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Chapter 1 part 2 introduction
1. University of Hail
Electrical Engineering Department
EE 460: Power Electronics
Chapter 1/2: Introduction to Power
Electronics (Introduction)
Lecturer: Dr. Rabeh ABBASSI
2. At the end of this chapter you should be able to:
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Explain what is Power electronics
Understand the major applications of
power electronics
List the major types of power
semiconductor devices
Understand the main types of power
converters
Describe the ideal characteristics of
power switching devices and their
control
4. What is Power Electronics?
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ExpWhat is Power Electronics?
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6. • Power electronics can also be thought of as a
technology which applies solid-state
electronics/devices for the control and
conversion of electric power.
• Electronics deals with the semiconductor
devices and circuits used in signal processing to
implement the control functions,
• power deals with both static and rotating
equipment that uses electric power.
• control deals with the steady-state stability of
the closed-loop system during the power
conversion process.
What is Power Electronics?
7. • In power electronic circuits there exists two
types of switching devices:
1. one type in the power stage that
handles high power up to hundreds of
giga watts (which represents the muscle
of the system) and
2. another type in the feedback control
circuit that handles low power up to
hundreds of milliwatts, representing the
brain or intelligence of the system.
What is Power Electronics?
8. • Devices which operate in linear mode are not
useful in high efficient power transfer because
of their relatively higher losses.
• The switches can be connected:
- In series to increase voltage handling
capability.
- In parallel to increase current handling.
• The power switches can also be connected into
a certain topology which can rectify or invert,
regulate and control the power flow through
the system.
What is Power Electronics?
10. The function of the power converter stage is to
perform the actual power conversion and processing
of the energy from the input to the output by
incorporating a matrix of power switching devices.
Power conversion refers to the power electronic
circuit that changes one of the following:
1. Voltage form (ac or dc)
2. Voltage level (magnitude)
3. Voltage frequency (line or otherwise)
4. Voltage waveshape (sinusoidal or
nonsinusoidal, such as square, triangle, or
sawtooth),
5. Voltage phase (single-or-three-phase)
Classification of Power Converter Circuits
11. Rectification (ac-to-dc)
The term rectification refers to the power circuit whose function is
to alter the ac characteristic of the line electric power to produce a
“rectified” ac power at the load site that contains the dc value.
ac-dc rectification (a) Simplified block diagram representation
(b) Example of ac-dc conversion
(a) (b)
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Rectification (ac-to-dc)
• There are several rectifier circuits configurations.
The popular ones are:
Single-phase semi-controlled bridge rectifier.
Single-phase fully-controlled bridge rectifier.
Three-phase three-pulse, star-connected rectifier.
Double three-phase, three-pulse star-connected rectifiers
with interphase transformer (IPT).
Three-phase semi-controlled bridge rectifier.
Three-phase fully-controlled bridge rectifier.
Double 3-phase fully-controlled bridge rectifiers with IPT
14. Inversion (dc-to-ac)
The term inversion is used to power electronic circuits for the
function that alters the dc source (e.g. a battery) with no ac
components into an “inverted” ac power at the load that has no dc
components.
(a) (b)
DC-to-AC inversion (a) Simplified block diagram representation
(b) Example of dc-ac inversion
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• Some of the applications of inverters are:
Emergency lighting systems
AC variable speed drives
Uninterrupted power supplies (UPS)
Frequency converters
Inversion (dc-to-ac)
16. Cycloconversion or Voltage
Controllers (ac-to-ac)The term cycloconversion is used for power electronic circuits that
convert the ac input power at one frequency to an ac output power
at a different frequency using one-stage conversion.
(a) One-stage ac-to-ac cycloconversion (b) Example of ac-to-ac conversion waveforms
(a) (b)
ac
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Low power cycloconverters for low power AC
motors use Triacs instead of SCRs.
Unlike the SCR which conducts in only one
direction, Triacs are capable of conducting in both
direction. Like SCRs, Triacs are also three
terminals devices.
Cycloconverters are not very commonly used as
inverters.
AC Voltage Controller (ac-to-ac)
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DC Chopper (dc-to-dc)
When the SCR was introduced, a DC-to-DC converter
was called a chopper.
Nowadays, SCR is rarely used in a DC-to-DC
converter. Rather a power BJT or a power MOSFET
are normally used in such a converter and this type of
converter is called Switch-Mode Power Supply
(SMPS).
A switch-mode power supply can be one of the types:
- Step-down switch-mode power supply
- Step-up chopper
- Fly-back converter
- Resonant converter
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• The typical applications for switch-mode
power supplies or choppers are:
DC drive
Battery charger
DC power supply
DC Chopper (dc-to-dc)
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• PE applications have been steadily and rapidly
expanding to cover many sectors of our society.
• This growth is due to several factors;
Technological advancement by the
semiconductor device industry
very fast high-power capabilities and
highly integrated power semiconductor
devices.
Recent Growth in Power Electronics
22. Multi disciplinary nature of Power Electronics
Power
ElectronicsElectric
Machines
Circuit
Theory
Solid State
Physics
Power
System
Electro
Magnetics
Signal
processing
Control
Theory
Simulation &
Computing
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Trains & locomotives
Magnetic levitation trains
Electric vehicles
Automotive electronics
Ship power systems
Aircraft power systems
P.E Applications: Transportation
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Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS)
High voltage DC transmission (HVDC)
P.E Applications: Utility Systems