Course description
Portable Electricity: Rectifier and Inverter Systems, Leading to Diploma Postgraduate - in Portable Electricity: Rectifier and Inverter Systems, 30 Credit-Hours, accumulating to a Postgraduate Certificate, with 150 additional Credit-Hours, a Postgraduate Diploma, with 330 additional Credit-Hours
Course Contents, Concepts and Issues
Part 1 - Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC)Principles of Alternating Current;Principles of Direct Current. Conductors and Circuitry:Conceptualising Conductors; Electricity Conductors; Insulators; Semiconductors; Electrical Circuits; Diodes: Their function and general applications;Part 2 - Rectifiers: Function and Types Contextualising a Rectifier;
Rectifier Circuit Configurations; Half-wave Rectifiers;
Full-Wave Rectifiers;
Full-Wave Centre-Tapped Rectifiers;
Full-Wave Bridge Rectifiers;
Three-Phase Full-Wave Bridge Rectifiers.
Part 3 - Using Rectifiers in Practical Situations
Homes;
Industry;
Commerce;
Healthcare;
Part 4: Inverters: Their Function, Classification and Types (1)
The Inverter System:
The function of an Inverter;
Components of an Inverter.
Inverter Classification:
Classification According to the Output Characteristic
Square Wave Inverter
Sine Wave Inverter
Modified Sine Wave Inverter
Classification According to the Source of Inverter
Current Source Inverter
Voltage Source Inverter
Classification According to the Type of Load
Single Phase Inverter
Half Bridge Inverter;
Full Bridge Inverter.
Three Phase Inverter:
180-degree mode;
120-degree mode.
Classification According to different PWM Technique
Simple Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM)
Multiple Pulse Width Modulation (MPWM)
Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM)
Modified sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (MSPWM)
Part 5: Inverters: Their Function, Classification and Types (2)
Classification According to Number of Output Level
Regular Two-Level Inverter
Multi-Level InverterClassification According to the Output Characteristic
Square Wave Inverter
Sine Wave Inverter
Modified Sine Wave InverterClassification According to the Source of the Inverter
Voltage Source Inverter
Current Source Inverter
Part 6: Inverters: Their Function, Classification and Types (3)
Classification According to the Type of Load
Single-phase Inverter;
Three-phase Inverter;
Single Phase Full-bridge Inverter;
Three Phase Bridge InverterClassification According to Control Technique
Single Pulse Width modulation (single PWM)
Multiple Pulse Width Modulation (MPWM)
Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (SPWM)
Modified Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (MSPWM)Classification According to the Number of Levels at the Output
Regular Two-Level InverterMulti-level Inverter