Course detail

Power Converter Technique

FEKT-NTVMAcad. year: 2011/2012

Principles of the unless electric energy conversion. Synthesis of the power converters topology. Converters of type ČUK, SEPIC, ZETA. Multilevel converters. Analysis of the power converters. Models and simulation in power electronic. Mathematical models of the power switching devices. High-voltage converters. High-current low-voltage converters.
Parasitic fenomena.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Patočka

Department

Department of Power Electrical and Electronic Engineering (UVEE)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Special types of converters. Special fenomena in power electronics.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

1. Thermal phenomena in the power electronics.
2. Design of the air heat-sinks.
3. Liquid heat-sinks, cooling of the device cases, thermal pipes.
4. Dynamics of the thermal phenomena.
5. Active power, its computing and measurement in the power electronics.
6. Computing of the power losses in the converter.
7. DC/DC pulse converters – the principle, overview.
8. DC/AC pulse converters – the principle, overview.
9. Analysis of the step-down converter. Design of the output LC-filter.
10. Pulse width modulation – PWM at the DC/DC and DC/AC converters.
11. Power switching transistors.
12. Drivers for the power switching transistors.
13. Analysis of the switch-on and switch-off phenomena in the transistor.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Special types of the power converters. Simulation in power electronics.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Chee-Mun Ong: Dynamic Simulation of Electric Machinery. Prentice-Hall, 1998.
Patočka M.: Vybrané statě z výkonové elektroniky, sv.I.
Patočka M.: Vybrané statě z výkonové elektroniky, sv.II.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-SVE , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Patočka

Syllabus

Principles of the unless electric energy conversion.
Synthesis of the power converters topology.
Converters of type ČUK, SEPIC, ZETA.
Multilevel converters.
Technologic trends of the power electronic.
Construction rules for the converter design.
"Macroscopic" analysis of the power converters.
"Microscopic" analysis of the power converters.
Models and simulation in power electronic.
Mathematical models of the power switching devices.
High-voltage converters.
High-current low-voltage converters.
Skin-efekt, proximity-efekt, dielectric losses in HV converters, parasitic inductances and capacitances.

Fundamentals seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Patočka

Syllabus

Principles of the unless electric energy conversion.
Synthesis of the power converters topology.
Converters of type ČUK, SEPIC, ZETA.
Multilevel converters.
Technologic trends of the power electronic.
Construction rules for the converter design.
"Macroscopic" analysis of the power converters.
"Microscopic" analysis of the power converters.
Models and simulation in power electronic.
Mathematical models of the power switching devices.
High-voltage converters.
High-current low-voltage converters.
Skin-efekt, proximity-efekt, dielectric losses in HV converters, parasitic inductances and capacitances.