Monash University engineering handbook 1995

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ELE4262

Power electronics 2

R P Lisner

4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 laboratory/tutorial hours * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: ELE4261

Resonant power converters, PWM inverters, voltage-source and current-source inverters. Cycloconverters. Variable-frequency inverter drives for AC machine control, vector-controlled drives. Stepper motor control. Four-quadrant phase-controlled DC machine drives, chopper control of DC motors, brushless DC machines. Harmonics in machine drive systems.

Assessment

Examinations (3 hours): 60% * Practical work/Laboratory work: 40%

Recommended texts

Lander C W Power electronics 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill, 1993

Mohan N and others Power electronics: Converters, applications and design Wiley, 1989

Rashid M H Power electronics: Circuits, devices and applications 2nd edn, Prentice-Hall, 1993


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