Power Electronics Design of Renewable Energy Systems

ECE 191/291T

Semester: Spring 2018 Program/Department: Electrical and

Computer Engineering,
California State University, Fresno

Course Name: Power Electronics Instructor Name: Woonki Na

Design of Renewable Energy Systems

Units: 3 Office Location: EE262

Time: M,W: 2~3:15PM E-Mail: wkna@csufresno.edu

Location: EE287 Telephone: 278-4824

Website: TBA Office Hours: Mon: 3:30~5:00 PM,

Tues: 11~Noon, Wed. :1~2PM, Thurs:
11~12:30PM

Course Description: This course covers advanced topics in power electronics. The
topics are: rectifiers, inverters and multi-level inverters, resonant and soft-switching
converters, advanced switching techniques, power converter stability, and control issues
in various applications, specially in energy applications.

Since this is a 3-unit class, you should expect to study an average of 6 hours outside of
class each week.

Prerequisites for the Course: EE 153

REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS

N. Mohan, T. Undeland and W. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications,
and Design, 3rd edition, 2003, Wiley, ISBN 978-0-471-22693-2

COURSE SPECIFICS

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Summary/Outline of the Course: The main topics are advanced PWM (Pulse Width
Modulation) switching schemes and design methodologies in various applications.
Computer-aided design will be utilized for power electronics applications.

Course Goals: The objective of the course is to have the students learn advanced designs
and important and current applications, including converters for renewable and
alternative energy sources.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO):

With a successful completion of this course, you should have achieved the following
learning outcomes as related to this course:

1. Apply advanced mathematics and engineering science to practical problems.

- Analyze almost any two-switch power electronic circuit and determine its input-output
function, based on energy balance and energy conservation.
- Analyze switching diode circuits and determine input-output behavior and waveforms.
- Use Fourier analysis to determine whether a converter or waveform can deliver energy
to meet specified requirements and to analyze harmonic distortion.
- Select the basic operating parameters, including modulation depth and voltage rail
values, for pulse-width modulated inverters (PWM).

2. Demonstrate knowledge in advanced electrical engineering subjects and utilize

advanced engineering tools to solve engineering problems.
- Analyze and design voltage-sourced inverters for power backup and alternative energy
applications.
- Discuss the important applications and provide critical evaluation of the most common
types of dc-dc, ac-dc and dc-ac converters.
- List important current applications for inverters and describe typical configurations for
solar, electric vehicle, wind turbine, switching amplifier, and other inverter systems.

3. Conduct experiments and analyze collected data.

- Throughout model-based computer simulation experiments, analyze dc-dc, ac-dc, and
dc-ac converters’ operating data in the continuous and discontinuous modes.

4. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

-Demonstrate proficiency in the use of written English, including proper spelling,
grammar, and punctuation to research and analyze emerging power electronics
technologies in the project report.
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively deliver a formal project presentation before a
variety of live audiences.

5. Conduct literature searches and formulate ideas via critical thinking practices.
- Formulate a project idea from one of the following topic areas: multilevel inverter,
space vector PWM, or power converters for renewable and energy applications.
- Conduct a thorough literature search and review.

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- Use critical thinking practices to design a best solution. For example, your solution
might represent high energy efficiency or system optimization.

Course Requirements/Assignments:

1. Homework Assignments: 200 pts (5 homework assignments, each 40 pts)

2. Project: 100 pts ( Individual project for graduate students only, specially 291T
students)
3. Quizzes: 200 pts (5 quizzes will be assigned, each 40 pts)
4. Mid-term: 200 pts
5. Final: 300 pts

Attendance will not be checked, but 2 unannounced quizzes will be given.

Project: A power converter modeling and design project for energy applications will be
assigned after 8 weeks of instruction. It will be completed using computer simulation
tools. The project is due the last day of class.

