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ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR ENERGY AND TRANSPORT

Antonio PICCOLO ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR ENERGY AND TRANSPORT

0622400037
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA INDUSTRIALE
EQF7
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
2020/2021



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
ANNUALE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
12120LESSONS
VINCENZO GALDI T Curriculum
ANTONIO PICCOLO Curriculum
Objectives
THE COURSE AIMS TO LEARNING MODELS AND METHODS FOR THE DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC POWER CONVERTERS AND OF METHODS FOR THE CONTROL AND CONVERSION OF ELECTRIC ENERGY WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY.
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE, ALSO, SKILLS FOR SIZING OF DC AND AC DRIVES FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, AUTOMOTIVE (INCLUDING CHARGING STATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES) AND RAYLWAYS SYSTEMS. IT PROVIDES SKILLS FOR THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL OF CONVERTERS CONNECTING TO ELECTRIC GRID RENEWABLE SOURCES, STATISTIC COMPENSATORS (FACTS, SVC, SUPERCAPACITORS), ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND UPS. WITH REFERENCE TO RENEWABLE ENERGIES, THE COURSE PROVIDES USEFUL TOOLS FOR MODELING ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF POWER CIRCUITS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR INVERTER, RETIFIERS AND DC-DC CONVERTERS.
FINALLY, THROUGH LABORATORY EXPERIENCES, THE COURSE AIMS TO FURNISH TO THE STUDENTS ABILITY IN THE EVALUATION OF POWER SYSTEMS IN REAL CONDITION OF USE.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ACQUIRED ARE: UNDERSTANDING OF THE METHODOLOGIES FOR THE ANALYSIS AND THE DESIGN OF POWER CONVERTERS FOR INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS, TRANSPORTS, POWER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT. SYNTHESIS OF PROTECTION CIRCUITS FOR POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY IN POWER ELECTRONICS. UNDERSTANDING OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION AND OF SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF AC AND DC DRIVES AND MORE GENERALLY, FOR ISSUES RELATED TO THE COUPLING ELECTRIC MACHINES WITH POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTER. 
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IN TERMS OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ARE: KNOWING TO SIZE POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS AND ELECTRIC DRIVES WITH RELATED CONTROL SYSTEMS IN REAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. KNOWING TO DESIGN AND INTERFACE ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS TO THE GRIDS. KNOWING TO SIZE, DESIGN AND CONTROL POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS TO INTERFACE WITH ACTIVE LOADS (SUCH AS ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS) AND GENERATORS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCE TO ELECTRIC GRIDS. KNOWING TO DESIGN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR THE POWER ND ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR HOME AUTOMATATION, AUTOMOTIVE AND RAILWAY APPLICATIONS. SIZING CHARGING SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS: KNOWING TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE DEVICES, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN, CONTROL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POWER ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS IN CIVIL, INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORT AREA.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS ACQUIRED ARE: ABILITY TO THE TEAMWORK AND TO DISCUSS AUTONOMOUSLY ON INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION FOR INDUSTRIAL AND POWER SYSTEM APPLICATIONS. TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT AND DISCUSS DESIGN CHOICES REGARDING THE TYPE OF CONVERTER, DRIVE AND CONTROL SYSTEM.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE IN TERMS OF LEARNING SKILLS ARE: BE ABLE TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE, AND TO READ EFFECTIVELY TECHNICAL MANUALS ON COMPONENTS, POWER ELECTRONICS AND STATIC CONVERSION SYSTEMS FOR MEDIUM AND HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS, ALSO IN ENGLISH.
Prerequisites
For the successful achievement of objectives is required knowledge of electrical engineering, electrical machines and electronic.
Contents
- INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION: THE GLOBAL AND NATIONAL CONTEXT. THE ELECTRIFICATION OF TRANSPORT AND SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY. (HOURS OF LESSON / PRACTICE / LABORATORY 3 / - / -)
