Course Code EE 322A

Course Category Professional Elective

Course Title High Power Converters
Teaching Scheme and Credits L T Laboratory Credits
Weekly load hrs 3 0 2 2+0+1
Pre-requisites: Power Electronics

Course Objectives:
1. To understand the operation of various switch mode power converters.
2. To understand the operation of various resonant power converters.
3. To study various improved utility interfaces

Course Outcomes: After completion of this course students will be able to

1. Analyze the operation of various AC to DC converters (CL-II).
2. Analyze the operation of various utility interfaces (CL-II).
3. Apply space vector modulation techniques to switch mode inverters (CL-II).
4. Calculate the performance parameters of resonant converters (CL-II).

Course Contents:
 AC – DC Converters: Three phase diode bridge rectifiers with RLE load and input and
output filters. Effect of source inductance. Forced commutated pulse width modulated
rectifiers.
 Utility Interfaces: Single phase input current shaping using diode rectifier-fed active boost
converters. Switch mode converters for bidirectional power flow.
 Switch mode Inverters: Space vector modulation. Types of multilevel inverters, diode-
clamped multi-level inverter, flying-capacitor multilevel inverter and cascade multilevel
inverter.
 Resonant Pulse Inverters: Series resonant inverters, half-bridge and full-bridge types,
frequency response of series loaded, parallel loaded and series-parallel loaded series
inverters.
 ZVS and ZCS Converters: Zero voltage switching resonant converters and zero current
switching resonant converters. Two quadrant ZVS converters.

Laboratory Exercises / Practicals:

1. Three phase diode bridge rectifier
2. Single phase unity power factor converter
3. Three phase PWM bridge inverter
4. Series resonant inverter
5. Simulation of three phase FCB with active load and source inductance
 6. Simulation of single phase PWM rectifier
7. Simulation of single phase bridge PWM inverter
8. Simulation of multi-level inverter

Learning Resources:
Text Books:
1. M.H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, Fourth Edition,
Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2014.
2. N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland & W.P. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications
& Design, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Supplementary Reading:
1. M.H. Rashid, Power Electronics Handbook, Fourth Edition, Butterworth Heinemann, 2017

Assessment Scheme:

Class Continuous Assessment (CCA) (50 Marks)

Assignments Test Group Case study MCQ Oral Attendance

Activity &
(PBL) Initiative
25 20 Nil Nil Nil Nil 5
(50%) (40%) (10%)

Laboratory Continuous Assessment (LCA) (50 Marks)

Regularity and Understanding Experiment

punctuality the objectives skills
10 20 20
(20%) (40%) (40%)

Term End Examination:

Term end examination of 50 Marks will be based on entire syllabus.
 Syllabus :

Module Workload in Hrs

Contents
No. Theory Lab Assess
AC – DC Converters: Three phase diode bridge rectifiers with
1 RLE load and input and output filters. Effect of source 8 6
inductance. Forced commutated pulse width modulated rectifiers.
 Utility Interfaces: Single phase input current shaping using
2 diode rectifier-fed active boost converters. Switch mode 7 2
converters for bidirectional power flow.
Switch mode Inverters: Space vector modulation. Types of
3 multilevel inverters, diode-clamped multi-level inverter, flying- 8 6
capacitor multilevel inverter and cascade multilevel inverter.
Resonant Pulse Inverters: Series resonant inverters, half-bridge
4 and full-bridge types, frequency response of series loaded, 5 2
parallel loaded and series-parallel loaded series inverters.
ZVS and ZCS Converters: Zero voltage switching resonant
5 converters and zero current switching resonant converters. Two 4
quadrant ZVS converters.
Topics covered and their references

Sr. Topic Reference Section Pages Remarks

No
1 AC – DC Converters
1.1 Three phase diode T1 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 118 - 148
bridge rectifiers with 3.9, 3.10,
RLE load and input and 3.11, 3.12
output filters

1.2 Effect of source T2 6-4-2 143 - 146

inductance

1.3 Forced commutated T1 10.6 547 - 555

single phase PWM
rectifiers
2 Utility Interfaces
2.1 Single phase input T2 18-6-2, 18-6- 488 - 498
current shaping active 3
converters
2.2 Three phase input T2 18-7 498 - 500
current shaping active
converters
3 Switch mode Inverters
3.1 Space vector T1 6.7.4 347 – 359`
modulation
3.2 Multi-level inverters T1 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 442 - 457
8.5,8.6
4 Resonant Converters
4.1 Series resonant T1 7.2, 7.3 386 - 408
inverters
4.2 Parallel resonant T1 7.4 408 - 411
inverters

T1 M.H. Rashid, Power Electronics Circuits, Devices and Applications, Fourth Edition,
Pearson Education, New Delhi, 2014.
T2 N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland & W.P. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications
& Design, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.