Power Electronics 2 ENG2045

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 2 (SCQF level 8)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: No
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course provides a foundation for engineers from a range of disciplines to manage the integration of power electronic components and sub-systems into their designs.  It describes the basic operation of power electronics with an emphasis on their applications.

Timetable

2 lectures per week

3 laboratories per semester

Requirements of Entry

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

80% Written exam: Online Exam, all questions compulsory

20% Set exercise: Quizzes, laboratory work assessment

Main Assessment In: December

Are reassessment opportunities available for all summative assessments? No

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

 

Due to limited provision of laboratory space, students cannot be reassessed in practical aspects of the coursework.

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to understand the function, design, and characteristics of power electronic components and sub-systems within the wider context of mechanical, mechatronic, aerospace and electrical products and systems with considerations of energy efficiency and environmental impact.

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

■ recognise the opportunities to enhance systems by incorporating power electronics within the context of energy efficiency and environmental impact;

■ calculate a range of average values of practical periodic signals (not only sine waves) and deduce power consumption in components;

■ design simple circuits using diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs, SCRs, and TRIACs to control different types of load;

■ explain the operations of traditional linear power supplies and basic switch-mode power electronic converters;

■ describe the principles of DC-to-AC conversion by a basic inverter;

■ analyse steady-state power flows and temperatures in practical systems;

■ characterise linear and switched power supplies using multimeters, power analysers, and oscilloscopes.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must attend the degree examination and submit at least 75% by weight of the other components of

the course's summative assessment.

 

Students must complete the timetabled laboratory classes including the record book.