Course Title and Code
Grid Connected Converters and Control (EE5609)
Course Credit
3-0-0-3 (Lecture-Tutoral-Practical-Total Credits)
Course Category
PME/ERC
Target Programme
M Tech, MS/PhD, B.Tech
Target Discipline
EE
Prerequisite
UG level Power Electronics (EE 3509), Power Systems (EE 3040)
Course Outline
| Topic | L | T | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction – Role of power electronics in power systems, Instantaneous power theory, power electronic converters, synchronization methods, topologies modulation and control in the context of grid connected applications. Single phase and Three-phase grid-connected inverters: Basic topologies, Grid forming inverters and Grid following inverters | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Power Quality Requirements, types of loads, harmonics, Active and Passive filters, Shunt, series and hybrid filters, Power Quality Conditioners, harmonic power flow, Mitigation of harmonics, filters, passive filters, Active filters, shunt, series hybrid filters, voltage sags & swells, voltage flicker. Mitigation of power quality problems using power electronic conditioners. IEEE standards. | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Principles of series and shunt compensators, Various FACTs devices Modelling and Analysis of FACTS controllers. Control strategies to improve system stability. | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Topics in Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Power conditioning units for renewable power generation and distributed generation systems, microgrid and hybrid microgrid schemes, islanding operation, IEEE 1547 standard, faults and fault ride-through. | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Learning Outcomes
- Fundamentals of grid connected converters and various applications: single- and three-phase and the different topologies.
- Grid synchronization in single- and three-phase converters.
- Grid connection requirements and regulations.
- Gain experience in analyzing and modeling grid-connected converters.
- Gain experience in designing controllers for grid-connected converters.
Text Books
- Hirofumi Akagi, Edson Hirokazu Watanabe, Mauricio Aredes, Instantaneous Power Theory and Applications to Power Conditioning, Wiley-IEEE Press, Feb 2007 (Online ISBN: 9780470118931, Electronic ISBN: 9780470118924, Print ISBN: 9780470107614)
- Robert W. Erickson and Dragan Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd Ed., Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2012. (Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-0559-1, eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-48048-5)
- Remus Teodorescu, Marco Liserre and Pedro Rodríguez, Grid Converters for Photovoltaic and Wind Power Systems, 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Online ISBN: 9780470667057, Electronic ISBN: 9781119957201, Print ISBN: 9780470057513)
- A. Ghosh, G. Ledwich, Power Quality Enhancement Using Custom Power Devices, Springer, 2012. (Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-5418-5, eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-1153-3)
References
- D. G. Holmes and T. A. Lipo, Pulse Width Modulation for Power Converters: Principles and Practice, John Wiley & Sons, 2003. (Online ISBN: 9780470546284, Print ISBN: 9780471208143)
- K.R. Padiyar, FACTS Controllers in Power Transmission and Distribution, Ist edition, New Age International 2008. (ISBN (13): 978-81-224-2541-3)
- Relevant journals and conference papers.