Grading Policy: The total number of possible points is 1000. Each student’s point total
will be divided by 10, so that the new scale is within in the range 0 to 100. Each student’s
letter grade will be determined from his/her number on the 100-point scale as indicated
below:

A (90−100), B (80−89), C (70−79), D (60−69), and F (0−59)

The meaning of these letter grades are:

A = High competence

B = Competence

C = Minimum competence

D = Limited or incomplete competence

F = Inadequate competence for credit

Homework/ Project Report: Homework will generally be collected a week after it is

assigned and will typically involve the problems from the book’s chapters. All due dates
will be announced in the class or via the course Blackboard website. Please attend all
class sessions if possible and check your email regularly for announcements regarding
this course from the instructor. A sloppy or unreadable homework is unacceptable and
may result in 0% credit. Furthermore, cheating (such as your solutions being directly
copied from the web or other resources) will also receive 0% credit in your assignments

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and may result in disciplinary action that significantly impacts your grade. The front page
of each assignment must contain the following statement, signed and dated by yourself:

“I have done my own work and have neither given nor received unauthorized
assistance on this work.”
Also if more than one page is required for the homework, the pages must be stapled. If
not, there is a 5 point penalty. No late homework will be accepted.

Examinations: There is one mid-term exam scheduled (subject to change), in addition to

a final exam. The mid-term exam will be based upon lecture materials, textbook
examples in chapters covered, class discussions, homework, computer simulations and
etc. The mid-term exam will cover all material from the beginning of class to a week
before the exam. The final will be comprehensive. If you cheat on the exam, you will
most likely fail the exam, as well as the course.

Note: I reserve the right to ask you to move to another chair at any time during an exam.

Professionalism: In preparation for the business world, students should refrain from
unprofessional behavior. Students should act respectfully to other students as well as the
professor. If a student engages in disruptive behavior, the student will be dismissed from
class. Examples of unprofessional (disruptive) behavior include but are not limited to:

• Surfing the Internet using your personal computer or lab computer or cell phone

• Texting during class

• Reading a book, newspaper, or even notes for another course

• Private conversations

• Sleeping

• Listening to any electronics devices except for the hearing aid.

Also Smoking, eating and drinking are strictly prohibited inside the classroom.

If you were caught with these disruptive behaviors, I may ask you to leave the classroom,
but for the first time for these disruptive behaviors, I may give you a warning only.

Personal Responsibility: You are personally responsible for all information

disseminated during the lectures. Therefore, if you miss a lecture, it is your responsibility
to obtain all information presented during that lecture.

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E-Mail: It is expected that additional announcements will have to be made from time to
time outside the classroom via the course Blackboard website. Therefore, each student is
expected to check their e-mail on a regular basis (at least once a day) to ensure that they
receive any communication from instructor.

Audio/Video Recording: You may not record any of the lectures using either audio
and/or video without prior consent from the Instructor.

University Policies

Students with Disabilities: Upon identifying themselves to the instructor and the
university, students with disabilities will receive reasonable accommodation for learning
and evaluation. For more information, contact Services to Students with Disabilities in
the University Center Room 5 (278-2811).

Policy on Student Absences: A student’s first responsibility is to attend class and learn.
The University expects students to attend all classes for which they are enrolled.
Instructors may establish specific attendance regulations and make-up work policies
governing their classes and must provide them to their students at the beginning of the
semester. (For details of policy on student absences, please refer to APM 232.)

Honor Code: “Members of the CSU Fresno academic community adhere to principles of
academic integrity and mutual respect while engaged in university work and related
activities.” You should understand or seek clarification about expectations for academic
integrity in this course (including no cheating, plagiarism and inappropriate
collaboration).

1. Neither give nor receive unauthorized aid on examinations or other course work that is
used by the instructor as the basis of grading.

2. Take responsibility to monitor academic dishonesty in any form and to report it to the
instructor or other appropriate official for action.

3. Instructors may require students to sign a statement at the end of all exams and
assignments that states:

“I have done my own work and have neither given nor received unauthorized
assistance on this work.”

Cheating and Plagiarism: Cheating is the actual or attempted practice of fraudulent or

deceptive acts for the purpose of improving one's grade or obtaining course credit; such
acts also include assisting another student to do so. Typically, such acts occur in relation
to examinations. However, it is the intent of this definition that the term 'cheating' not be

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limited to examination situations only, but that it include any and all actions by a student
that are intended to gain an unearned academic advantage by fraudulent or deceptive
means. Plagiarism is a specific form of cheating which consists of the misuse of the
published and/or unpublished works of others by misrepresenting the material (i.e., their
intellectual property) so used as one's own work. Penalties for cheating and plagiarism
range from a 0 or F on a particular assignment, through an F for the course, to expulsion
from the university. For more information on the University's policy regarding cheating
and plagiarism, refer to the Class Schedule (Legal Notices on Cheating and Plagiarism)
or the University Catalog (Policies and Regulations).

