INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING, (PCSIR) KARACHI

Course Assessment Report

IE362: Power Electronics

Final Year Fall Semester 2018

Engr. Qurrat-ul-Ain
Lecturer

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 INDEX
S.No Content Page No
Course Detail 3
1.1. Course Summary 3
1.2. Course Objective 3
1.3. Course Outline 3
1.
1.4. Lab Outline 3
1.5. Text Book 3
1.6. Recommended Books 3
1.7. Course Learning Outcomes 4
2. Course Delivery Plan 5
3. Grade Distribution 7
Course Assessment 8
4.1 Direct Assessment 9
4. 4.2 Indirect Assessment 10
4.3 Gap Analysis and Future Recommendations 11

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 1. COURSE DETAIL

1.1 COURSE SUMMARY:

Course Code and Title: IE362 Power Electronics
Semester: 6th semester– Batch 2015-16
Credit Hours: 3+1
Contact Hours: 3+ 3
Marks: 100 + 50
Instructor (Theory): Engr. Qurratulain

1.2 COURSE OBJECTIVES:

This course intends to give basic knowledge of power devices and its applications. Main focus of
the subject is to build strong concepts and skills in students to work on various types of AC and
DC converters.

1.3 COURSE OUTLINE:

COURSE OUTLINE:
Introduction to the Scope of Power Electronics: Introduction and Review of Power System Concept,
and Devices, Power Diode, Power BJT, Power MOSFET, IGBT, TRIAC, DIAC, GTO, UJT.
Ratings and Characteristic of Power Control Devices.
Triggering Techniques: Resister Triggering Circuit, RC Triggering circuit, Double RC Triggering
Circuits, Basic Relaxation Oscillator, Unijunction Transistor Relaxation Oscillator, Unijunction
Transistor pulse triggering circuit.
Protection of Power Semiconductor Devices: di/dt, dv/dt, over voltage, over current protection circuit,
Snubber circuit. Snubber Circuit Design.
Single Phase & 3- Phase AC – DC Converters: Half controlled with resistive & inductive load,
Average, RMS value and power factor, Fully-controlled thyristor bridge rectifier.
Single Phase & 3-Phase AC-AC converters: Integral cycle, Control, Phase control and Cyclo converter.
Single phase & 3-phase DC-AC Inverters: The basic Inverter, Voltage Source Inverter, Inverter voltage
control technique, Pulse Width Modulated Inverters, The basic principle of the 3-phase bridge voltage
source inverters.
DC-DC Converters: The basic principles of basic DC Choppers, Step-down (Buck) Choppers, Step-up
(Boost) Choppers, Buck-Boost Chopper, Switch Mode Power supply, Chopper Firing Circuits.
Commutation Schemes: Self-commutation, Impulse Commutation, Resonance Pulse commutation, Line
side & Load side Commutation.

1.4 LAB OUTLINE:

Design and analysis of circuits related with the application of Power devices and Power converters using
simulation and hardware implementation. Implementing different triggering techniques, analysis of
different types of converters and observing their behavior under different loading conditions.

1.5 TEXT BOOK:

1. Power Electronics, by M. H. Rashid, Prentice Hall.(Latest Edition)

1.6 RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1. Power Electronics for Technology, by Ashfaq Ahmed
2. Power Electronics by Dr. P. S. Bimbhra.

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1.7 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of the course IE362 Power Electronics, the students will be able to
acquire the outcomes mentioned in Table 1.
Table 1: Mapping of Course Learning Outcomes with Program Learning Outcomes
S.No Taxonom
CLO Domain PLO
. y level
Identify and utilize power
electronics devices, protection
PLO-2 Problem
1. circuits of power electronics Cognitive C3
Analysis
devices, triggering techniques &
commutation circuits.
Analyze various types of converters PLO-2 Problem
2. Cognitive C4
under different loading conditions. Analysis
Apply the knowledge of converters
PLO-3 Design &
to design power circuits & mini
3. Psychomotor P3 Development of
projects in lab environment
Solutions
working individually and as a group.

