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ENGS 125
Power Electronics and Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Charlie Sullivan, Associate Professor, Thayer School of Engineering
at Dartmouth
Proposed Project Spring 2010
The Electric Bungee
A contest with a prize...more details to be provided later.
Course Description
Controlled use of energy is essential in modern society.
As advances in power electronics extend the capability for
precise and efficient control of electrical energy to more
applications, economic and environmental considerations
provide compelling reasons to do so. In this class, the
principles of power processing using semiconductor switching
are introduced through study of pulse-width-modulated dc-dc
converters. High-frequency techniques such as soft-switching
are analyzed. Magnetic circuit modeling serves as the basis for
transformer, inductor, and electric machine design. Electromechanical
energy conversion is studied in relation to electrostatic and
electromagnetic motor and actuator design. Applications to energy
efficiency, renewable energy sources, robotics, and
micro-electromechanical
systems are discussed.
Laboratory exercises lead to a project involving switching
converters and/or electric machines.
More Information
See the blackboard
site
for more complete information.
If you experience trouble with the Blackboard site, here's how to
get help:
- For a problem with the 125 site, or if you need get access to it,
email the people who maintain the 125 site: Charlie Sullivan and Kim Cooper.
- If there seems to be trouble with the Blackboard system:
- Email Barbara
Knauff.
- Email Mark O'Neil.
- If
all else fails and it's really urgent (you need access to study
materials and a test is coming up shortly, and you are sure that the
system is down because you've checked with others in the class and they
can't get on either), email
or (probably better) call the machine room at 646-2075.
Resources:
Animations
A set of 3-D
animations of power electronics circuits.
Handouts:
Thayer School home page
Send e-mail to
Charles.R.Sullivan@dartmouth.edu