The campus subscribes to the Turnitin plagiarism prevention service

(http://turnitin.com/), and you may need to submit written assignments to Turnitin via
Blackboard (http://blackboard.csufresno.edu). Your work will be used by Turnitin for
plagiarism detection and for no other purpose. You may indicate in writing to the
instructor that you refuses to participate in the Turnitin process, in which case the
instructor can use other electronic means to verify the originality of the work. Turnitin
Originality Reports will generally be available for your viewing.

Computers: At California State University, Fresno, computers and communications

links to remote resources are recognized as being integral to the education and research
experience. Every student is required to have his/her own computer or have other
personal access to a workstation (including a modem and a printer) with all the
recommended software. The minimum and recommended standards for the workstations
and software, which may vary by academic major, are updated periodically and are
available from Information Technology Services (http://www.csufresno.edu/ITS/) or the
University Bookstore. In the curriculum and class assignments, students are presumed to
have 24-hour access to a computer workstation and the necessary communication links to
the University's information resources.

Disruptive Classroom Behavior: The classroom is a special environment in which

students and faculty come together to promote learning and growth. It is essential to this
learning environment that respect for the rights of others seeking to learn, respect for the
professionalism of the instructor, and the general goals of academic freedom are
maintained. Differences of viewpoint or concerns should be expressed in terms which are
supportive of the learning process, creating an environment in which students and faculty
may learn to reason with clarity and compassion, to share of themselves without losing
their identities, and to develop and understanding of the community in which they live.
Student conduct which disrupts the learning process shall not be tolerated and may lead
to disciplinary action and/or removal from class.

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Copyright Policy: Copyright laws and fair use policies protect the rights of those who
have produced the material. The copy in this course has been provided for private study,
scholarship, or research. Other uses may require permission from the copyright holder.
The user of this work is responsible for adhering to copyright law of the U.S. (Title 17,
U.S. Code). To help you familiarize yourself with copyright and fair use policies, the
University encourages you to visit its copyright web page:

http://www.csufresno.edu/library/libraryinformation/campus/copyright/copyrtpolicyfull.pdf.

Digital Campus course web sites contains material protected by copyrights held by the
instructor, other individuals or institutions. Such material is used for educational purposes
in accord with copyright law and/or with permission given by the owners of the original
material. You may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for non-
commercial, personal, or educational purposes only, provided that you (1) do not modify
it, (2) use it only for the duration of this course, and (3) include both this notice and any
copyright notice originally included with the material. Beyond this use, no material from
the course web site may be copied, reproduced, re-published, uploaded, posted,
transmitted, or distributed in any way without the permission of the original copyright
holder. The instructor assumes no responsibility for individuals who improperly use
copyrighted material placed on the web site.

Tentative Course Schedule

The schedule and procedures for this course are subject to change in the event of
extenuating circumstances.

Start and
Week Topics Reading Homework (HW)
End Dates

1 1/17 Power Review Chapters 2 & 3

DC/DC Converters,
2 1/22−1/24 Inverters Chapter 7

3 1/29−1/31 Thyristor Converters Chapter 8 2/1: HW 1 due

4 2/5−2/7 Resonant Converters Chapter 9

5 2/12−2/14 Resonant Converters Chapter 9 2/15: HW 2 due

6 2/21 Power Supply Chapter 10

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 7 2/26−2/28 Power Conditioner Chapter 11

Motor Drives,
8 3/5−3/7 Chapter 12 3/6: HW 3 due
3/7: Mid-term Exam

9 3/12−3/14 DC Motor Drives Chapter 13

AC Motor Drives, Chapter14 &

10 3/19−3/21 3/22: HW 4 due
SVPWM extra resources

11 3/26−3/28 Spring Break

12 4/2−4/4 SVPWM extra resources

Chapters 16 &
13 4/9−4/11 Solar Applications 17 & extra 4/12: HW 5 due
resources

Chapters 16 &
14 4/16−4/18 Wind Applications 17 & extra
resources

Chapters 16 &
Fuel Cell
15 4/23−4/25 17 & extra
Applications
resources

Chapters 16 &
16 4/30−5/2 EV Applications 17 & extra
resources

17 5/7-5/9 Project Presentation 5/9: Project Report

The mid-term exam will be held on March, 7, 2018 during a regularly scheduled
class.

The final exam will held on Wed. May 16, 2018. (3:30~5:30PM).

One or two classes will be missed due to a business trip.