- DEVICES: PIN JUNCTION. POWER DIODE: TECHNOLOGY, STATIC CHARACTERISTICS, DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS, EXAMPLES OF APPLICATIONS AND SIZING. NOTES ON POWER BJT AND POWERMOS: TECHNOLOGY, STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. SIZING EXAMPLES. SCR: TECHNOLOGY, STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. GTO: TECHNOLOGY, STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. IGBT: TECHNOLOGY, STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. INTEGRATED IGBT-DIODE SOLUTIONS. SIZING EXAMPLES. OTHER DEVICES: NOTES ON TRIAC. IGCT, DIAC. SIC POWER DEVICES: GENERAL INFORMATION. SIC MOS. (9 / - / -)
- AUXILIARY CIRCUITS: DRIVER FOR IGBT AND POWERMOS. SIZING CRITERIA FOR A DRIVER CIRCUIT. NOTES ON DRIVERS FOR SCR AND TRIAC. NOTES ON SIC DRIVERS. SNUBBER CIRCUITS. SIZING HEATSINK. VOLTAGE AND CURRENT SCR EXTINGUISHING CIRCUITS. (8/3 / - HOURS)
- CLASSIC ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS: RECALLS. POLYPHASE RECTIFIERS: TWELVE-PHASE BRIDGE WITH AND WITHOUT INTERPHASE COIL. CSI IMPRESSED CURRENT INVERTER. ANALYSIS METHODS FOR CONVERTERS: STATE-SPACE AVERAGING METHOD. SIMULATIONS WITH PSIM / MATLAB. (HOURS 3/0/1)
- RESONANT CONVERTERS: GENERALITIES. SLR AND PLR. SWITCH RESONANT CONVERTERS: ZVS, ZCS, ZCS-CV. CLASS E CONVERTER. CYCLOCONVERTERS. MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS. APPLICATIONS. (10 / - / 4)
- DC DRIVE. MODEL OF A TRACTION DRIVE. BRUSHLESS DC DRIVE. BRUSHLESS AC DRIVE. (9/2 / -)
- CONTROL OF CONVERTERS: PWM CONTROL CALLS. HARMONIC CANCELLATION CONTROL. OUTLINE OF OVERMODULATION CONTROL TECHNIQUES. IMPRESSED CURRENT CONTROL. DIRECT TORQUE CONTROL (DTC). FIELD ORIENTED CONTROL (FOC). CONTROL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THREE-PHASE INVERTERS. SIMULATIONS. (12 / - / 6)
- APPLICATIONS: TORQUE AND SPEED REGULATION FOR DC DRIVE. ASYNCHRONOUS DRIVES: TORQUE AND SPEED REGULATION. OUTLINE OF BRUSHLESS AND STEP DRIVES. (3/3 / - HOURS)
- ELECTRIC MOBILITY: INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES. BATTERIES. BMS. CHARGING AND WIRELESS CHARGING STATIONS. NOTES ON FUEL CELL FOR TRACTION. INTEGRATION OF HETEROGENEOUS STORAGE SYSTEMS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES. NOTES ON POWER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN TRACTION. (2 PM / - / 6 AM)
- APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRICAL NETWORKS: INTERFACING TO THE NETWORK OF WIND AND PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATORS. DUAL FEED AND SYNCHRONOUS WIND TURBINES. NOTES ON POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR HV NETWORKS: HV-DC AND FACTS. (12 / - / 4)
- UPS: QUALITY OF THE POWER SUPPLY. UPS. SIZING CRITERIA. (4 / - / - HOURS)
- TECHNICAL VISITS (6 / - / -)
- SEMINARS (6 / - / -)
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING CONTAINS THEORETICAL LESSONS, CLASSROOM EXERCISES AND PRACTICAL LABORATORY EXERCISES. IN THE CLASSROOM, STUDENTS CARRY OUT EXERCISES ON THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE THEORETICAL LESSONS, WHILE IN THE LABORATORY EXERCISES THEY ARE ASSIGNED TO STUDENTS, DIVIDED BY WORKING GROUPS, PRACTICAL EXERCISES TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE PROCESSING. IN THE LABORATORY PROTOTYPES OF AC AND DC ELECTRIC CONVERTERS AND DRIVES ARE ALSO SYNTHESIZED, MADE AND TESTED. THE EXERCISES ARE INSTRUMENTAL FOR THE ACQUISITION, IN ADDITION TO THE BUILDING SKILLS OF ELECTRONIC CONVERTERS, ALSO FOR DEVELOPING AND STRENGTHENING THE SKILLS TO WORK IN A TEAM.
Verification of learning
THE EXAM IS INTENDED TO EVALUATE AS A WHOLE: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTS PRESENTED AT THE COURSE; THE ABILITY TO APPLY SUCH KNOWLEDGE FOR SOLVING ANALYTICAL PROBLEMS AND SYNTHESIS OF ENERGY AND PLANT CONTROL SYSTEMS; AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, AND ABILITY TO LEARN.
THE EVALUATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SET GOALS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY AN HALF SEMESTER EXONERATIVE WRITTEN TEST WHICH WILL BE HELD ABOUT 40% OF THE COURSE AND RELATING TO THE FIRST PART OF THE PROGRAM. THE EXAM IS CONCLUDED BY AN ORAL INTERVIEW DURING WHICH THE PROJECT DESIGN PREPARED IN THE FINAL PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DISCUSSED AND EVALUATED.
THE ORAL INTERVIEW WILL COVER ALL THE TOPICS OF THE ENTIRE COURSE, IF THE  TEST OF EMISEMESTRE OR THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE IS INSUFFICIENTLY EXCEEDED IF THE HALF SEMESTER TEST HAS BEEN PASSED WITH SUFFICIENCY. THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE STUDENT AND THE DEGREE OF THEIR IN-DEPTH, PROVEN ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE THE QUALITY OF THE EXPOSURE.
IN THE FINAL EVALUATION, EXPRESSED IN THIRTY-EIGHT, PROJECT EVALUATION WILL WEIGH 35% WHILE THE ORAL INTERVIEW IS 65%. THE EXONERATIVE TEST OF HALF SEMESTER DOES NOT AFFECT THE FINAL VOTE. PRAISE MAY BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WITH AUTONOMY ALSO IN CONTEXTS OTHER THAN THOSE PROPOSED IN THE COURSE.
Texts
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