M.E. Power Electronics and Drives

POWER CONVERTERS LABORATORY

To provide the basic understanding of the dynamic behavior of the power electronic switches
To make the students familiar with the digital processors used in generation of gate pulses for the power electronic switches
To make the students acquire knowledge on the design of power electronic circuits and implementing the same using simulation tools
To facilitate the students to design gate drive circuits for power converters
To provide the fundamentals of DC-AC power converter topologies and analyze the harmonics.

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:

Ability of the student to design and simulate various topologies of inverters and analyze their harmonic spectrum
Ability to design and fabricate the gate drive power converter circuits.
Analyze the three-phase controlled rectifiers and isolated DC-DC converters for designing the power supplies

DESIGN LABORATORY FOR POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS

To design power converter after selecting the suitable component for typical applications
To design non-isolated and isolated switching mode regulators
To simulate analyse and test different switching mode regulators

COURSE OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the students will be able to:
Ability to independently carryout research and development work in power converters
Ability to demonstrate a degree of mastery over the design and fabrication of switching

regulators.

LIST OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT

ANALOG AND DIGITAL CONTROLLERS FOR PE CONVERTERS LABORATORY

To understand the concepts related with analog and digital controllers.
To design and understand the op-amp circuits and microcontroller circuits for power electronics.
To study and design the driving circuits, sensing circuits, protection circuits for power converters.
To design and select the appropriate digital controller for power converters along with control strategy

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completing the above course, students will be able to

Identification of suitable analog and digital controller for the converter design.
Know the advantages of gate driver, sensing and protection circuits in power

converters.

Hands on with different controller with strategies for design.
Design and testing the proper driving circuits and protection circuits.
Fabrication of analog and digital controllers for various real time applications.

Paavai College of Engineering