Physics 541: Power Electronics
SUNY Cortland
Fall 2020
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Instructor
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Meeting
- Electronics Lab, Bowers 1113
- Day: Monday and Wednesday
- Time: 4:25-5:40pm
- Course Syllabus
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Texts
- Title: Power Electronics
- Author: N. Mohan, T. Undeland, and W. Robbins
- Edition: 3rd
- ISBN: 9780471226932
- Title: NFPA70 National Electrical Code
- Publisher: National Fire Protection Association
- Edition: 2017
- ISBN:9781455912773
- Homework
- Distance Learning
- Course Supplementals
- There are free versions of SPICE available Linear Technology,
from LTSPICE
IV and from OrCAD here.
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Some detailed information about the dangers of
electric current.
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The National Fire Protection
Association is the body that compiles the National
Electrical Code (NFPA 70). It is available to read
online in exchage for you registering .
- The North American Board of Certified Energy
Practitioners (NABCEP) offers certification for PV
installation professionals. Information about this
certification process is available here.
- New York has three major electrical grid operators
they all allow net metering:
- National Grid is the private company that operates the
electrical grid
in Cortland
and large parts of NY. Their interconnect for
distributed renewable energy information
is available here.
- NYSEG is the other major electrical grid operator in
NY state. Their interconnection for distributed
renewable energy (distributed generation) information
is available here.
- PSEG
Long Island has taken over for Long Island Power
Authority (LIPA). Their
interconnection for distributed renewable energy (renewable
energy) information is available here.
- Some students have found this
report by the California Energy Commission on the design and
installation of PV systems to be useful
- Schneider Electric, maker of Square D load center equipment, has
the following primer on power
distribution and wiring, including 3-phase topologies. Modern
information about the I-Line circuit breaker panelboards is
available here.