Title :
Power Electronics Course in Electrical Engineering Class at Teacher Training Faculty
Author :
Higashi, Toru ; Sakamoto, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Technol. Educ., Kumamoto Univ.
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 1 2006
Abstract :
We have developed power electronics course in electrical engineering class for university students in teacher training faculty who have not background of physics and advanced mathematics at high school. The purpose of this course is to let students understand that power electronics is one of vital and realistic solutions for environmental and energy problem. An educational induction heating machine has been designed and developed for the class. Features of the inverter for this machine are simple circuit configuration with self-oscillation using magnetic saturable core, soft-switching scheme, and safety at classroom. Finally, this course was evaluated by questionnaires and interview
Keywords :
educational courses; electrical engineering education; induction heating; invertors; magnetic cores; power electronics; safety; teacher training; educational induction heating machine; electrical engineering class; energy problem; environmental problem; inverter; magnetic saturable core; power electronics course; safety; self-oscillation; soft-switching scheme; teacher training faculty; university students; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electrical engineering; Electrical products; Machine learning; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic cores; Power electronics; Power engineering education; Pulse width modulation inverters;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference, 2006. EPE-PEMC 2006. 12th International
Conference_Location :
Portoroz
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0121-6
DOI :
10.1109/EPEPEMC.2006.4778649
