MSE 353 – Power

Electronics and Electric

Machinery
Instructor: John Shen
Summer 2024
Simon Fraser University

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 What Is Electronics?
• Electronics in everything and everywhere
• To process INFORMATION using transistors and
integrated circuits (ICs)
• Analog electronics: processing continuous electrical
signals (voltage and current), covered in MSE251
• Digital electronics: processing 1/0 logical signals (voltage
and current)

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 What Is Power Electronics?
• Efficient conversion of electromagnetic energy through
combined and coordinated switching of power
semiconductor components.
• An enabling technology for computer, communication,
industrial control, robotics, automotive and energy
systems.

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 The Field of Power Electronics

ENERGY EFFICIENCY & RENEWABLE INTEGRATION

Wind HVDC
Power
Energy
Harvestin DEVICE
EVs
g
PV Power
Microgrid
TOPOLOGY CONTROL
FACTS
ICT Power
MV Drive CORE TECHNOLOGIES Power
Supply
Lighting
APPLICATIONS

ECE551 ©J. Shen 2014

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 Power Electronics Applications
Power Electronics
Applications

Computer Industrial Utility systems Arospace Transportation

Communication Commercial Military Automotive
Consumer

Power supplies Pumps/compressor HVDC Aircarft EV/HEV

Battery chargers Machines & tools Static var comp. Space shuttle Battery chargers
Refrigeration Process control Renewable engr. Satelite Load control
Lighting & heating Factory automation Energy storage Military Trains & Metro

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 First things first

• Instructor: John Shen

– Office: Galleria 4108
– Email: [email protected]
– Use the Discussions section on Canvas if you feel a topic is
unclear in the slides, textbook, or assignments. This will let
others learn and contribute.
– Email me if it is an issue that is unsuitable for the forum
discussion on Canvas:
• The subject line of emails related to the course should begin with
MSE353 and be meaningful (e.g., MSE353: Homework assignment
3)
• The email should be short and its answer will be short. Come and
see me during the office hours if you need detailed answers
• The teaching assistants will also be available to help you in real-time during
office hours and labs. They also moderate the forum and provide support
through email.
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 Lectures
• Lectures: SRYE2016

• Monday 8:30 – 10:20

• Wednesday 8:30 – 9:20

Tutorial
• Wednesday 9:30 – 10:20

• Labs: SRYE 1040

• See detailed section arrangement

• Office Hours: Zoom or SRYC 4108 or Zoom

https://sfu.zoom.us/j/3325539669
• Wednesday 11:00 – 12:00 (with exceptions)

• Course material (including the slides, notes, and labs) will be made
available through Canvas
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 Course Objectives
Classify basic power electronic
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components and circuits
Analyze harmonics in inputs and outputs of
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switching power converters
Design fundamental power electronic circuits
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and component parameters
Evaluate performance of basic power
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Course electronic circuits
Outco Describe fundamental magnetic circuits and
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mes examples of inductors and transformers
Explain operating principles of basic electric
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machines
7 Analyze DC and AC machine problems
Apply computer tools to simulate converter
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circuits and machines
Verify operation of power circuits and
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machines with lab equipment

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 Textbook and web

• Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design

3rd (third) Edition, N. Mohan et al, Wiley, 2002.
• Lecture notes on Canvas

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 Topics Schedule (subject to change)

1 Introduction to power electronics and electric machinery

2 dc-dc converters – buck converter
3 dc-dc converters – one quadrant chopper, boost converter
4 Line frequency rectifiers – diode rectifiers
5 Line frequency rectifiers – thyristor rectifiers, dc-ac inverters
6 dc-ac inverters – operation scheme and analysis
Weekly Major Topics Week 7 Magnetic circuits – fundamentals
8 Magnetic circuits analysis, transformers
9 Transformers, basics of dc machines
10 dc machines drives
11 Introduction to ac induction machines
12 ac induction machines, ac synchronous machines
13 ac synchronous machines and review

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 Lab Schedule (subject to change)

Brief indication of
Type No. Week
topic/experiment
Simulation and Hands- May 27-
1 dc-dc switch mode power supply
Laboratory on experiment 31
experience: Simulation and Hands- June 10-
2 Line frequency diode rectifiers
Hands-on on experiment 14
experimental; June 24- Single-phase full-bridge dc-ac
Simulation 3
Computer simulations; 28 inverter
Demo Simulation and Hands- July 15-
4 dc motor systems
on experiment 19

