EENG 4317 Power Electronics Design and Applications

The use of solid state components in power systems; rectifying devices; diode circuits and rectifiers; controlled rectifier circuits; AC voltage controllers; thyristor commutation techniques; DC choppers; speed-torque characteristics of motors and loads; starting, braking and transient analysis of electric motors; introduction to HVDC. Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisite

EENG 4309. Prerequisite or Corequisite: EENG 4310