1.

SINGLE PHASE AC-DC CONVERTER

a) Static Characteristics of power diode
b) Static Characteristics of power diode SCR and GTO
c) Half controlled and fully controlled converters with R-L,
R-L-E loads and freewheeling diodes
d) Continuous and discontinuous modes of operation - inverter operation
e) Dual converter - Sequence control of converters
f) Performance parameters: harmonics, ripple, distortion, power factor
g) Effect of source impedance and overlap
h) Reactive power and power balance in converter circuits
2. THREE PHASE AC-DC CONVERTER
Semi and fully controlled converter with R, R-L, R-L-E - loads and
freewheeling diodes
Fully controlled converter inverter operation and its limit
Dual converter
Performance parameters
Effect of source impedance and over lap
12 pulse converter.
3. DC-DC CONVERTERS
Principles of step-down and step-up converters
Analysis of buck, boost, buck-boost and Cuk converters
Time ratio and current limit control
Full bridge converter
Resonant and quasi resonant converters
4. AC VOLTAGE CONTROLLERS
Static Characteristics of TRIAC
Principle of phase control: Single Phase Controllers
Three Phase Controllers- various configurations& Analysis with R and R-L
loads.
5. CYCLOCONVERTERS
Principle of operation
Single phase cycloconverters
Three phase cycloconverters
Power factor Control
Forced commutated cycloconverters

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CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

ODDANCHATRAM. 624 619.
Lesson Plan for PE9112-Analysis of Power Converters
TEXT BOOKS
Prepared by: Lijo Jacob Varghese, AP /EEE, Christian College of Engineering and
Technology

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John Wiley and sons.Inc, Newyork, 1995. 2. Rashid M.H., Power Electronics Circuits, Devices
and Applications ", Prentice Hal
India, New Delhi, 1995. 3. Cyril W.Lander, power
electronics, Third Edition McGraw hill-1993
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1.P.C Sen.," Modern Power Electronics ", Wheeler publishing Co, First Edition, New Delhi1998. 2.P.S.Bimbra, Power Electronics, Khanna Publishers, Eleventh Edition, 2003.
3.Power Electronics By Vedam Subramanyam

Prepared by: Lijo Jacob Varghese, AP /EEE, Christian College of Engineering and
Technology