Physics 541: Power Electronics
SUNY Cortland
Fall 2018
Homework| Due | Reading | Problems | Posted |
| Due | Reading | Problems | Posted |
| Aug. 27 | Mohan Chapter 1.1-1.7 | Aug. 23 | |
| Aug. 29 | Mohan Chapter 2.1-2.2, 2.4-2.6, 2.8, 2.10 and 2.12 | Aug. 23 | |
| Sept. 3 | Labor Day, no class. | ||
| Sept. 5 | Mohan Chapter 3.1-3.2.3.2 and the 1-phase portion of this document | 2.1 and 2.2 | Aug. 23 |
| Sept. 10 | Mohan Chapter 3.2.3.3 and 3.2.4 and this document through "Construct your power supply" | Aug. 30 | |
| Sept. 12 | Mohan Chapter 3.2.5 | Sept. 6 | |
| Sept. 17 | Chapter 5.1-5.3.1, 5.3.4.3, and 5.3.4.4, 5.5,
5.6-5.6.1 and 5.7-5.9 class exercise:3 phase rectifier. | Three phase portion of this task | Sept. 6 |
| Sept. 19 | Chapter 7.1-7.3 | Sept. 19 | |
| Sept. 20 (catch-up at 11:30am) | Instructions for lab on DC->DC Buck converters and the TL494 Data Sheet for converter control. | Sept. 19 | |
| Sept. 24 | class pushed out of this week for conference | ||
| Sept. 26 | class pushed out of this week for conference | ||
| Oct. 1 | Continuation of Buck Converter lab |
1. Mohan 3.2, 2. For the waveforms (b) and (g) in figure P3-3 calculate the average value, the RMS value and the RMS value of the fundamental frequency. 3. Using A=10 and u=20 degrees find the distortion and %THD of figure P3-3b. 4. Mohan 3.7 including a sketch of your circuit. | Sept. 19 |
| Oct. 3 | 7.4-7.5 (Boost, Buck-boost) | Sept. 20 | |
| Oct. 4 (catch-up at 11:30am) | 7.6 (Cuk converters) | Sept. 19 | |
| Oct. 8 | Finish Cuk converter lab and review | Oct. 12 | |
| Oct. 10 | Exam 1 | Oct. 12 | |
| Oct. 15 | Fall Break | ||
| Oct. 17 | Mohan Chapter 7.7-7.8, Chapter 8.1-8.2 | Oct. 12 | |
| Oct. 22 | Reading: NEC article 90 and 100 Class: Discussion of Regulatory overview for PV systems and intro to parts of an solar installation some notes | 5.6, 5.23 (neither of these shouldn't be an involved problem, you
might make a spice simulation to help you think it through), 5.18-use LTspice, 7.1, 7.2, 7.6-use LTspice
Note, for 5.18, and possibly 7.6, you must use a snubbing circuit in parallel with the diode as we did in class, to have your simulations finish in a reasonable time . I recommend R=100Ohm and C=100uF. | Oct. 22 |
| Oct. 24 | LAB DAY-Central Inverter wiring class runs to 7:20pm | Nov. 14 | |
| Oct. 29 | Cuk converter lab due. | Oct. 22 | |
| Oct. 31 | CAD introduction-Autodesk Inventor. | Oct. 22 | |
| Nov. 7 | LAB DAY-Micro Inverter wiring | Nov. 14 | |
| Nov. 5 | Ampacity calculations, insulation, conduit sizing,
conduit material some notes | Nov. 14 | |
| Nov. 7 | Maximum voltage and String calculations, and
ASHRAE data some notes, a panel spec sheet, and an inverter spec sheet. | Nov. 14 | |
| Nov. 12 | Finish example | Nov. 14 | |
| Nov. 14 | CAD intro, plotplan example today's task | Nov. 14 |