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Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)
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a. ECE 551 – Advanced Power Electronics
Advanced power electronic converters, techniques to model and control switching circuits, resonant converters, multi-level converters, Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) techniques, soft switching methods, and low-voltage high-current design issues are studied. Single-phase and multi-phase, controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers and inverters with different operating techniques and their design and control issues are explained.
b. ECE 538 - Renewable Energies (New course)
In this course, various renewable energy sources such as solar systems, wind powered systems, ocean ides, ocean waves, and ocean thermal are presented. Their operational principles are addressed. Grid connected interfaces for such systems are explained. Research and Simulation mini-projects with emphasize on either machine design, or power electronic circuit analysis, design, and controls, or grid connected renewable systems are assigned to student groups.
Prerequisites: ECE 311.
c. ECE 550 – Power Electronic Dynamics and Control
This course covers modeling and analysis of solid-state switching circuits, parallel module dynamics, multi-converter interactions, resonant converters, feedback control, stability assessment, reduced parts converters, integrated structures, programmable switching regulators, digital switch-mode controllers, and power electronic converter-on-a-chip development.
d. ECE 548 - Energy Harvesting (New course)
Various energy harvesting technologies mostly for low power electronic applications such as solar, wind, vibration, linear motion, radio frequency, passive and active human power generation are presented. Their operational principles are addressed. Research and Simulation projects with emphasize on machine design, as well as power electronic circuit analysis, design, and controls are assigned to student groups.
Prerequisite: ECE 311.
e. ECE 411 - Power Electronics
In this course power electronic circuits and switching devices such as power transistors, MOSFETs, SCRs, GTOs, IGBTs and UJTs are studied. Their applications in AC/DC, DC/DC, DC/AC and AC/AC converters as well as switching power supplies are studied. Simulation miniprojects and lab experiments emphasize power electronic circuit analysis, design and control.
Prerequisite: ECE 311.
f. ECE 431- Power Circuits and Electromechanics
This course covers network equivalents, power and energy fundamentals, resonance, mutual inductance, three phase power concepts, forces and torques of electric origin in electromagnetic systems, energy conversion cycles, principles of electric machines, transducers and relays. Prerequisite: ECE 210.
Texts: M. A. Pai, Power Circuits and Electromechanics, Champaign: Stipes, 2007.
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