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2. COURSE DELIVERY PLAN:
The theory course contents are distributed in 16 weeks of Course Delivery Plan as below in Table 2

Table 2: Course Delivery Plan of IE 362 Power Electronics

Wee
Topic
k
Introduction to the Scope of Power Electronics: Introduction and Review
1. of Power System Concept, and Devices, Power Diode, Power BJT, Power
MOSFET,
IGBT, TRIAC, DIAC, GTO, UJT.
2.
Ratings and Characteristic of Power Control Devices.
Triggering Techniques: Resister Triggering Circuit, RC Triggering circuit,
3. Double RC Triggering Circuits
Basic Relaxation Oscillator, Unijunction Transistor Relaxation Oscillator,
4. Unijunction Transistor pulse triggering circuit.
Single Phase & 3- Phase AC – DC Converters: Half controlled with resistive
6. & inductive load, Average, RMS value and power factor,
7. Fully-controlled thyristor bridge rectifier with various loading conditions
Single Phase & 3-Phase AC-AC converters: Integral cycle, Control, Phase
8. control
9. Cyclo converter.
Single phase & 3-phase DC-AC Inverters: The basic Inverter, Voltage
10.
Source Inverter, Inverter voltage control technique
Pulse Width Modulated Inverters, The basic principle of the 3-phase bridge
11.
voltage source inverters
DC-DC Converters: The basic principles of basic DC Choppers, Step-down
12. (Buck) Choppers, Step-up (Boost) Choppers
13. Buck-Boost Chopper, Switch Mode Power supply

14. Chopper Firing Circuits.

Commutation Schemes: Self-commutation, Impulse Commutation,
15-16 Resonance Pulse commutation, Line side & Load side Commutation.

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The week wise Lab activity of 1 Credit Hour is shown in Table 3.

Table 3: Week wise Lab activity of IE 362 Power Electronics

Week Title
1(a). Find diode power loss, average power loss with ON and OFF
switching.
1(b). Find series connected diode power loss across resistors in given
circuit.
2. To study the characteristic curve of a Silicon Controlled Rectifier and
analyze the connection between VGT (gate triggering voltage) and
VFBO (forward break over voltage).
3. To find the value of holding current of thyristor and observe that
after triggering it will remain conducting.
4. To recognize the full wave rectifier with RL load and observe the
effect of inductor on output waveform.
5. To study the basic operation of thyristor half wave rectifier and
control firing angle.
6. To study the basic operation of thyristor full wave half controlled
rectifier.
7. To recognize the half wave rectifier with RL load and observe the
effect of inductor on output waveform. Also observe the effect of
Freewheeling diode.
8. To study the basic operation of thyristor full wave rectifier.
9. To study the characteristic curve of a TRIAC and analyze the
connection between VGT (gate triggering voltage) and VD (off-state
forward voltage).
10. To study the triggering response of a TRIAC in four triggering
quadrants and determine IH1 (forward holding current) and IH2
(reverse holding current).
11. To study the RC connected UJT circuit and determine the peak
voltage VP and the valley voltage VV.
12. To study the waveforms of a Single-Phase AC voltage controller with
R and RL loads .
13. The study the basic working of buck and boost converters .
14. The study the basic working of buck boost converter .
15. The study and observe output of a three phase inverter.

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 3. GRADE DISTRIBUTION (TENTATIVE)
The Table 4 is showing the tentative grading on the basis of marks submitted by an internal examiner.

Table 4: Tentative Grade Distribution of Students of Batch 2015-16 in IE 362

GRADE GRADE POINT % MARKS NUMBER OF STUDENTS

A+ 4.0 94 – 100 0

A 4.0 85 – 93 1

A– 3.7 80 – 84 5

B+ 3.4 75 – 79 4

B 3.0 70 – 74 2

B– 2.7 67 – 69 4

C+ 2.4 64 – 66 6

C 2.0 60 – 63 4

C– 1.7 57 – 59 10

D+ 1.4 54– 56 4

D 1.0 50 --53 1

F 0.0 Below 50 0

Total 41

AVERAGE %: 68.7 AVERAGE GPA: B

In Fig 1, the tentative grade distribution of students of Batch 2015-16 who appeared in 6 th semester
examinations of Fall 2018 in IE362 Power Electronics is shown through bar graphs as

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 Grade Distribution
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10

0
A+ A A– B+ B B– C+ C C– D+ D F

Fig 1: Tentative Grade Distribution of students of Batch 2015-16 appeared in

IE362 Power Electronics

4. COURSE ASSESSMENT
The attainment of a CLO is judged through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) mentioned in Table 5 on
the basis of the average score of all the students obtained in respective CLO .

