PE Syllabus
PE Syllabus
PE Syllabus
Course Outcomes: At the end of the Course, the Student will be able to:
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12
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CO2 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
CO3 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
CO4 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
CO5 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
CO6 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1
SYLLABUS
Module. Contents of Module Hrs Cos
1 Power Semiconductor Devices 9
Construction, Principle of operation - Static and dynamic
characteristics of Power diodes, SCR, TRIAC, GTO, power BJT,
power MOSFET and IGBT.
C01
Thyristors
C02
Two transistor model of SCR, switching losses, protection
circuits, Commutation Techniques and Design of firing circuits
using R, RC and UJT.
List of Experiments 9
1. Static characteristics of SCR.
2. Static characteristics of MOSFET and IGBT.
3. SCR turn-on circuit using synchronized UJT relaxation
oscillator
2 AC-DC Single phaseConverter 9
Single phase controlled rectifiers (half and full converters)
with R, RL and RLE load, Dual converters.
AC-DC Three phaseConverter C02
Three phase half wave converters, Three phase full wave C03
C05
converters.
List of Experiments 9
1. SCR Digital triggering circuit for a single-phase controlled
rectifier and A.C. voltage controller
2. Single-phase controlled full-wave rectifier with R and R-L
loads.
3. Speed control of D.C. motor using single semi converter
3 DC-DC Converter 9 C02
Step-down and step-up chopper - Time ratio control and C04
current limit control – Buck, boost, buck-boostconverter – C05
Four Quadrant chopper.
AC-AC Converter
Principle of ON-OFF and phase control, Single phase bi-
directional controllers with R and RL loads - Step up and step
down cycloconverter.
List of Experiments 6
1. A.C. voltage controller using TRIAC and DIAC combination
connected to R and R-L loads.
2. Speed control of a separately excited D.C. motor using an
IGBT or MOSFET chopper.
4 DC-AC converter 9 C02
Inverters – Types – voltage source and current source C03
inverters – single phase bridge inverters – Series resonant C05
inverter
Three phase DC-AC converter and PWM techniques
Three phase bridge inverters (1800 and 1200 mode) – Multiple
pulse width, PWM inverters - Introduction to space vector
modulations - Harmonic reduction.
List of Experiments 6
1. MOSFET OR IGBT based single-phase full-bridge inverter
connected to R load.
2. Series Inverter
5 Industrial Applications 9 C03
Drives, Heating, welding, SMPS, HVDC power transmission, C04
static compensator, tap changers. C05
Simulation
Computer Simulation of Controlled rectifiers, chopper and
inverter circuit, state space modelling of DC-DC converters,
Battery charger.
List of Experiments 9
1. Speed control of universal motor using A.C. voltage
controller
2. Speed control of a stepper motor
3. Simulation of Converter Circuits
Text books
1. Power Electronics - Circuits Devices and Applications, Rashid, M.H. Pearson, 4 th edition,
2014.
2. Power Electronics, Singh.M.D and Kanchandani, Tata McGraw-Hill & Hill Publication
Company Ltd New Delhi, 2nd edition, Reprint 2017.
References
Assessment Pattern
Implementation of Bloom’s Taxonomy in CIE- Theory (50 Marks) and Lab (25 Marks)