PAPER CODE-MEPE-101     MAX. MARKS -100     MIN MARKS-40    DURATION-3Hrs

UNIT – I
Inverter principles, Commutation techniques. Different types of single phase and three phase inverters, voltage control techniques.

UNIT-II
Current sourced and voltage sourced inverters, Waveform synthesis, voltage Frequency and phase sequence control, voltage and current relations, Harmonics study.

UNIT-III
Principles and classification of chopper circuits, analysis of practical choppers for single two and four quadrant operation, Device selection, Control circuits, Switch mode power supplies, Square wave switching, Resonant mode operation of power supplies, Ferroresonant, Linears and the switchers.

UNIT-IV
Induction heating, induction welding and Melting. Application to Dielectric heating. Medium frequency supplies for induction heating, high frequency sources for fluorescent lamps. R.F. generators, Laser power supply.

UNIT-V
Power supplies for SRM drive, power supplies for AC and DC drives, Device ratigs, Device Data sheets. Safe operating areas. Control circuits.

Reference Books:
1. Power Electronics                                          M.H. Rashid
2. Power Electronics                                          Ned Mohan
3. Power Electronics                                          P.C. Sen
4. Hand book of Power Electronics                  M.H. Rashid
5. Power Electronics                                          M.D. Singh