ECTS - Power Electronics
Power Electronics (EE454) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Power Electronics | EE454 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| EE352 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | N/A |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Mix |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Experiment, Question and Answer. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | Getting familiar to the fundamental power electronic semiconductor devices, providing knowledge of how to drive and protect the power electronic semiconductor devices, introducing the basic power electronic circuits where the power switching devices are used, and providing knowledge on the operation principles of them. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Power electronic semiconductor devices, calculation of losses in power semiconductor devices, snubber design, heat sink design, design of snubber circuits, gate drive circuits and isolation, AC choppers, single-phase and three-phase rectifiers, switch mode power supply topologies., inverters. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to power electronics, related topics. Semiconductor devices: Diode, Thyristor | Glance this week’s topics from the course book. |
| 2 | Triac, Power Transistor, MOSFET, IGBT, GTO, MCT, SIT, IGCT, MOS turn-off thyristor. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 3 | Calculation of losses in power semiconductor devices; (conduction loss, switching loss). Heat sink design. Design of snubber circuits. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements |
| 4 | Gate drive circuits and isolation. Single phase AC choppers. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 5 | Switch mode power supplies: Theory and types. Flyback converter | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 6 | Buck converter. Boost converter. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 7 | Rectifiers. Single phase uncontrolled (diode) bridge rectifiers. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 8 | Smoothing methods. Power factors. Single phase controlled (thyristor) bridge rectifiers. | Review all topics up to this point |
| 9 | Analysis of Three phase half-bridge uncontrolled(diode) / controlled (Thyristor) rectifiers. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 10 | Midterm examination | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 11 | Freewheeling operation. Three phase full-bridge uncontrolled (diode) rectifiers. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 12 | Characteristics of the line current. Three phase full-bridge controlled (Thyristor) rectifiers.. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 13 | Midterm examination | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 14 | Single Phase Inverter. Modulation index, frequency ratio. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements |
| 15 | Voltage and frequency control methods of the single-phase inverter. Harmonic analysis of the single phase inverter. Three-phase inverters. | Review last week and glance this week’s topics from your course supplements. |
| 16 | Final examination | Review all topics |
Sources
| Other Sources | 1. Lecture notes: Prof. Dr. Sedat SÜNTER. |
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| Course Book | 2. Power Electronics: Circuit, Devices, and Applications. Muhammad H. Rashid, Pearson 2014. |
| 3. Power Electronics Converters, Applications and Design (2ed) by Mohan, Undeland and Robbins, Wiley publishing. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | 4 | 20 |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | - | - |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 1 | 10 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 2 | 70 |
| Toplam | 7 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and subjects specific to the energy systems engineering discipline; the ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge of these areas to complex engineering problems. | |||||
| 2 | The ability to identify, define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems; selecting and applying proper analysis and modeling techniques for this purpose. | |||||
| 3 | The ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions to meet specific requirements; the ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 4 | The ability to develop, select and utilize modern techniques and tools essential for the analysis and determination of complex problems in energy systems engineering applications; the ability to utilize information technologies effectively. | |||||
| 5 | The ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, gather data, analyze and interpret results for the investigation of complex engineering problems or research topics specific to the energy systems engineering discipline. | X | ||||
| 6 | The ability to work effectively in inter/inner disciplinary teams, the ability to work individually. | X | ||||
| 7 | a)Effective oral and writen communication skills in Turkish; the ability to write effective reports and comprehend written reports, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and to receive clear and understandable instructions. b)The knowledge of at least one foreign language; the ability to write effective reports and comprehend written reports, to prepare design and production reports, to make effective presentations, to give and to receive clear and understandable instructions. | |||||
| 8 | Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; the ability to access information, to follow recent developments in science and technology. | |||||
| 9 | a)The ability to behave according to ethical principles, awareness of professional and ethical responsibility; b)knowledge of the standards utilized in energy systems engineering applications. | |||||
| 10 | Knowledge on business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness about entrepreneurship, innovation; knowledge on sustainable development. | |||||
| 11 | a) Knowledge on the effects of energy systems engineering applications on the universal and social dimensions of health, environment and safety; b) and awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions. | X | ||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 18 | 18 |
| Total Workload | 126 | ||