Title: ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS IN POWER SYSTEMS | Module Code: | Core/Elective: | ||||
Aims & Objectives: To introduce the concepts of power electronics based conversion and the design requirements for current sources and voltage sources and its interconnection. Interconnection of power electronic sources to power systems and its control and topologies that enable different applications; Brief description of the module: Introduction to Power Electronics Energy Conversion, Fundaments of measurement of energy quality parameters, Power flow control in DC/DC and DC/AC converters; The dynamic characteristics and control requirements of power electronics systems face to power systems identical characteristics of the power systems. Design of power converters and control methodologies for some of the most common applications, stability control and harmonic content control and renewable energy generation. Analysis of operation of power systems incorporating distributed power electronics converters. Analysis of criteria to decide the application of PE devices. | ||||||
Lecture hours: 15
| Tutorial hours: 6
| Laboratory/Coursework hours: 9 | Other (specify): | |||
LEARNING OUTCOMES: Knowledge and understanding 1. to identify and analyse the functional blocks of a power electronics 2. to understand it as Power System(PS) device;to understand 3. to know principles of operation and models of PE devices; 4. to understand the operation of PS integrating PE devices; 5. to analyse the behaviour of PSs with a distributed architecture Skills 1. to design a PE device as a PS element; | ||||||
OUTLINE SYLLABUS: Introduction to Power Electronics Energy Conversion; Current and voltage sources (2); | ||||||
Coursework (including word length and relative weighting): Nine hours of computer based laboratory work. A formal report is pre-requisite for the exam. | ||||||
Examinations (including examination length, number of questions and relative weighting): There is a 2 1/2 hour written exam with 5 questions out of which students should attempt 4. The exam contributes 70% to the final module mark. | ||||||
Directed reading (state if material provided): Power Electronics Handbook, Muhammad H. Rashid ; ACADEMIC PRESS, 2006; Improvement in the Quality of Delivery of Electrical Energy using Power Electronics Systems Series: Power Systems , Benysek, Grzegorz, Springer ed. Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), edited by Yong Hua Song & Allan T Johns, Power and Energy Series 30, IET
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Staff involved | Date of last revision: 20 June 2008 |