ELEC ENG 4059 - Power Electronics and Drive Systems
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| Course Code | ELEC ENG 4059 |
| Course | Power Electronics and Drive Systems |
| Coordinating Unit | School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences |
| Term | Semester 2 2013 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Undergraduate |
| Location/s | North Terrace |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Up to 4 hours per week |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | ELEC ENG 4042, ELEC ENG 3025 |
| Assumed Knowledge | ELEC ENG 1009 or ELEC ENG 1010, ELEC ENG 2008 |
| Restrictions | Not applicable |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | Characteristics of power electronic devices. Losses and thermal design. Classes of power converters. Voltage and current source converters. Hard and soft-switching and resonant circuits. Power supplies (uninterrruptible, switchmode) Advanced energy-efficient motor drives: review of motor theory, power electronic control principles, vector and servo drives (stepper, DC, induction, brushless PM and switched-reluctance). Modulation methods. Matrix Converter. Theory Motor and drive selection and application. System design, implementation and control. Computer interfacing, network communication. |
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