 conductor vibration & use of dampers.

HVDC Transmission:
 Scope, advantages & disadvantages,
 current technologies and future trends for HVDC

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
1. Turan Gonen, “Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering --- Analysis & Design”, John
Wiely& Sons.
2. Electrical Transmission and Distribution Reference Book by Central Station Engineers,
Westinghouse

POWER ELECTRONICS
Contact Hours: Credit Hours:
Theory =48 Theory = 3.0
Practical = 48 Practical = 1.0
Total = 96 Total = 4.0
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PREREQUISITE:
Electronic Devices & Circuits

SUGGESTED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

S. CLO Domain Taxonomy level PLO

No.
1. To understand the fundamentals of power Cognitive 1 1
semiconductor devices
2. UNDERSTAND the basic principles of uncontrolled and Cognitive 4 2
controlled rectifiers and their ANALYSIS under different
loading conditions
3. ANALYZE and DESIGN converters for operation in Cognitive 4 3
steady state Continuous and Discontinuous Conduction
Mode
4. APPLY the knowledge of converter to DESIGN in lab Psychomotor 3 5
environment working individually and as a group

RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):

The course is designed so that students will achieve the following PLOs:

1 Engineering Knowledge:  7 Environment and Sustainability: ☐

2 Problem Analysis:  8 Ethics: ☐
3 Design/Development of Solutions:  9 Individual and Team Work: ☐
4 Investigation: ☐ 10 Communication: ☐

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5 Modern Tool Usage:  11 Project Management: ☐
6 The Engineer and Society: ☐ 12 Lifelong Learning: ☐

COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Introduction
a. Principles of power electronics converters and application
b. Converter circuit components and their effects
c. Converter control aspects

2. Power Electronic Devices

a. Power Diodes
b. Power Transistors
c. Types of Thyristers
d. Triggering devices
e. Construction
f. Characteristics, operations, losses, ratings,
g. Control and protection of thyristors

3. Power Converters
Rectifiers
a. Single phase uncontrolled rectifiers
b. Single phase semi-controlled rectifiers
c. Single phase Fully controlled rectifiers
d. Three-phase uncontrolled rectifiers
e. Three-phase semi controlled rectifiers
f. Three-phase fully controlled rectifiers

Inverters
a. Single-phase inverters
b. Three-phase inverters

AC-AC Converters
a. Single-phase-to-single-phase cyclo-convertors
b. Matrix converters
c. AC voltage regulators

DC-DC converters
a. Buck converter
b. Boost converter
c. Buck-boost converters
d. Isolated converters
e. Forward converters
f. Fly back converters

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 4. Power Electronics Applications
a. Switching mode power supplies
b. Power electronics control of Electrical Machines
c. Power system utilities

TEXT AND REFERENCE BOOKS:

 Ned Mohan, William P. Robbins and Tore M. Undeland, “Power Electronics:
Converters, Applications and Design,” Media Enhanced, Third Edition, 2003, John Wiley
& Sons, Latest Edition.
 Robert W. Erickson and Dragan Maksimovic, “Fundamentals of Power Electronics,”
Springer, Latest Edition.
 Muhammad H. Rashid “Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices & Applications” Prentice
Hall, Latest Edition.
 Daniel Hart, “Power Electronics,” McGraw-Hill, Latest Edition.

POWER SYSTEM PROTECTION

Contact Hours: Credit Hours:
Theory =48 Theory = 3.0
Practical = 48 Practical = 1.0
Total = 96 Total = 4.0
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PREREQUISITE
Power System Analysis

SUGGESTED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
S. CLO Domain Taxonomy level PLO
No.
1. ACQUIRE the basic knowledge of protection system Cognitive 3 1
attributes and UNDERSTAND the concepts of various
protection schemes.
2. SOLVE and EVALUATE the protection schemes for a Cognitive 5 2
power system
3. DESIGN a protection scheme for a given problem and Psychomotor 2 3
run its simulation.
4. ANALYZE the behavior of various protection systems Psychomotor 4 3
and ensure protection coordination on simulation
software (like ETAP)

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