voltages
either lower or higher than the input, depending on the duty-cycle, D, used, where D represents the
portion of time that the switch Q stays on. The system is shown in Figure 1, where the switches
Q and Q̄ are operated complimentarily, i.e., exactly one of the two switches is on at any time. The
system is operated at a switching frequency fs .

Q ii Q̄ iQ̄
+ v − +
Q̄ +
Vi +
− L vC C vo R
i − − io
L

Figure 1: Buck-boost converter topology.

a) (2 marks) Redraw the circuit in Figure 1 to include the denitions of vL and iC , as appropriate.
b) (3 marks) Find the conversion ratio, M := Vo
Vi , as a function of system parameters.
c) Find the average inductor current, IL , as a function of the system parameters.
d) (4 marks) Draw four vertically aligned graphs, showing vL , iL , iC , and vC , in this order, as a
function of time.
e) (2 marks) Find an equation for the inductor current ripple.
f) (2 marks) Find an equation for the capacitor voltage ripple.
g) (3 marks) Using your results from question 1d, show a graph of iQ̄ .
h) (4 marks) Suppose you are selecting the component used to implement the switch Q̄ and that, for
this task, you need to understand the maximum current and voltage experience by the switch.
Find an equation that describes, as a function of the system parameters, the maximum value of
iQ̄ and vQ̄ during the steady-state.

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(20 marks) Question 2. A balanced, three-phase system, has va = ( 2)120 cos(2π60t).
a) (2 marks) Express vb and vc as a function of time.
b) (3 marks) Express ṽa , ṽb , and ṽc as a function of the question parameters.
c) (5 marks) Find ⃗v . What is the relationship between ṽa and ⃗v .
d) (5 marks) Express the angle of ⃗v as a function of time. Call it ϕv (t).
e) (5 marks) Express ⃗v in the dq frame, using ϕv (t) as the transformation angle.
(20 marks) Question 3. Suppose the voltage described in the previous question is applied to a
Y-connected three-phase RL load, with R = 40 Ω and L = 10 mH. The Y-neutral is connected to
the same ground va is referenced to.
a) (5 marks) Find ia , ib , and ic .
b) (5 marks) Find ⃗i = iα + jiβ .
c) (5 marks) Use your answer in Q2b to nd ⃗idq = id + jiq , using ϕv (t) as the transformation angle.
d) (5 marks) Use your answer in Q1e to nd ⃗idq = id + jiq .
(20 marks) Question 4. Consider a three-phase VSI.
Hint: Consider using an excel spreadsheet or matlab table to automate tedious calculations and
allow you to focus on the understanding.

a) (3 marks) List all possible switching states in terms of the their gating signals.
b) (3 marks) Find the voltages va , vb , and vc associated with all 8 switching states. Explicitly state
what you used as an electrical reference.
c) (7 marks) Find vαβ0 for each switching state.
d) (7 marks) Suppose vαβ0 is applied to a Y-connected three-phase RL load, with R = 10 Ω and
L = 1 H. The Y-neutral is disconnected. Find lim iαβ0 .
t→∞

(20 marks) Question 5. Make a simulation to (10 marks) conrm your solution to Q3d. How
does your simulation output change if...
a) (5 marks) The neutral point is connected to the positive terminal of the battery?
b) (5 marks) The neutral point is connected to the negative terminal of the battery?

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