Teaching modeling, control, and simulation in a modular kit for power electronics

Author

Al Bastami, Anas ; Avestruz, Al-Thaddeus ; Leeb, Steven B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

22-25 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

We introduce an educational kit to teach modeling, control, and simulation through power electronics. This hands on kit consists of a power converter and controller, and is built using discrete electronic devices. Our proposed strategy in this paper is to use the kit to help guide students in system modeling by dividing the process into different levels of model abstraction: system-level, control-level, behavioral-level, and device-level. This strategy is illustrated through design examples utilizing circuit blocks from the kit.

Keywords

electronic engineering education; power convertors; teaching; behavioral level; control level; device level; discrete electronic device; model abstraction; modular educational kit; power controller; power converter; power electronics; system level; system modeling; teaching modeling; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Control systems; Education; Integrated circuit modeling; Power electronics; System analysis and design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014 IEEE 15th Workshop on

Conference_Location

Santander

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPEL.2014.6877151

Filename

6877151