Teacher

prof. aggr. Stefano SAGGINI

Credits

6 CFU

Language

Italian

Objectives

Basic knowledge of the electronics circuits devoted to the energy conversion.

Acquired skills

- Knowledge on power circuit and system.

Lectures and exercises (topics and specific content)

Introduction: power electronics devices (10 hours).
DC-DC conversion: DC-DC converter topologies: Buck, Boost, Buck-boost (10 hours).
AC-DC conversion: uncontrolled and controlled rectifiers (10 hours).
DC-AC conversion: single phase and Triphase inverters (10 hours).
Applications: photovoltaic systems, UPS etc. (10 hours).
Thermal design: thermal modelling and design (10 hours).
Exercises (20 hours).

References

- J. G. Kassakian, M. F. Schlecht, G. C. Verghese, Principle of Power Electronics, Addison Wesley
- Mohan, Undeland, Robbins, Power Electronics, Wiley
- Robert W. Erickson, Dragan Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics - Second Edition, Kluwer Academic Publisher

Type of exam

Written and oral

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