Graduate Students PE Course Research Topics

(2016/12/1)

Topic 1
A 3-phase full-bridge rectifier with source inductance of Ls=1.5mH, Source voltage rms

Vs=380V, fs=50Hz, the rated power of 50kW as a current sink load. When thyristors are

employed and the firing angle =30. Find :

a. The commutating duration angle .

b. The output DC voltage

c. Build a simulation circuit to study the behavior of the rectifier;

d. Harmonic characteristics of the waveforms of output voltage and source current;

e. Control design to keep the output voltage as a constant with a change of load.

Topic 2
The input voltage for a buck-boost converter is 15V with 5 variation. 15V output voltage is

desired both for maximum load 120W and minimum load 10W. The switching frequency

supposed to be 20kHz:

a. Determine the range of duty ratio;

b. The boundary inductance to keep the converter operating in CCM.

c. The minimum capacity to ensure the output voltage ripple less than 1% with the

boundary inductance.

d. Build the simulation circuit to study the behavior of the DC chopper;

e. Efficiency study for non-ideal semi-conductor device.

f. To design a close loop control to keep the output voltage constant

Topic 3
A single phase full-bridge SPWM inverter operates in a=0.85 f0=50Hz, fs=12kHz,

Vdc=200V, R=10ohms and L=0.25mH

 a. Determine the voltage transfer ratio Tvv

b. The Maximum output voltage(in RMS)

c. Build the simulation circuit and study the behavior of the inverter;

d. Harmonic characteristic study for the waveforms of output vo and io;

e. Design a control to keep the output voltage stable with the change of DC voltage.

Topic 4
A typical variable frequency drive is consists of a DC-linked 3-phase 6-pulse rectifier and a

3-phase bridge SPWM inverter. Suppose the source line rms voltage is 380V and the PWM

constant is 1. Determine:

a. The DC bus voltage

b. The maximum output line rms voltage and the voltage level loss (

output line rms voltage

1 )*100%
source line rms voltage

c. Build the simulation circuit and study the behavior of the DC-linked AC/AC converter;

d. Design a modulation policy to boost the output line-to-line voltage.

Topic 5
A three-phase arc furnace can be considered as a varible load as the following waveforms.
The furnace is connected to a 10kV system with the source impedance of 15 ohm. Design a TCR
to compensate the voltage fluctuation within 5%. The designed scheme must include the circuit
topology, the equipment parameters and control strategy. Both theoretical studies and simulation
are needed for the design.

Topic N
 The research topics related with the master research projects and with application of power
electronics. The final report must include:
a) The role of power electronics in the project;
b) The principle of the converter and its configuration;
c) The control strategies of the converter;
d) Modeling of the converter with selected software (MATLAB, PSIM, PSCAD)
e) Close-loop control stability study under some disturbance.
f) Conclusion remarks.