UTILITY APPLICATION OF POWER ELECTRONICS

ECE 712

Advanced course in power electronics which provides an understanding of switching power converters. Included are DC-to-DC, AC-to-DC, DC-to-AC, and AC-to-AC converters, commutation techniques, converter control, interfacing converters with real sources and loads.

ECE 412

Operating characteristics of power semiconductor devices such as Bipolar Junction Transistors, IGBTs, MOSFETs and Thyristors. Fundamentals of power converter circuits including dc/dc converters, phase controlled ac/dc rectifiers and dc/ac inverters. Practical issues in the design and operation of converters.

ECE 356

Introduction to electrical power processing technologies that are necessary to convert energy from alternative sources into useful electrical forms. Several specific alternative energy sources are examined, providing platforms for introducing basic concepts in power electronics, electric machines, and adjustable-speed drives.

ECE 512

This laboratory introduces the student to measurement and simulation of important operating characteristics of power electronic circuits and power semiconductor devices. Emphasis is on devices, circuits, gating methods and power quality.

ECE 427

The electric power industry, operation of power systems, load flow, fault calculations, economic dispatch, general technical problems of electric power networks.