EEPE6354 - Power Electronics

EEPE 6354 Power Electronics (3 semester hours) Introduction to power electronics and its applications. DC-DC converters: Buck Converter, Boost Converter, Buck-Boost converter, Flyback converters, Forward converter, Full bridge and Half bridge converters. DC- AC Inverters: Single phase and three phase bridge inverters, Pulse-width modulation strategies- sinusoidal and space vector modulation. Resonant converters. AC-DC Phase Controlled Thyristor Converters. Closed loop control of DC Motor Drives. Introduction to AC motor drives and systems. Examples: Industrial, Transportation, Renewable Energy Applications. (3-0) Y