Overview

This unit of study aims to introduce the working principles of DC/DC converters, AC/DC rectifiers and DC/AC inverters and their applications in industrials. Furthermore, the basic introduction to control techniques, driving circuits, protection circuits is provided.

Requisites

Prerequisites
EEE40005 Power Electronics

Rule

Undergraduate
EEE20005 Electrical Machines
OR
RME20001 Electrical Actuators and Sensors

Postgraduate
Admission into the Master of Engineering Science nested suite

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Design, construct and assess power electronic systems, such as solar photovoltaic systems (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)
  • Use computer simulation tools to analyse power electronic systems (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)
  • Collect and analyse experimental data, interpret results, formulate conclusions and generate laboratory reports (K1, K2, S1, A2)
  • Apply the basic concepts of power electronics to design the circuits in the fields of AC and DC drives, power generation and transmission and energy conversion (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture
3.00 12 weeks 36
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial
1.00 12 weeks 12
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Laboratory
1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning
7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentIndividual 5 - 10% 1,4 
ExaminationIndividual 50 - 60% 1,4 
Laboratory ReportGroup 30 - 45% 2,3 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

(i) an overall mark for the unit of 50% or more, and(ii) at least 40% in the final exam, and(iii) must complete all laboratory workStudents who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirements (ii) and (iii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

  • A revision of power semiconductor devices in the transistor, thyristor and hybrid families
  • Driver and trigger circuits for power devices
  • Protection of power semiconductor devices
  • A revision of the principle of pulse width modulation and its advantages
  • Switched mode power supplies
  • A detailed study of modern AC and DC variable speed electrical machine drives
  • Calculation of component ratings, power factor, utilisation factor, retrieval of energy etc. for a given application
  • Principle of regenerative braking
  • Application and implementation of closed loop control to machine drives
  • The application of power electronics in modern power industrials, such as: solar energy and other sources of energy, battery technology, uninterruptible power supplies

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.