Syllabus

Simulation of various power electronics converters and their motor drives applications in the MATLAB/Simulink, dc-dc converters: Boost converter, Buck converter and Flyback converter, closed-loop voltage control mode operation of Flyback converter, dc motor drives using universal bridge PWM converter, dc motor drives using closed-loop controlled GTO based dc-dc converter, induction motor drive with constant V/f control, induction motor drive using the P-I controller, induction motor dynamic model simulation during free acceleration, simulation of three-phase PWM active rectifier acting as the utility interface for the input line current wave shaping to improve line current THD.

List of Experiments
1. Simulation of Boost converter
2. Closed loop control of Buck converter (Average current mode control)
3. Simulation of Flyback converter
4. Closed loop control of Flyback converter (Voltage mode control)
5. DC motor drive using universal bridge PWM converter
6. Closed loop control of dc motor Drives using GTO based dc-dc Converter
7. V/f control of induction motor
8. Induction motor drive using P-I controller
9. Three phase PWM rectifier for utility interface with active current shaping for unity power factor
10. Simulation of dynamic model induction motor to plot torque vrs. speed characteristics for free acceleration

1. To acquire skill in Simulink simulation of power electronic converters and dc drives

2. To simulate induction motor drive in Simulink using closed loop V/f control

3. To simulate three phase PWM rectifier for utility interface with active current shaping for unity power factor

4. To verify dynamic model of induction motor in reference frames through simulation using MATLAB programming

At the end of the course, students will be able to simulate power electronic circuits in Simulink

At the end of the course, students will be able to simulate dc motor drive in Simulink

At the end of the course, students will be able to simulate V/f control of induction motor drive drives

At the end of the course, students will be able to design and simulate closed loop induction motor drive using P-I controller

At the end of the course, students will be able to simulate three phase PWM rectifier for utility interface with active current shaping for unity power factor

At the end of the course, students will be able to simulate induction motor transients through MATLAB programming

M. B. Patil, V. Ramanarayanan, V. T. Ranganathan, Simulation of Power Electronic Circuits, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi , 2009

C. M. Ong, Dynamic Simulations of Electric Machinery: Using Matlab/Simulink, Prentice-Hall, Indiana , 1997