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Power Electronics 1 (Fall 2004)

Course code : SEFEK1-U1
ECTS Credits : 5 Status : Compulsory
Placement : 4. semester Hours per week : 4
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : Danish

Principal Content : Protection of Power Semiconductors.
Thyristor, IGBT and Power MOSFET:
Physics, static and dynamic behaviour.
Gating circuits.
Line-Frequency Phase-Controlled Rectifiers and Inverters:
Basic converters and their main features, continous and discontinous conduction, commutation and line distortion.
Voltage source converters:
Basic topology, Pulse-Width-Modulation and applications: DC-AC converters, variable speed drives, static var compensators.
Introduction to EMTDC.
Teaching method : Class-based teaching and laboratory work.
The laboratory work consists of 20-30% of the course.
Required prequisites : ELN2, ELTEK2, ELTEK3 and EFYS2 must be passed.
Responsible teacher : Boye Knutz , bckn@dtu.dk