Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology

Subject: Power Electronics

Branch: EEE Class: 3 rd year, 1 s t semester
Staff:A.Hari Prasad Academic Year:2009-2010

LECTURE PLAN
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UNIT – I POWER SEMI CONDUCTOR DEVICES

01 Thyristors 1
02 Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCR’s) 1
03 BJT 1
04 Power MOSFET 1
06 Power IGBT 2
08 Basic theory of operation of SCR 2
10 Turn on and turn off methods 2
11 Static and dynamic characteristics of scr 1
UNIT – II DEVICES AND COMMUTATION CIRCUITS

12 Two transistor analogy of SCR 1

13 UJT firing circuit 1
16 Series and parallel connections of SCR’s 3
17 Snubber circuit details 1
19 Specifications and Ratings of SCR’s, BJT, IGBT 2
21 Line Commutation and Forced Commutation circuits. 2

UNIT – III SINGLE PHASE HALF CONTROLLED CONVERTERS

22 Phase control technique 1

23 Single phase Line commutated converters 1
26 Half controlled converters with Resistive, RL loads and RLE load 3
Active and Reactive power inputs to the converters without and with
28 Free wheeling Diode 2
 UNIT – IV SINGLE PHASE FULLY CONTROLLED CONVERTERS

29 Fully controlled converters 1

Mid point and Bridge connections with Resistive, RL loads and RLE
31 load 2
32 Derivation of average load voltage and current 1
34 Line commutated inverters 2
Active and Reactive power inputs to the converters without and with
36 Free wheeling Diode 2
37 Effect of source inductance 1

UNIT – V THREE PHASE LINE COMMUTATED CONVERTERS

39 Three pulse and six pulse converters 2

Mid point and bridge connections average load voltage With R and RL
42 loads 3
43 Effect of Source inductance 1
45 Dual converters 2

UNIT – VI AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS & CYCLO CONVERTERS

47 Single phase two SCR’s in anti parallel – With R and RL loads 2

49 modes of operation of Triac – Triac with R and RL loads 2
50 Derivation of RMS load voltage, current and power factor wave forms 1
51 Firing circuits 1
Single phase mid point cyclo converters with Resistive and inductive
53 load 2
54 Bridge configuration of single phase cyclo converter 1

UNIT – VII CHOPPERS

55 Time ratio control and Current limit control strategies 1

Step down choppers Derivation of load voltage and currents with R, RL
57 and RLE loads 2
59 Step up Chopper – load voltage expression 2
61 Morgan’s chopper 2
63 Jones chopper and Oscillation chopper 2
64 AC Choppers 1

UNIT – VIII INVERTERS

65 Single phase inverter 1

67 Basic series inverter 2
69 Basic parallel Capacitor inverter bridge inverter 2
70 Simple forced commutation circuits for bridge inverters 1
72 Mc Murray and Mc Murray – Bedford inverters 2
Voltage control techniques for inverters Pulse width modulation
73 techniques 1

Total Classes Required:73

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