Pedagogical Approach to Teach the Modeling of Power Electronic Converters

Abstract

This paper presents a pedagogical approach to teach the modeling of Power Electronic Converters through simulation by using general-purpose electronic circuit simulators. The proposed approach is demonstrated by simulation example of a realistic AC-AC, DC-DC, AC-DC, DC-AC converter systems. The paper discusses the derivation of MATLAB/ SIMULINK implementation, simulation technique suitable for virtual study of complex nonlinear feedback systems. This paper demonstrates a "Virtual Power Electronics" course to make the students understanding the course.

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“…Practical knowledge delivered during laboratory experiments is necessary as the students, with unlimited access to knowledge, are having troubles with the right interpretation of simulated results and are missing basic practical skills. Many university use simulation platforms to help students understand the basics of energy conversion techniques, but often the students are complaining that this is far from practical devices they can access on the market.…”

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“…Rao et al, in electrical engineering, as part of a power electronics (PE) course, found that the use of MATLAB/Simulink is highly effective at simulating PE circuits, by allowing real-time simulations and interactions with the material [12]. The MATLAB/Simulink environment has the added benefit of being inexpensive [7] with no need for "real hardware" [12], thus making this technology more accessible to engineering students and faculty.…”

“…Rao et al, in electrical engineering, as part of a power electronics (PE) course, found that the use of MATLAB/Simulink is highly effective at simulating PE circuits, by allowing real-time simulations and interactions with the material [12]. The MATLAB/Simulink environment has the added benefit of being inexpensive [7] with no need for "real hardware" [12], thus making this technology more accessible to engineering students and faculty. Similarly, Guzmán et al, in chemical engineering, coded an "interactive software tool developed in support of system identification education" using Sysquake, a programming language similar to MATLAB, and found it "very useful from an educational point of view [13]."…”

“…Similarly, Guzmán et al, in chemical engineering, coded an "interactive software tool developed in support of system identification education" using Sysquake, a programming language similar to MATLAB, and found it "very useful from an educational point of view [13]." Overall, both Rao et al [12] and Guzmán et al [13] found that these interactive tools enable the students to gain a better understanding of the fundamentals in their respective courses compared to other existing ways.…”