Syllabus

Course Code: *Elective-I MTEL-107    Course Name: Power Electronics Applications in Renewable Energ

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Review of Power Devices: SCR, BJT, MOSFET, IGBT, GTO, Safe operating Limits, Selection of devices for various applications.
Phase controlled Converters: (1-ϕ&3-ϕ) thyristor fed half controlled, fully controlled and Dual converters with inductive and motor load.
DC to DC converters: Analysis of various conduction modes of Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost.
2 Modern Power Electronic Converters: Basic concepts of VSI, single phase half bridge, full bridge and three phase bridge inverters, PWM modulation strategies, Sinusoidal PWM, Space vector modulation, Selective Harmonic Elimination method, other inverter switching schemes, blanking time, Current source inverters.
3 Design of Power Electronics Interfaces for Solar PV: Solar PV technologies, MPPT, Design of DC-DC converters for MPPT, MPPT algorithms, Implementation of MPPT control through DSP controllers. Topologies for grid connected and standalone applications: single phase and three phase systems, Single stage and multistage, isolated and nonisolated.
4 Power Electronics Interfaces for WES: Topologies of WES, design considerations for wind energy Switch rectifier/inverter system, Power Converters for Doubly Fed Induction Generators (DFIG) in Wind Turbines.
Power Electronics Interfaces for Fuel Cells: Types of fuel cells, Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell: features and operational characteristics, Design of DC-DC converters for PEM fuel cell, MPPT in Fuel Cell.
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