ANNAMACHARYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES::RAJAMPET

(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTION)

III Year B. Tech., I Semester
(7G253)POWER ELECTRONICS

Course Objective:

Introduce the basic theory of power semiconductor devices & their practical
application in power electronics. It alsofamiliarizes the operation principle of
AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, AC-AC conversion circuits and their applications.

Unit I

FUNDAMENTLAS OF SILICON CONTROLLED RECTIER

Thyristors – Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR’s) – Basic theory of

operation of SCR – Static characteristics and Dynamic turn ON switching
characteristics of SCR - Turn ON methods of SCR- Turn OFF mechanism
andNatural and Forced Commutation methods for SCR-Series and parallel
connections of SCRs-R and RC Triggering and UJT driving circuit- Numerical
problems.

Unit II

PROTECTION CIRCUITSFORPOWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE

Specifications and Ratings of SCRs- Two transistor analogy of SCR –

- Protection against dv/dt with design of Snubber circuit-di/dt Protection with
help of inductor -Over voltage protection by Metal Oxide Varistors - Overcurrent
protection by fast acting current limiting fuse– Gate Protection-Improving dv/dt
rating with the help of Cathode short-di/dt improvement by high gate current -
Cooling and mounting of thyristors.

Unit III

AC to DC CONVERTERS

Un controlled single phase rectifiers with R and RL load– Single

phase half wave controlled rectifiers with R, RL and RLE loads –Single phase
full wave controlled rectifiers types – midpoint and bridge connections – Half &
 Fully controlled rectifiers with R, RL and RLE loads– Derivation of average and
RMS load voltage and current -Active and Reactive power inputs to the
converters-Effect of freewheeling diode -Numerical problems-Three pulse and
six pulse converters – Midpoint and bridge connections with R and RL loads-
Average load voltage – Effect of Source inductance on single phase and three
phase fully controlled rectifier with RL load–Dual converters (Both single phase
and three phase)-Numerical problems.

Unit IV

DC to DC CONVERTERS

Principle of buck converter, boost converter and buck boost

converteroperation with RLE load –Control strategies-Time ratio control&
current limit control– Derivation of average load voltage,RMS voltage and load
current for continuous current operation-ripple current-ripple factor- Numerical
problems–Operation of single quadrant (Type A or Type B) chopper -Two
quadrant DCchopper (Type C)and four quadrant DC chopper (Type E).

Unit V
DC to AC AND ACto AC CONVERTERS

Single phase inverters – Basic series inverter– Basic parallel inverter-

Voltage Source Inverter & Current Source Inverter- Voltage control techniques
of single-phaseinverters- External Control-Internal control methods-Pulse Width
Modulation Techniques-single PWM and Sinusoidal PWM.

AC voltage controllers – Single phase half wave and full wave type
regulators with R and RL loads – Derivation of RMS load voltage, current and
power factor –Numerical problems-Cyclo converters – Single phase midpointand
bridge configuration of cyclo converters with resistive and inductive loads.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. M. D. Singh & K. B. Kanchandhani. Power Electronics. Tata Mc Graw Hill

Publishing Company, 2ndedition, 2006.
2. P.S.Bimbhra. Power Electronics. Khanna Publishers,2012.
3. Ned Mohan ,Power Electronics, second edition, john wiley&sons Inc
REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Vedam Subramanyam. Power Electronics. 3rd Edition, New AgeInternational

(P) Limited, 2008.
2.M. H. Rashid. Power Electronics Circuits Devices and Applications.
3rdEdition, Pearson, 2014.
2. John G. Kassakian, Martin F. Schlecht and George.C.Verghese. Principles
ofPower Electronics. Pearson Edition, 2010
3. P.C. Sen. Power Electronics. Tata Mc Graw-Hill Publishing Company, 2009.

Course outcomes

At the end of the course the student will be able to

 Analyze the characteristics of different types of semiconductor devices.

 Analyze the driving circuits & protection circuits of Power electronic device.
 Analyze the operation of Power electronicAC to DC converters.
 Design of DC to DC converters.
 Design of DC to AC converters and AC to AC converters.
 Acquainted with the applications of power electronic converters.