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EE511, Spring 2006 Syllabus

University of North DakotaDepartment of Electrical Engineering

EE511 – Industrial (Power) ElectronicsSpring Semester 2006

Course Homepage: http://power.ee.und.nodak.edu

MWF 2:00 - 2:50 P.M.UPSON II - 261

General Course Information:

EE511: Industrial (Power) Electronics. 3 credits. This course covers the principles of semiconduc-tor switching devices and their application to the design and operation of various industrial elec-tronic control circuits (also known as power electronics circuits) such as controlled/uncontrolledac-to-ac, ac-to-dc, dc-to-ac, and dc-to-dc converters, switch-mode power supplies, PWM tech-niques for voltage and frequency control, and some of the basics of variable speed electric drivecontrol systems. The course will engage students using a combination of lectures, interactivelearning tools, computer-based simulation techniques, and hands-on hardware laboratory exper-iments and projects. This format will provide students with an exciting experience in the rapidlygrowing area of industrial power electronics and its every day applications.

Using interactive and animated educational tools, students will have the opportunity to study, visu-alize, and effectively comprehend the principles of various semiconductor switching devices andtheir applications. Students will have access to these interactive tools through any Java enabledworld wide web browser such as Netscape or Microsoft IE.

Students will use one of the computer programming softwares such as MATLAB, MATHCAD,PSpice, PSIM, or the JAVA programming language to simulate and design various power elec-tronic devices/circuits. No prior programming skills are required as the necessary basics andtools will be discussed in class and sample codes will be made available to students.

Using the available state-of-the-art power electronics hardware laboratory in the Department,students will gain a hands-on experience in various concepts and principles discussed in class.This approach will give the students the opportunity to practically test, compare, and verify thetheoretical and practical performance of power electronics devices and systems.

Goal: The main objective of this course is to present the principles of industrial powerelectronics and its applications so that students will learn to: 1) model, ana-lyze, and design high frequency ac-to-dc switch rectifiers and phase inverters,2) model, analyze, and design high frequency dc-to-dc switch converters, and 3)model, analyze, and design high frequency ac-to-ac switch converters. Various

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design issues, problems, and industry applications of these power electronicscircuits will be discussed.

Textbook: Power Electronic Circuits, By: Issa Batarseh, 2004, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN:0-471-12662-4.

Prerequisites: EE321 - Electronics I. This prerequisite must have been completed with a “C”grade or better.

Some Suggested References:

[1]. Muhammad H. Rashid, Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices, and Applications (Prentice Hall, 2004),Third Edition.

[2]. Mohan, Undeland, and Robbins, POWER ELECTRONICS: CONVERTERS, APPLICATIONS ANDDESIGN (John Wiley, 1989).

[3]. Martin, Vergues and Kassikian, PRINCIPLES OF POWER ELECTRONICS, (John Wiley, 1991).

[4]. J. N. Ross, The Essence of Power Electronics, (Prentice Hall 1997).

[5]. B. W. Williams, POWER ELECTRONICS: DEVICES, DRIVERS AND APPLICATIONS, (John Wiley,1987).

[6]. George Chryssis, HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCHING POWER SUPPLIES: THEORY AND DESIGN,2nd Edition, (McGraw Hill, 1989).

[7]. R.Severns and G.Bloom, MODERN DC-TO-DC SWITCHMODE POWER CONVERTER CIRCUITS,( Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985).

[8]. B.K. Bose, POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES, (Prentice Hall ).

[9]. G. Seguier, POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS AC/DC CONVERSION, (McGraw Hill 1987)

[10]. C. Rombaut and G. Seguier, POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS AC/AC CONVERSION, (Mc-Graw Hill 1987)

[11]. Klemens Heumann, BASIC PRINCIPLES OF POWER ELECTRONICS, (Spring-Verlag, Berlin 1986).

[12]. Eiichi Ohno, INTRODUCTION TO POWER ELECTRONICS, (Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK 1988).

[13]. Eugene Hnatek, DESIGN OF SOLID STATE POWER SUPPLIES, (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989).

[14]. Ralph Tarter, SOLID-STATE POWER CONVERSION HANDBOOK, (John Wiley, 1983)

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Instructor: H. Salehfar, Professor of Electrical EngineeringOffice: 160-D, Upson IIPhone: (701) 777-4432, FAX: (701) 777-5253Email: hsalehfar@und.nodak.eduWWW Home Page: http://power.ee.und.nodak.eduOffice Hours: WF 3:00 - 4:30 PM, or by appointment.

Course Requirements and Policy:

The course requirements and evaluation policy are as follows.

Attendance: Students are strongly encouraged to actively attend and participate in class dis-cussions and presentations. It is highly recommended that students ask questionsduring the instructor’s presentations. Class discussions, questions, and answerswill definitely clarify most of the text concepts and will help students in their home-work assignments and exams.

