Undergraduate Course: Power Conversion 4 (ELEE11078)
Course Outline
School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Electronics |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course introduces students to power electronic converters for high power systems and their use in a variety of renewable energy systems (solar PV, wind, wave and tidal power), and in power systems (FACTS, HVDC). Machine drives, including 4 quadrant operation control of both dc and induction machines are also covered. Different types of electrical generators used for renewable energy conversion are then studied, including switched reluctance machines, permanent magnet generators and linear generators. |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
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Weeks |
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Thursday |
Friday |
King's Buildings | Lecture | Classroom 2, Sanderson Building | 1-11 | | 12:10 - 13:00 | | | | King's Buildings | Tutorial | Classroom 2, Sanderson Building | 1-11 | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | Classroom 2, Sanderson Building | 1-11 | | | | | 12:10 - 13:00 |
First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students should have a good understanding of the operation of, and be able to carry out basic calculations on, the following:
- 1 and 3 phase inverters
- Converters for solar photovoltaic systems
- HVDC systems using voltage source converters
- Flexible ac Transmission Systems (FACTS)
- 4 quadrant dc motor and induction motor drives
- Doubly fed induction generators (DFIG)
- Switched reluctance motor
- Permanent magnet machines
- Linear machines
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Assessment Information
Assessment will be based on a single written paper of 90 minutes duration |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Syllabus |
Lectures
L1-2 Inverters (Dr Ewen Macpherson)
Single and 3 phase inverters. Harmonics produced by inverters. Pulse Width Modulation techniques.
L3-7 Applications of High Power Electronics (Dr Ewen Macpherson)
Converters for Solar (PV) Systems. Uninterruptible Power Supplies. Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS). Voltage Source HVDC systems.
L8-12 Machine Drives (Dr Ewen Macpherson)
4 quadrant operation; dc drives; closed loop control; induction motor drives; Double Fed Induction Generator (DFIG); stepper motor drives; brushless dc machines.
L13-22 Generators for Renewable Energy (Dr Markus Mueller)
switched reluctance motor drives; permanent magnet generator; Linear Generator.
Tutorials
One per teaching week.
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
Electrical Machines, Drives, and Power Systems, Wildi, (Pearson Prentice Hall), ISBN 0-13-196918-8 |
Study Abroad |
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Study Pattern |
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Keywords | Power electronics Power converters Linear generators Permanent magnet generators |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Ewen Macpherson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5601
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Course secretary | Mrs Laura Smith
Tel: (0131 6)50 5690
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