Engineering

Power Electronics

Power electronics and its applications play a crucial role across many industries, enabling efficient and dependable energy conversion and control. The Power Electronics online course delves into the fundamentals of this field, equipping you with a solid foundation to understand the key principles behind modern technology. You’ll acquire the essential knowledge needed to design and apply electronic systems for the future.

Price

800€

Workload

2 ECTS

Type

Self-paced online

Languages

English

Course Structure
Power Electronics
  • Course Introduction
Module 1
  • Power Electronics Introduction
Module 2 - Power Electronics Devices
  • Introduction of Power Electronic Devices
  • Check Point 1
Module 3 - Half-Wave Rectifiers
  • Half-Wave Rectifiers
Module 4
  • Full-Wave Rectifiers
  • Check Point 2
Module 5
  • dc-dc Converters
Module 6
  • Introduction to DC-AC Inverter
  • Check Point 3
Course Completion
  • Course Summary
Educator
  • Avatar of Edris Pouresmaeil
    Edris Pouresmaeil

    Prof. Edris Pouresmaeil - Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Aalto University

    Edris Pouresmaeil is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation (EEA) and serves as the head of the Renewable Energies for Power Systems group at Aalto University in Finland. He has held various positions at esteemed institutions around the world, including the ESTIA Institute of Technology in France, the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) in Denmark, and the University of Waterloo (UW) in Canada. Dr. Pouresmaeil's research expertise lies in the operation and control of power electronics in power systems, the integration of renewable energy sources into power grids, microgrid operations, and control, as well as the modeling and development of hybrid energy storage systems centered around green hydrogen.

Learning Outcomes

After taking the course, you will be able to:

  • Explain the diverse applications where power electronics plays a key role
  • Calculate the different power, voltage, and current calculations (instantaneous, average, apparent power, RMS, THD, etc.)
  • Identify the functioning of Power Electronic Devices such as Diodes, Thyristors, MOSFETs, and IGBTs
  • Evaluate the operation of both half-wave and full-wave uncontrolled and controlled rectifiers
  • Assess the steady-state operation of buck, boost, and buck-boost converters in continuous conduction mode
  • Apply pulse-width modulation (PWM) techniques to synthesize desired output voltages for basic converter topologies
  • Examine 3-phase converter waveforms

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