This course is suitable for UG (B.Tech) and M.tech studying in advance Power Electronics. This course describes modern topics of Power Electronics in terms of switches, topologies and control. More over the proposed course explains application of Power Electronics in drives, Power Systems and Renewable Energy and other utility. This application of the Power Electronics including all these fields have been discussed in detail with advanced switching topology and modern control techniques. Students of B.tech and M.tech and participants of industry will find this course beneficial not only for GATE and other competitive exam this proposed course will also help them to upgrade for the fast changing Power Electronics industry.
INTENDED AUDIENCE: B.tech and M.tech and participants from the industry.
CORE/ELECTIVE: Elective
UG/PG: UG/PG
PREREQUISITES: None
INDUSTRY SUPPORT: ABB, GE, STATCON ENERGIAA,BHEL
5523 students have enrolled already!!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Dr Avik Bhattacharya joined in IIT Roorkee in February 2014. His field of interest are FACTS, Power Quality, Solid state transformer, SIC and Gian devices. He has thought Power Electronics in IIT Roorkee for two years. His first NPTL lectures on FACT Devices has been enroll by more than two thousand students. Dr Bhattacharya before joining IIT Roorkee has served power electronics industries of internationally repute organizations. His teaching thus have a proper blend of industry academic orientation.
COURSE LAYOUT:
Week 1 : Basic Concept of Switches and Device Physics Week 2 : Device Physics, Application and Analysis of Switches and Single Phase Converter Week 3 : Single Phase Converter, Three Phase Converter, Multipulse Converter and Effect of Source Inductance and PWM Rectifiers Week 4 : PWM Rectifiers and Power Factor Improvement Techniques and non- isolated DC- DC converters Week 5 : Non- isolated and isolated DC- DC Converters and Choppers Week 6 : Isolated DC- DC Converters IV and VSI & CSI, MLI and ZSI Week 7 : SVM, AC to AC Converters, Cycloconverter and Matrix Converter Week 8 : Linear Control in Power Electronics, Nonlinear Control in Power Electronics, Applications and Conclusions.
SUGGESTED READING MATERIALS:
Bin Wu, “High-Power Converters and AC Drives ”, IEEE press, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication. Muhammad H. Rashid, “Power Electronics Handbook”, 3rd Edition, Elsevier. Ned Mohan, “Power Electronics and Drives”, Mnpere, 2003. G. K. Dubey, S. R. Doradla, A. Joshi & R. M. K. Sinha, Thyristorised Power Controllers, 2nd Edition, New Age International Publishers. L. Umanand, “Power Electronics: Essentials & Applications”, Wiley.
CERTIFICATION EXAM :
The exam is optional for a fee.
Date and Time of Exams: March 31 2019(Sunday). Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published.
CERTIFICATION:
Final score will be calculated as : 25% assignment score + 75% final exam score
25% assignment score is calculated as 25% of average of Best 6 out of 8 assignments
E-Certificate will be given to those who register and write the exam and score greater than or equal to 40% final score. Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.