Table 5: KPIs for Assessment of a CLO

Attainment of a CLO KPIs Remarks

EXEMPLARY The average score of in any CLO
is above 90%.
Indirect Assessment Direct Assessment The average score in any CLO is
SATISFACTORY between 70% and 90%
Through Through
Students’ Feedback Average Score of all
The average score in any CLO is
Form the students
DEVELOPING between 60% and 70%

The average score in any CLO is

UNSATISFACTORY below 60% or lower

4.1 DIRECT ASSESSMENT:

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Direct assessment of attainment of course learning outcomes considers quizzes, presentation,
assignments, midterm and final exam done by students during the whole semester.
Table 6 indicates the CLO based marks distribution for direct assessment of students in IE362 Power
Electronics. Both the Theory and Lab work are shown with their respective CLO based marks distribution
mapped over the respective PLO.
Table 6: CLO based Marks Distribution with PLO Mapping

CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO 3

ASSESSMENT
PLO-2 PLO-2 PLO-3
Quiz#1 5
QUIZZES
(10 Marks) Quiz#2 5
A-1 5
ASSIGNMENTS
(10 Marks) A-2 5
THEORY
T-1 10
TEST
(20 Marks) T-2 10
SESSIONAL 20 20
(40 Marks)
FINAL EXAM 25 35
(60 Marks)
THEORY TOTAL 45 55

LAB
50
WORK
TOTAL = 40 + 60 + 50 =150

Subsequently each student is assessed on the basis of marks obtained in each CLO and the average
score of the class is determined. The attainment of CLOs of IE362 Power Electronics is shown in Table 7
which also reflects the achievement of PLO 2 and 3. The remarks indicates the level of attainment
evaluated using the KPIs.

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 Table 7: CLOs and respective PLOs attainment through Direct Assessment of IE362

  Direct CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3

Assessment (PLO 2) (PLO 2) (PLO 3)

Planned Marks 45 55 50

AVG Score Obtained 30.68 33.48 40.5

AVG Score % Obtained 68.2 60.9 81

Developin
Remarks Developing Satisfactory
g

4.2 INDIRECT ASSESSMENT (THROUGH SURVEY FORMS):

Indirect assessment of CLOs is carried out using students’ feedback survey form, which is collected at the
end of semester. The feedback is collected on attainment of every CLO through selection of a defined
rubric.. On the basis of assigned weights to each selection, the average score in each CLO of the course is
found and compared with the KPIs for indirect assessment of Table 5.

The snapshot of the summary of students’ feedback form of IE-362 Power Electronics is shown in Fig 2 as
below

Fig 2: Snapshot of Summary of Students’ Feedback

The Indirect assessment not only indicates the attainment of CLOs of respective course but also the
achievements of mapped PLOs. Results of Fig 2 are reproduced in Table 8 as

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 Table 8: CLO and PLO attainment through Indirect Assessment

 Indirect CLO 1 CLO 2 CLO 3

Assessment (PLO 2) (PLO 3) (PLO 5)

AVG Score % 73 75 74

Remarks Satisfactory Satisfactory Satisfactory

4.3 GAP ANALYSIS AND FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS

The Direct and Indirect assessment of students in course IE362 Power Electronics indicates a gap of
around % as shown in Table 9. It is expected that the gap would reduce on maturity of an OBE system
implementation at IIEE in forthcoming years.

Table 3: Comparison of Average Score %

Direct Assessment (DA) Indirect Assessment (IA) Gap Error = DA - IA

CLO-1 68% 73% -5%

CLO-2 61% 75% -14%

CLO-3 81% 74% 7%

Students are encouraged to overcome their deficiencies and do not limit themselves to class room
learning. Measures are being taken in current Fall 2018-19 semesters to improve their analytical and
designing attributes through open ended assignment essential to foster Complex Problem Solving skills.

To build familiarity to OBE system, CPD activities are also planned for undergraduates to cope up with
new teaching, learning and assessment methodologies.

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