GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
POWER ELECTRONICS (24)
POWER ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS
SUBJECT CODE: 2182401
B.E. 8TH SEMESTER
Type of course: Science (Electronics)
Prerequisite: 1) DC MACHINE AND TRANSFORMER
2) 2142404 - BASIC POWER SYSTEMS
3) 2152407 – POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS-I
4) 2162404 - INDUSTRIAL DRIVES & CONTROL-I
5) 2162407 - ELECTRICAL POWER UTILIZATION & TRACTION
6) 2162409 - POWER ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS – II
7) 2172404 - INDUSTRIAL DRIVES AND CONTROL – II
8) 2172408 - ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES & INTERFACE
CIRCUITS
9) 2172410 – POWER ELECTRONICS DESIGN
Rationale: Students of Power Electronics engineering should have conceptual understanding of power
electronics applications. In industry, house, buildings and many other places, use of power electronics
systems is becoming more and more common. Therefore, the person who wants to work in power
electronics field, must have application level study, understanding in this area and knowledge of how
power electronics can be used for various applications. This course gives details required for power
electronics applications in this context
Teaching and Examination Scheme:
Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total Marks
L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks
ESE PA (M) ESE (V) PA
(E) PA ALA ESE OEP (I)
4 0 2 6 70 20 10 20 20 10 150
Content:
Module
Sr. Teachin
Topic Weightag
No. g Hrs.
e%
1 Introduction 2 5
Review of power electronics and power electronic system, Role of power
electronics in today’s energy systems used in various field of human life,
requirements of power electronics, advantages and disadvantages of power
electronics
2 Residential: 4 10
Air conditioning, cooking, lighting, refrigerators, electric-door openers, dryers,
fan regulator, BLDC fan, personal computers, vacuum cleaners, washing
machine, food mixers, Audio Power amplifiers, Role of power electronics in
these applications.
3 Commercial: 4 10
Advertising, heating, air-conditioning power supplies, computer, office
equipment and power supply for the same, On board power supply for low
voltage microprocessors and graphics processors, elevators, escalator, light
dimmer, uninterruptible power supplies, central refrigeration, Role of power
electronics in these applications.
4 Utility systems: 8 20
High voltage DC Transmission, Excitation systems, VAR compensators,
reactive power compensation, Static circuit breakers, fans and boiler feed
pumps, supplementary energy systems (solar, wind), Power Factor correction,
harmonic elimination etc., Role of power electronics in these applications.
5 Industrial Applications: 8 20
Arc and Industrial furnaces, blowers and fans, pumps and compressors,
industrial lasers, transformer tap changers, rolling mills, textile mills,
excavators, cement mills, welding, conveyer belt, industrial robots, Role of
power electronics in these applications.
6 Motion and position control: 8 20
Speed and position control of large motors for industrial and traction
applications (with power measured in megawatts), small electric motors in
consumer electronic equipment, e.g. drive motors in tape recorders, toys,
drone, quod copters etc., motor control applications for printers, CNC
machines, etc., Automatic gates for water canals, homes etc., Role of power
electronics in these applications.
7 Vehicular Power Electronics: 4 5
Electric vehicles, Battery operated vehicles, battery operated wheel chairs for
physically challenged persons, control, advantages, requirements, role of
power electronics in these applications.
8 Miscellaneous: 4 10
Aerospace applications like Space shuttle power supplies, Satellite power
supplies, Aircraft power system, Reliability of power supply for aerospace
systems
Green Energy related applications like interface of mains supply with solar
power, wind turbine, tidal power, ocean wave power etc.,
Power electronics in IoT applications
Role of power electronics in these applications.
Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):
Distribution of Theory Marks (%)
R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level
30 25 25 10 10 -
Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:
Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)
Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table
Reference Books:
1 Power Electronics Hand Book, M H Rashid,
2 Power Electronics and its Applications, Alok Jain, Penram International
3 Power Electronics: Circuits, Devices and Applications, M H Rashid, Pearson Publishing House
Course Outcome:
After learning the course, the students should be able to:
1. The students will be able to apply power electronics knowledge to real world applications.
List of Experiments:
Directions for Laboratory work:
- The list of experiments is given as a sample.
- The laboratory report should be prepared in digitized form.
- Minimum 10 experiments should be carried out.
1. To study applications of power electronics in solar energy connected to grid
2. To study applications of power electronics in wind power
3. To study applications of power electronics in tidal power
4. To study applications of power electronics in house hold appliances
5. To study applications of power electronics in industrial heating applications
6. To study applications of power electronics in motion control and position control applications
7. To study application of power electronics in electrical vehicles
8 To study power electronics applications for utility supply.
9. To study power electronics applications for aerospace applications
10. To study power electronics application in High voltage DC Transmission
11. To study UPS and its applications
Major Equipment:
Computers, simulation software
List of Open Source Software/learning website:
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ACTIVE LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS: Preparation of power-point slides, which include videos,
animations, pictures, graphics for better understanding theory and practical work – The faculty will allocate
chapters/ parts of chapters to groups of students so that the entire syllabus to be covered. The power-point
slides should be put up on the web-site of the College/ Institute, along with the names of the students of the
group, the name of the faculty, Department and College on the first slide. The best three works should
submit to GTU.
