First Course on Power Electronics and Drives Paperback by Ned Mohan. Power electronics and drives are enabling technologies but most undergraduates, at best, will take only one course in these subjects. With over 21,000 students enrolled in the first two courses in the “Robotics: Learn by building” series, more than 4,000 five star ratings in the first course alone, students aged 8 to 60+ have enjoyed the course series and its projects. No prior knowledge of mechanics, physics or robotics is needed. 6.334 examines the application of electronics to energy conversion and control. Topics covered include: modeling, analysis, and control techniques; design of power circuits including inverters, rectifiers, and DC-DC converters; analysis and design of magnetic components and filters; and characteristics of power semiconductor devices. Numerous application examples will be presented such as. Working with a number of universities, Dr. Ned Mohan has developed a forward-looking curriculum for teaching undergraduate courses in Power Systems, Power Electronics and Electric Machines and Drives. This groundbreaking new series is based on that curriculum and represent the next generation in the engineering of sustainable power.
As a service to our members and outreach to potential new members, the IEEE Power Electronics Society is developing a program of modular online courses, which may be used for professional development hours (PDHs). A typical module should be equivalent to 3 PDHs and include 60 minutes of lecture and short problems to test for understanding. The tests and other materials will be delivered via Moodle. Modules will be initially offered free of charge to PELS members and will be integrated into IEEE’s eLearning package for sale to institutions and individuals. Proposals are sought in any topic relevant to the Power Electronics Society field of interest. In particular, the topics listed below are desired:
- Non-technical 'This Is Power Electronics,' for outreach or for non-engineers in the power electronics business
- Technical 'Introduction to Power Electronics,' for engineers who are considering a career move into power electronics
- Introductory Power Electronics Concepts
- Basic converter types
- Basic power semiconductors
- Thermal design
- Control fundamentals for power electronics: PWM, voltage-mode, peak-current-mode
- Magnetic design
- Advanced Power Electronics Concepts
- Resonant converters, multi-level converters, other advanced topologies
- Modeling techniques, such as state-space averaging with linearization
- Detailed analysis and application of power semiconductors
- Simulation
- Regulatory Compliance Concepts
- Safety, e.g., UL, CE, other
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Power Electronics Applications
- Transportation electrification
- LED lighting
- Photovoltaic systems
Each proposal should use the standard IEEE eLearning form. Please submit the form both to Jill Bagley, as noted on the form, and to Issa Bartarseh, PELS Education Chair. Speakers who have given professional education seminars at recent PELS-sponsored conferences are particularly encouraged to reformat those seminars for online delivery. Proposals will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Standard agreements for intellectual property give IEEE exclusivity for online delivery, but the instructor retains copyright. Compensation will be discussed individually and will include an honorarium and residuals from fees.
Slides for the workshop (July 24-26, 2019)
Summary Slide for July 24, 2019 (Click here)
Summary Slide for July 26, 2019 (Click here)
Course Learning Objectives
- Describe the structure of Electric Drive systems and their role in various applications such as flexible production systems, energy conservation, renewable energy, transportation etc., making Electric Drives an enabling technology.
- Understand basic requirements placed by mechanical systems on electric drives.
- Review phasors and three-phase electric circuits.
- Understand the basic principles of power electronics in drives using switch-mode converters and pulse width modulation to synthesize the voltages in dc and ac motor drives.
- Understand the basic concepts of magnetic circuits as applied to electric machines.
- Understand the two basic principles (generation of force and emf) that govern electromechanical energy conversion.
- Describe the operation of dc motor drives to satisfy four-quadrant operation to meet mechanical load requirements.
- Design torque, speed and position controller of motor drives.
- Clearly learn to use space vectors presented on a physical basis to describe the operation of an ac machine.
- Understand the basic principles of Permanent Magnet AC (Self-Synchronous AC) drives.
- Describe the operation of induction machines in steady state that allows them to be controlled in induction-motor drives.
- Learn speed control of induction motor drives in an energy efficient manner using power electronics.
- Learn the basic operation of stepper motors and switched-reluctance motor drives.
- Learn about the energy efficiency of electric drives and inverter-motor interactions.
Course Videos
Course Slides
Lab
The new electric drives lab does not require MATLAB or dSpace and is 1/10ᵗʰ the cost of the previous version. The labs are implemented using freely available numerical simulation and real-time controller platform, Sciamble Workbench developed at the University of Minnesota.
New Version using Sciamble
Latest lab manual can be found here.
Click here for instructions to install Sciamble Workbench.
Click here to buy complete electric drives laboratory lab kit.
Old Version using MATLAB and dSpace
- Electric Drives Lab (PDF)
- Schematics for Electric Drives Board (PDF)
- Necessary Files (Google Drive Link)
Click here for instructions to Install MATLAB and DSpace.
Click here for Vendor Contact Information for Hardware Labs and Cost Estimate
First Course On Power Electronics And Drives Ned Mohan
Electric Machines & Drives
Textbook
Author: Mohan
ISBN: 1118074815 9781118074817
Basic Electronics Course
Publisher: Wiley