Magnetics for Power Electronic Converters

Design modern switched-mode power converters; create high-performance control loops around power converters; understand efficiency, power density and cost trade-offsBy 2030, 80% of all electrical energy will be processed by power electronics. Professional advantages continue to grow for technical engineers who understand the fundamental principles and technical requirements of modern power conversion systems. This specialization covers design-oriented analysis, modeling and simulation techniques leading to practical engineering of high-performance power electronics systems.

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Created by: Dr. Khurram Afridi

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Course Description

This course covers the analysis and design of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers, used in power electronic converters. The course starts with an introduction to physical principles behind inductors and transformers, including the concepts of inductance, core material saturation, airgap and energy storage in inductors, reluctance and magnetic circuit modeling, transformer equivalent circuits, magnetizing and leakage inductance. Multi-winding transformer models are also developed, including inductance matrix representation, for series and parallel structures. Modeling of losses in magnetic components covers core and winding losses, including skin and proximity effects. Finally, a complete procedure is developed for design optimization of inductors in switched-mode power converters. After completing this course, you will: - Understand the fundamentals of magnetic components, including inductors and transformers - Be able to analyze and model losses in magnetic components, and understand design trade-offs - Know how to design and optimize inductors for switched-mode power converters This course assumes ONLY prior completion of Introduction to Power Electronics and Converter Circuits.

Time: 17h

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Dr. Khurram Afridi

4.7 Rating
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Khurram Afridi is an Assistant Professor of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder. He received the BS degree in electrical engineering from Caltech (1989), and SM (1992) and PhD (1998) degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. His research interests are in power electronics and energy systems incorporating power electronic controls. Prior to joining CU Boulder he was a visiting faculty at MIT's EECS Department (2009-2013) and the Chief Operating Officer (2000-2010) and Chief Technology Officer (1997-2000) of Techlogix. He has also worked for JPL, Lutron, Philips, and Schlumberger. From 2004 to 2008 he led the development of LUMS School of Science and Engineering (SSE) as Project Director. He received the Carnation Merit Award from Caltech (1988), the BMW Scientific Award from BMW AG (1999), and the Werner-von-Siemens Chair for Power Electronics from LUMS SSE (2008). He is the Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair for the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) 2015.

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By Luciano B on 6-Feb-19

Excelent course, materials and professors !!!!!!!!!!

By James P on 7-Mar-19

The instructor is excellent in this course. He's easy to understand and explains things well.

By HET P T on 6-Jan-19

Great course and great professor.

By Subramaniam S on 19-Oct-17

Excellent course that gives good insight into magnetic and their modelling and their macro level design

By Jitendra on 22-Jan-17

Quite intriguing with carefully designed assignments.

By Muhammad A on 9-Oct-16

It is very nice and the way it was presented and teached is very easy to understand and visualize few inherent concepts

By Orlando T on 11-Aug-16

The quality of the slides, and the notes written on them were fantastic. It was a great experience. Looking forward to the capstone project.

By angelo p on 23-Mar-18

Initial review based on week 1 is that this is an excellent course. will update review as progresses. The techniques are taught in a very intuitive yet mathematical framework that makes it very easy to reference for practicing engineers.

By Periklis S on 4-Dec-16

Very good instructor that presented everything in detail. Totally worth it!

By Manuel M G on 23-Jun-16

This course was great. I would preferred more forum activity, but i think it was all right because this is fundamentals concepts. The experience in this field most be intense in order to consider be a specialist in magnetics. Regards,

By Arif M on 1-Oct-16

I am a working power electronics engineer and this course has taught me the basics to nuances of designing magnetic circuits used in power supplies. I feel much more confidence in reading more advanced materials and application notes going over design and testing of magnetic components. Thanks!

By MUKESH K on 1-Sep-16

Very knowledgeable and impressive Thanks

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