Power electronics

- Introduction to power electronic systems and classification of power electronic semi-conductor switch: Scope and application, power processors and power switch, stable state, three phase voltage source, and non-sinusoidal waveforms in stable states.
- Power and energy: Effect calculations for sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal source, non-sinusoidal source and linear load, sinusoidal source and non-linear load
- Line frequency diode rectifiers: Basic concepts for rectifiers, single phase diode bridge rectifier and 3-phase fullbridge wave rectifier.
- Phase regulated line frequency rectifiers and inverters: Thyristor cuircuits and regulation, single phase converters and 3-phase converters.
- Direct current converters: Regulation, buck converter, boost converter and buck-boost converter.
- Switched inverters for direct and alternating current: Basic concepts for switched inverters, single phase inverters and 3-phase converters.

Progressive specialisation: G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: Circuit Analysis, 7.5 ECTS credits, or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Electrical Engineering (studied during year 1)