Power electronics
Power electronics
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Power electronics
INTRODUCTION TO POWER ELECTRONICS
Power Electronics is a field which combines Power (electric power), Electronics and Control systems.
Power engineering deals with the static and rotating power equipment for the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power.
Electronics deals with the study of solid state semiconductor power devices and circuits for Power conversion to meet the desired control objectives (to control the output voltage and output power).
Power electronics may be defined as the subject of applications of solid state power semiconductor devices (Thyristors) for the control and conversion of electric power.
Power electronics deals with the study and design of Thyristorised power controllers for variety of application like Heat control, Light/Illumination control, Motor control – AC/DC motor drives used in industries, High voltage power supplies, Vehicle propulsion systems, High voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission.
BRIEF HISTORY OF POWER ELECTRONICS
The first Power Electronic Device developed was the Mercury Arc Rectifier during the year 1900. Then the other Power devices like metal tank rectifier, grid controlled vacuum tube rectifier, ignitron, phanotron, thyratron and magnetic amplifier, were developed & used gradually for power control applications until 1950.
The first SCR (silicon controlled rectifier) or Thyristor was invented and developed by Bell Lab’s in 1956 which was the first PNPN triggering transistor.
The second electronic revolution began in the year 1958 with the development of the commercial grade Thyristor by the General Electric Company (GE). Thus the new era of power electronics was born. After that many different types of power semiconductor devices & power conversion techniques have been introduced.The power electronics revolution is giving us the ability to convert, shape and control large amounts of power.
SOME APPLICATIONS OF POWER ELECTRONICS
Advertising, air conditioning, aircraft power supplies, alarms, appliances – (domestic and industrial), audio amplifiers, battery chargers, blenders, blowers, boilers, burglar alarms, cement kiln, chemical processing, clothes dryers, computers, conveyors, cranes and hoists, dimmers (light dimmers), displays, electric door openers, electric dryers, electric fans, electric vehicles, electromagnets, electro mechanical electro plating, electronic ignition, electrostatic precipitators, elevators, fans, flashers, food mixers, food warmer trays, fork lift trucks, furnaces, games, garage door openers, gas turbine starting, generator exciters, grinders, hand power tools, heat controls, high frequency lighting, HVDC transmission, induction heating, laser power supplies, latching relays, light flashers, linear induction motor controls, locomotives, machine tools, magnetic recording, magnets, mass transit railway system, mercury arc lamp ballasts, mining, model trains, motor controls, motor drives, movie projectors, nuclear reactor control rod, oil well drilling, oven controls, paper mills, particle accelerators, phonographs, photo copiers, power suppliers, printing press, pumps and compressors, radar/sonar power supplies, refrigerators, regulators, RF amplifiers, security systems, servo systems, sewing machines, solar power supplies, solid-state contactors, solid-state relays, static circuit breakers, static relays, steel mills, synchronous motor starting, TV circuits, temperature controls, timers and toys, traffic signal controls, trains, TV deflection circuits, ultrasonic generators, UPS, vacuum cleaners, VAR compensation, vending machines, VLF transmitters, voltage regulators, washing machines, welding equipment.
POWER ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
Heating Systems Ventilating, Air Conditioners, Central Refrigeration, Lighting, Computers and Office equipments, Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS), Elevators, and Emergency Lamps.
DOMESTIC APPLICATIONS
Cooking Equipments, Lighting, Heating, Air Conditioners, Refrigerators & Freezers, Personal Computers, Entertainment Equipments, UPS.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
Pumps, compressors, blowers and fans. Machine tools, arc furnaces, induction furnaces, lighting control circuits, industrial lasers, induction heating, welding equipments.
AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS
Space shuttle power supply systems, satellite power systems, aircraft power systems.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Battery chargers, power supplies (DC and UPS), mobile cell phone battery chargers.
TRANSPORTATION
Traction control of electric vehicles, battery chargers for electric vehicles, electric locomotives, street cars, trolley buses, automobile electronics including engine controls.
UTILITY SYSTEMS
High voltage DC transmission (HVDC), static VAR compensation (SVC), Alternative energy sources (wind, photovoltaic), fuel cells, energy storage systems, induced draft fans and boiler feed water pumps.
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- Power Diodes.
- Power Transistors (BJT’s).
- Power MOSFETS.
- IGBT’s.
- Thyristors
Thyristors are a family of p-n-p-n structured power semiconductor switching devices
- SCR’s (Silicon Controlled Rectifier)
The silicon controlled rectifier is the most commonly and widely used member of the thyristor family. The family of thyristor devices include SCR’s, Diacs, Triacs, SCS, SUS, LASCR’s and so on.
POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USED IN POWER ELECTRONICS
The first thyristor or the SCR was developed in 1957. The conventional Thyristors (SCR’s) were exclusively used for power control in industrial applications until 1970. After 1970, various types of power semiconductor devices were developed and became commercially available. The power semiconductor devices can be divided broadly into five types
- Power Diodes.
- Thyristors.
- Power BJT’s.
- Power MOSFET’s.
- Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBT’s).
- Static Induction Transistors (SIT’s).
The Thyristors can be subdivided into different types
- Forced-commutated Thyristors (Inverter grade Thyristors)
- Line-commutated Thyristors (converter-grade Thyristors)
- Gate-turn off Thyristors (GTO).
- Reverse conducting Thyristors (RCT’s).
- Static Induction Thyristors (SITH).
- Gate assisted turn-off Thyristors (GATT).
- Light activated silicon controlled rectifier (LASCR) or Photo SCR’s.
- MOS-Controlled Thyristors (MCT’s).
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