MBEYA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(MUST)

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY(CET)

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND POWER ENGINEERING
Course Name: Power Electronics Circuit
Course Code: EE 8314
Course Facilitator: Eng. Fredy Loita
Consultation: Administration Block (A), room No 109
Consultation Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 1000-1300hrs
Academic Year: 2022/2023
UQF 8: Third Year
Semester: II
 EE 8314: Power Electronics Circuits
Course Aim:
The aim of this course is to enable student to identify types,
construction, principle of operation and application of phase
controller rectifiers and chopper circuits

Course Credit:
Core Course with 8 credits

Pre-requisites:
Basics of Power Electronics - EE 8305
Electrical power system analysis – EE 8208
 EE 8314: Power Electronics Circuits
Mode of Delivery : 4 hours and 30 minutes lecture and/or tutorial per
week
Mode of assessments: Continuous Assessment – 40%
Test 1 -15% (6th week)
Test 2 -15% (10th week)
Quizzes -5% + Assignments -5%
: University Examination - 60%

Teaching methodology: This module will be delivered through

Lectures, and Tutorials.
 EE 8314: Power Electronics Circuits
Expected Course Outcomes
1.Establish control power flow on electrical machines and equipment
2.Analyse operational characteristics of choppers
3.Analyse operation of phase controlled rectifier
4.To be able to protect the power electronics devices and circuits against
abnormal conditions
 EE 8314: Course Contents
1. Introduction to Power Electronics circuits
Definitions, Applications and types of control
2. Uncontrolled Rectifiers
Single phase half wave converters, single phase full wave converters, three phase
uncontrolled rectifiers
3. Phase controlled Rectifiers
Principle of Phase Control, Full-wave converters, Single-phase Full-wave converter,
Single-phase Two-pulse Converters with Discontinues Load Current, Three-phase
Converter Systems using Diodes, Three-phase Thyristor Converter circuit, Effect of
Source Impedance on the Performance of Converters, Dual converters.
 EE 8314: Course Contents
4. Choppers
Principle of Chopper Operation, Control Strategies, Step-up Choppers, Types of
Chopper Circuits, Steady State Time-domain analysis of Type-A Chopper, Thyristor
Chopper circuits, Multiphase Choppers.

5. Protection of devices and circuits

Cooling and heat sinks, protection against over current and over voltages,
temperature and mechanical damage, Snubber circuit.
 EE 8314: Reading List
Recommended Books
1. Dr. P.S. Bimbhra, (2000) Power Electronics, Third edition, Khanna publisher
2. Rashid, M.H., (1993), Power Electronics, Circuits, Devices and Applications, practice – Hall
3. Sen, P.E., (1997), Principle of Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley&
sons.
4. Lander, C.W., (1981), Power Electronics, McGraw – Hill Book company (UK) Limited
5. Mohan et al, (1997), Power Electronics: Converter, Application & Design Second Edition, John Wiley
& Sons
6. Erickson, R. W., (2013). Fundamentals of power electronics. Springer Science & Business Media.
BE A GOOD STUDENT
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 QUIZ 01 -10marks
Question 01
With examples mention three categories of semiconductor devices as applied in
power electronics engineering

Question 02
In designing power electronics converter, it is important to choose the most
optimal power semiconductor devices. Mentions at least four device properties
and how they influence the choice of the device for a particular use.

Question 03
Briefly explain the major loses associated with controllable power electronics
switches