Graduate Course

Instructor: Dr Mahdi Alavi

Department of Electrical Engineering

Shahid Bebeshti University

Fall 2017 (1st Semester 1396)

Syllabus:

Part 1: Power Supplies

Introduction 

Linear voltage regulator (LVR) 

Standard NPN Darlington LVR

Low dropout (LDO) LVR

Quasi-LDO LVR

Bandgap voltage reference

Switch-mode power supplies  

DC-DC power converters (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost,  …)

Circuit analysis & Component selection 

Drive circuits 

Mathematical modeling 

Control system design 

Power supply protections

Part 2: Chargers

Basics of battery energy storage systems

Basics of battery management systems

Basics of chargers

Chargers protections

Evaluation Policy:

  • Midterm Exam: 30%
  • Project: 30% (20% design and simulation, 10% practical results)
  • Final Exam: 50%

References:

  • W.W. Erickson, D. Maksimovic, Fundamentals of Power Electronics, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2001.
  • N. Mohan, T.M. Undeland, W.P. Robbins, Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2003.
  • Power electronics Handbook, Third Edition, Edited by M.H. Rashid, Elsevier Inc., 2011.
  • G.L. Plett, Battery Management Systems, Vol. 1: Battery Modeling, Artech House Publishers, 2015.
  • G.L. Plett, Battery Management Systems, Vol. 2: Equivalent-Circuit Methods, Artech House Publishers, 2015.
  • C.D. Rahn, and C.-Y. Wang, Battery Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
  • http://www.mpoweruk.com/
  • http://batteryuniversity.com/

Projects:

  • (Fall 2017) Design and implementation of a DC-DC converter. 
  • (Fall 2018) Design and implementation of DC-DC converter with model-based control system