Title :
Economic and versatile laboratory setup for teaching power electronics in bachelor courses
Author_Institution :
FH Giessen-Friedberg, Univ. of Appl. Sci., Giessen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents a laboratory setup for teaching basics of power electronics. The setup consists of a 3 phase transformer, a rectifier and four half-bridges. The latter can be configured as DC-DC converters (buck and full-bridge converter) or as AC-DC converters (one and three phase voltage-source inverters). Different PWM control schemes as well as on-off current control are implemented. It allows doing experiments on a safe 24 V DC voltage level and is economically priced. So a set of 10 setups is affordable and allows a number of 20 students to work on the same experiment in groups of 2 students simultaneously.
Keywords :
AC-DC power convertors; DC-DC power convertors; bridge circuits; power engineering education; power transformers; 3 phase transformer; AC-DC converters; DC-DC converters; education tool; laboratory setup; on-off current control; power electronics education; AC-DC power converters; Analog-digital conversion; DC-DC power converters; Education; Laboratories; Phase transformers; Power electronics; Power generation economics; Pulse width modulation; Rectifiers; DC power supply; Education methodology; Education tool; Electrical Drive; Voltage Source Inverters (VSI);
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2009. EPE '09. 13th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4432-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-90-75815-13-9
