ECE4055 Electrical energy - power electronic applications
Faculty of Engineering
ECE4055 Electrical energy - power electronic applications is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ECE4055
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ECE4055
No unit lists ECE4055 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The unit presents a structured treatment of the design of switched mode power electronic converters. The course starts with passive diode rectifiers followed by thyristor rectifiers. Introducing various semiconductor active switches, commutation cells, and pulse width modulation technique, various active power electronics converters including DC/DC buck and boost converters, two-level DC/AC converters, and three-level DC/AC converters will be studied in details. Moreover, the procedure for designing various controllers for such converters will be discussed. Finally, several real-world applications such as variable speed drives, power filters, grid-tied power converters for renewable energy grid integration, and UPS systems are presented as examples.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| First semester (Fully flex) | Clayton | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify power semiconductor devices and use them to implement power electronic converters.
- 2
Analyse two-level/three-level DC/AC converters and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC converters.
- 3
Construct simulations of two-level/three-level DC/AC and isolated/non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
- 4
Implement two-level DC/AC and non-isolated DC/DC power converters.
- 5
Use power electronic converters in a wide range of applications.
- 6
Identify pulse width modulation techniques and use them in DC/AC and DC/DC power converters.
Workload and teaching
3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week
Where it fits
ECE4055 is part of 4 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
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Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Tom Drummond
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Behrooz Bahrani
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ECE4055?
ECE4055 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ECE4055 offered?
In 2020, ECE4055 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
Which majors and minors include ECE4055?
ECE4055 is part of Electrical and computer systems engineering; Electrical engineering; Renewable and sustainable energy engineering; and Robotics and mechatronics engineering.