Power Electronics Control Design with Simulink and Simscape
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- Modeling direct current (DC) power electronic systems
- Parameterizing power semiconductor devices
- Controlling the level of fidelity in a model
- Developing digital controls for power electronics
- Modeling three-phase alternating current (AC) power electronic systems
- Controlling power electronics for motor drive applications
- Integrating electrical components and controllers into a system-level model
Day 1 of 2
Modeling DC/DC Power Electronic Converters
Objective: Learn to model and analyze DC/DC power electronic converters.
- Modeling an open-loop boost converter
- Measuring physical quantities
- Selecting a solver
- Visualizing simulation results
Parameterizing Power Semiconductor Devices
Objective: Learn to parameterize and use power semiconductor devices to characterize losses for semiconductor switching devices and converter efficiency.
- Modeling power semiconductor devices
- Parameterizations workflows
- Accessing losses and efficiency
- Modeling thermal effects in semiconductors
Converter Model Fidelity
Objective: Learn to build power electronic models using the most appropriate level of fidelity.
- Selecting appropriate converter model fidelity
- Controlling model fidelity using prebuilt converters
- Controlling model fidelity using discrete components
Digital Control Design
Objective: Learn to model and analyze DC/AC three-phase power electronic converters.
- Implementing closed-loop voltage discrete PID control
- Linearizing power electronic converters with frequency response estimation
- Tuning the controller
- Closed-loop testing and verification
Day 2 of 2
Modeling DC/AC Three-Phase Inverters
Objective: Learn to model and analyze DC/AC three-phase power electronic converters.
- Modeling an open-loop three-phase inverter
- Measuring three-phase physical quantities
- Characterizing harmonics and distortion
- Controlling inverter model fidelity
Inverter Control Design
Objective: Learn to extend the control design workflow to three-phase inverters.
- Introducing the Clarke and Park transforms
- Implementing a current control in the rotating orthogonal dq reference frame
- Performing frequency response estimation of the inverter
- Tuning the current controller
- Closed-loop testing and verification
Motor Control
Objective: Learn to model and control electric motors using power electronic drivers.
- Modeling a permanent magnet synchronous motor
- Principles of field-oriented control
- Implementing a motor torque control
- Verifying the motor design
System-Level Integration and Validation
Objective: Learn to use the Simulink architecture to partition systems into reusable components and to integrate these components into a system-level model.
- Architecting the system-level model
- Partitioning the system models
- Integrating components into a system-level model
- Verifying the system-level model