Syllabus
Review: Diode bridge rectifiers, thyristor based controlled rectifiers, cyclo-converters and ma- trix converters.
Single Phase Active Front-End Converters: Power balance, harmonic analysis, power factor correction, modeling of single phase FEC, cascaded control of 1-ph FEC, harmonic filters.
Three Phase Active Front-End Converters: Power balance and reactive power, power factor correction, modeling of three phase FEC, vector control of grid-connected converters, cascaded control of 3-ph FEC.
Operation and control of Grid-connected converters: Phase locked loops for 1-ph and 3-ph grids, operation of grid connected converters as UPF FEC, STATCOM, UPS, battery chargers etc.
Power converters for microgrid and grid connection of renewable energy sources: design, con- trol of converters, grid synchronization and filtering requirements, MPPT.
Lifetime estimation of power converters: Capacitor currents for various topologies, selection criteria for capacitor selection, lifetime estimation, switch currents, and thermal models of con- verters.
Text Books
Same as Reference
References
1. T.J.E. Miller, Static Reactive Power Compensation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1982.
2. ArindamGhosh& Gerard Ledwich, “ Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power Devices,” IEEE Press.
3. IEEE Publications
Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Understand the basics of the control of a grid connected converter.
CO2: Control power flow through AC-DC power converters
CO3: Interpret and estimate life cycle of power converters and typical operational life-time of power components
CO4: Evaluate the performance of the grid connected converters integrated with renewable en- ergy sources.