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 Grading

Pop Quizzes 10%

Homework assignments 10%

4 Laboratories (mandatory) 20%

Exam 1 (May 29th, one hour)
15%
Exam 2 (June 26th, one hour)
15%

Exam 3 (Comprehensive, 110 min, July 31st) 30%

No makeup opportunity offered for missed Exam 1 or 2. The exam grade contribution
will be redistributed to the other exams. Those who miss Exam 3 (accumulative) with
documented medical or emergence reasons are given a re-exam opportunity per
standard MSE policy. Absolutely no additional marks will be granted outside the
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above structure. NO FINAL EXAM.
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Grade Scale
Numerical
Letter grade Recommended % grade Definition
equivalent

Excellent
A+ 95-100 4.33
performance
A 90-94.5 4.0
A- 85-89.5 3.67
Good
B+ 80-84.5 3.33
performance
B 75-79.5 3.0
B- 70-74.5 2.67
Satisfactory
C+ 65-69.5 2.33
performance
C 60-64.5 2.0
C- 55-59.5 1.67
D 50-54.5 1.0
Unsatisfactory
F 0-49.5 performance 0
(fail)
Aegrotat
standing,
AE no equivalent
compassionate
pass
AU Audit no equivalent
Course
CC no equivalent
Challenge
Credit without
CR no equivalent
grade
DE Deferred grade no equivalent
Grade not
GN no equivalent
reported
Did not write
final exam or
N 0
otherwise
complete course
Satisfactory
performace or
P no equivalent
better (pass,
ungraded)
W Withdrawn no equivalent
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GRADING POLICY
Late submission of lab reports: your mark will be reduced (20% within one week
and 100% after one week).
Late submission of homework assignment: your mark will be reduced (50%
within 24 hours and 100% after 24 hours).
Your term marks will be posted on the Canvas by the end of the semester.

Additional Notes:
The instructor has the right to change the grading scheme, and any changes will
be announced in a lecture in advance.
All examinations are closed-book, unless stated otherwise by the instructor.
Useful formulas will be provided.
Self-contained calculators are needed in all exams.

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A Recommended Study Routine

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Five Point Routine

• Spend 5 minutes before each class to browse the textbook to get a
general idea on what will be covered
• Actively engage in class: constantly ask yourself or the instructor:
Does this statement make sense?
• Read the textbook and review your notes after class
• Do you homework INDEPENDENTLY and pretend it is a quiz
• Use all the resources available to you (instructor or TA office hours,
friends, online materials, etc.)

On average, a student needs to spend 9 additional

study hours (3X lecture hours) per week on any
subject
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Pop Quiz 1
Get a piece of paper and a pen (For today only, you can alternatively use your
pads and email your answer to [email protected])

Write KCL and KVL equations

Write the equations relating current and voltage for resistor, capacitor, and
inductor. Mark the current direction and voltage polarity.

Write what you know about transistors (no more than two sentences)

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 What Is Power Electronics?
• Efficient conversion of electromagnetic energy through
combined and coordinated switching of power
semiconductor components.
• An enabling technology for computer, communication,
industrial control, automotive and energy systems.

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 Chapter 1 Power Electronic Systems

Copyright © 2003 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-18

by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Power Electronic Systems

• Block diagram
• Role of Power Electronics
• Reasons for growth

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Linear Power Supply

• Series transistor as an adjustable resistor

• Low Efficiency
• Heavy and bulky
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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Switch-Mode Power Supply

• Transistor as a switch
• High Efficiency
• High-Frequency Transformer

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Basic Principle of Switch-Mode Synthesis

• Constant switching frequency

• pulse width controls the average
• L-C filters the ripple

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Periodic Steady State Operation of Power
Converters
• Power transistors switch at a
“fixed” frequency: ON for
some time and OFF for some
time for each cycle
•Power circuit change its
configuration during each
cycle
• L and C current and voltage
change during each cycle BUT
return to their initial values at
the end of each cycle

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Application in Adjustable Speed Drives

• Conventional drive wastes energy across the throttling

valve to adjust flow rate
• Using power electronics, motor-pump speed is adjusted
efficiently to deliver the required flow rate

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Scope and Applications

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Power Processor as a Combination of
Converters

• Most practical topologies require an energy

storage element, which also decouples the input
and the output side converters
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 Power Flow through Converters

• Converter is a general term

• An ac/dc converter is shown here
• Rectifier Mode of operation when power from ac to dc
• Inverter Mode of operation when power from ac to dc

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 AC Motor Drive

• Converter 1 rectifies line-frequency ac into dc

• Capacitor acts as a filter; stores energy; decouples
• Converter 2 synthesizes low-frequency ac to motor
• Polarity of dc-bus voltage remains unchanged
– ideally suited for transistors of converter 2
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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
 Matrix Converter

• Very general structure

• Would benefit from bi-directional and bi-polarity switches
• Being considered for use in specific applications
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Interdisciplinary Nature of Power Electronics

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by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.