6EC3 INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

  Units    Contents of the subjects
I
SEMICONDUCTOR POWER DEVICES: - Basic characteristics & working of Power Diodes, Diac, SCR, Triac, Power Transistor, MOSFETs, IGBT, and GTO.
II

RECTIFIERS & INVERTERS :- Working principles of single and three phase bridge rectifiers, Voltage and current source inverters.

III
POWER SUPPLIES: Principle of operation of choppers. Step up, Step down and reversible choppers. High frequency electronic ballast, Switch Mode Power Supply: Fly back converter, forward/buck converter, Boost converter and buck-boost converter.
Uninterruptible Power Supply.
IV
MOTOR CONTROL: Introduction to speed control of DC motors using phase controlled converters and choppers, Basic idea of speed control of three phase induction motors using voltage and frequency control methods.
V
Stepper Motors: Variable reluctance, Permanent magnet and hybrid stepper motors. Induction and dielectric heating control.
Text/References:
• Power Electronics Principles & Applications, Joseph Vithayathil, TMH
• Power Eletronics, Ravish Singh, TMH
• Industrial Electronics And Control, Ttti, TMH
• Power Electronics: Converters Applications., Mohan, Robbins, Wiley
• Power Electronics, Moorthi, Oxford
• Elements Of Power Electronics, Krein, Oxford
• Power Electronics, R.S.Murthy, Pearson
• Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices And Applications, Muhammad.H.Rashid, Pearson