Advanced Power Electronic Converters for Renewable Energy

Description

Review on classical DC/DC converters - Review on classical DC/AC inverters and PWM techniques - Photovoltaic PWM based charger converters - Photovoltaic grid connected converters (Central topology) - Photovoltaic grid connected converters (String configuration) - Photovoltaic grid connected converters (Single stage) - AC/DC based battery chargers - Wind energy induction generator based converters - Full-scale two-stage wind energy permanent generator based converter - Doubly-fed induction generator based converter 1 - Doubly-fed induction generator based converter 2 - Micro wind energy converter - Gate drive circuit design (Thyristors) - Gate drive circuit design (MOSFETs and IGBTs) - Thermal considerations and heat sinks selection.

Program

Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Control Engineering (160)

Objectives

• The course aims at highlighting recent power electronic converters for renewable energy based systems like photovoltaic and wind. Each converter is studied from several aspects: topology, operation, waveforms and practical design in addition to functional closed loop control. Moreover, the course explains commercial battery storage interfacing converters with bi-directional power capabilities both fed from AC and DC source. For more practical approach, thermal design considerations in addition to gate driver circuits are discussed in details.