Homework: There will be about eight to ten homework assignments throughout the semester.Each assignment will be due a few days after a corresponding chapter is com-pleted. At least a week will be given to complete each assignment. The exactdue dates will be announced in class when necessary. However, it is recom-mended that students keep on working on their assignments as progress is madein class discussing various relevant chapters or sections of the textbook. Eachassignment will be graded on a scale of 0 to 100. Copies of the solutions toall homework problems will be made available on the course’s internet site athttp://power.ee.und.nodak.edu after the due dates. Late homework, without rea-sonable excuses, will not be accepted.

Computers: All or some of the homework and laboratory assignments will involve the useof software programs such as PSpice, MATLAB, or MATHCAD. However, no pro-gramming skills are required for this course as detailed will be available to studentson the course’s WWW page to show the use of various software programs in solv-ing sample solutions problems. The PSpice, MATLAB, and MATHCAD programsare available to students on the computer network of the School of Engineeringat UND. Students may download or request a free student version copy of thePSpice program on CD-ROM directly from EMA Design Automation Web site at:

http://www.ema-eda.com/products/orcad/requestdemocd.aspx

A very powerful and industry based program specifically designed for power elec-tronics is PSIM from powersim Inc. A limited but functional version of this programis freely available at: http://www.powersimtech.com

WWW Site: All the homework solutions, announcements, handouts, copies of old exams, etc.will be available to students on a 24 hour basis at instructor’s WWW homepage:http://power.ee.und.nodak.edu. To fully utilize the materials at this homepagestudents need to have a copy of the Adobe’s Acrobat Reader program running

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on their personal computers. Acrobat Reader is freely available to the public. Forits download instructions please visit the above homepage.

Labs: A number of laboratory projects will be assigned throughout the semester to pro-vide students with hands-on experiences. In each project, individual students orgroups of two will be asked to build, simulate, and analyze an actual power elec-tronics circuit. The objective here is to provide students with hands-on experienceand allow them to apply and verify the theoretical concepts they learn in class.Laboratory activities and analysis procedures will be documented by studentsand turned in for evaluation and feedback. Students will have the opportunity toimprove their work based on the feedback they receive from the instructor. Thelaboratory reports should be documented in a journal format by students to showtheir progress in understanding and learning the relevant materials. The journalgrade(s) will be determined by the technical contents, material presentation, andwriting style. The students will present their final hardware project in class duringthe last week of classes.

Exams: There will be one midterm exam and a final exam as noted on the schedule.There will be no makeup exams. Exams will be open book but closed notes.

Grading: Letter grades will be assigned based on the student’s standing relative to all otherstudents in the class. Therefore, no predetermined percentages can be assignedto the letter grades. The grade distribution of the hour exams will be given so thateach student will know their class standing during the semester. Students will beable to check their grades and progress at the internet home page of the courseusing their password. More details on the internet based GradeBook is availableat the course’s home page. The course grade percentages may be lowered fromthose in the following Table depending on the overall class performance. Theassignment of final grades and the grade distribution policy are as follows.

A 90-100%B 80-89%C 70-79%D 60-69%F < 59%

Type of Work Course Percentage

Homework 20%Computer Simulation Projects 20%Hardware Laboratory Projects & Journal 20%Midterm Exam 20%Final Exam 20%Total 100%

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Class Topics, Assignments, Exams, and Dates:

A list of topics that will be discussed in class and homework problems are shown in the followingtables. Additional problems involving the use of computers will also be assigned when necessary.To solve these problems, PSpice, PSIM, MATLAB, or MATHCAD software programs maybe used.Again, no programming skills are required.

Chapter Discussion Topic

1 Introduction2 Review of Switching Concepts and Power Semiconductor Devices3 Switching Circuits, Power Computations, and Component Concepts7 Uncontrolled Diode Rectifier Circuits8 Phase-Controlled Converters9 DC-AC Inverters

Assignment Due Dates: Homeworks, simulations, and laboratory reports are due in classone week after the date they are assigned. It is recommended,however, that students start working on these assignments as we makeprogress in each related chapter. Please don’t wait for the instructorto cover the whole chapter before you start working on yourassignments!

Chapter Problems

1 TBA2 TBA3 TBA7 TBA8 TBA9 TBA

Exam Dates: The following Table shows the exam dates, the chapters they will cover, andtheir location. The exact date of the midterm exam will be announced rightafter the corresponding chapters are covered and a week before the actualday of the exam in order to give students enough time to prepare themselves.

Exam Chapters Date Time Place

Midterm 1, 2, 3, 7 TBA 2:00-2:50 P.M. UPSON II 261Final Comprehensive Monday, May 8, 2006 1:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. UPSON II 261

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