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 | Area Elective | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| (EE210 veya EE234 veya AEE205) |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Gains adequate knowledge in mathematics, science, and relevant engineering disciplines and acquires the ability to use theoretical and applied knowledge in these fields to solve complex engineering problems. | |||||
| 2 | Gains the ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems and the ability to select and apply appropriate analysis and modeling methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 3 | Gains the ability to design a complex system, process, device, or product under realistic constraints and conditions to meet specific requirements and to apply modern design methods for this purpose. | |||||
| 4 | Gains the ability to select and use modern techniques and tools necessary for the analysis and solution of complex engineering problems encountered in engineering applications and the ability to use information technologies effectively. | |||||
| 5 | Gains the ability to design experiments, conduct experiments, collect data, analyze results, and interpret findings for investigating complex engineering problems or discipline specific research questions. | X | ||||
| 6 | Gains the ability to work effectively in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams and the ability to work individually. | X | ||||
| 7 | a) Gains the ability to communicate effectively in written and oral form, b) Gains acquires proficiency in at least one foreign language, the ability to write effective reports and understand written reports, prepare design and production reports, make effective presentations, and give and receive clear and intelligible instructions. | |||||
| 8 | Gains awareness of the need for lifelong learning and the ability to access information, follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself | |||||
| 9 | a)Gains the ability to behave according to ethical principles, awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. b) Gains knowledge of the standards utilized in energy systems engineering applications. | |||||
| 10 | Gains knowledge on business practices such as project management, risk management and change management; awareness about entrepreneurship, innovation; knowledge on sustainable development. | |||||
| 11 | a) Gain awareness of the effects of Energy Systems Engineering applications on health, environment and safety in universal and societal dimensions. b) Gain knowledge of the problems of the era reflected in the field of engineering; gain 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 | ||