Course Information
SemesterCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleT+P+LCreditNumber of ECTS CreditsLast Updated Date
6EEM 304Power Electronics 3+0+03524.08.2022
Course Details
Language of Instruction English
Level of Course Unit Bachelor's Degree
Department / Program Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Type of Program Formal Education
Type of Course Unit Elective
Course Delivery Method Face To Face
Objectives of the Course To teach theoretical background about components and circuits of power electronics, their purposes, designs and types.
Course Content Power switches and their characteristics. Power converter definitions, classification. VTA method. Single-phase, three-phase midpoint and bridge rectifiers. Harmonics, input power factor, Thermal considerations, maximum ratings, protection of switching elements. Wave shaping; PWM, stepped and square-waveforms, voltage regulation, harmonics. Resonant inverters. Dc-DC switching converters. Power electronic modelling and simulation. Applications.
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities None
Course Coordinator Associate Prof.Dr. Selim B
Name of Lecturers Prof.Dr. SELİM BÖREKCİ
Assistants None
Work Placement(s) No

Recommended or Required Reading
Resources Güç elektroniği devreleri (çeviri), N.Tuncay ve ark.,Literatür yayınları,İst. 2005
Güç elektroniği , Remzi Gülgün,Yıldız Teknik Ünv. matbaası, 1999 
Güç Elektroniği Semineri Notları, 16-22 Ekim 1989, KTÜ Trabzon.
Course Notes Intro
Documents Intr
Assignments 1
Exams 3

Course Category
Mathematics and Basic Sciences %10
Engineering %10
Engineering Design %10
Social Sciences %10
Education %10
Science %10
Health %10
Field %10

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria
In-Term Studies Quantity Percentage
Mid-terms 1 % 30
Assignment 3 % 20
Final examination 1 % 50
Total
5
% 100

 
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration Total Work Load
Course Duration 14 4 56
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud 14 4 56
Assignments 2 10 20
Mid-terms 1 2 2
Final examination 1 2 2
Total Work Load   Number of ECTS Credits 5 136

 
Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
NoLearning Outcomes
1 Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice
2 Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations
3 Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects.
4 Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies
5 Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions
6 Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue
7 The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence
8 Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in Turkish Language and, at minimum, one foreign language
9 Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology
10 Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics
11 Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues
12 Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity

 
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTopicsStudy MaterialsMaterials
1 Application areas of power electronics circuits and introduction to power electronics elements 
2 Comparison of power electronics elements and their performances 
3 Turn on and turn off thyristor and characteristics, triggering methods of thyristor 
4 Rectifier circuits- running in different load types of one phase half wave uncontrolled rectifier circuits 
5 Rectifier circuits- running in different load types of one phase half wave controlled rectifier circuits 
6 Running in different load types of one phase half wave controlled rectifier circuits using with mid-point transformer and calculation of power loss 
7 Three phase uncontrolled rectifiers 
8 Three phase uncontrolled rectifiers 
9 Obtaining of output wave forms of three phase rectifiers for different load conditions 
10 Obtaining of output wave forms of three phase rectifiers for different load conditions 
11 Running inverting mode of rectifiers 
12 Ac choppers and static Var compansators 
13 Cycloconverters 
14 Inverters 

 
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11
C1 4
C2 5
C3 4
C4 5
C5 5
C6 5
C7 4
C8 3
C9 5
C10 2
C11 2
C12 2

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