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Power Electronics and Power Sources

Course Code	: YENT207
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 1
Prt.	: 2
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

Efficiency and loss in power electronics, operation principles of semi-conductors used in power control, protection, control elements, circuits, driver circuit design, and power resource designs.

Course Content

Power semi-conductors, diodes, transistors, tristors, triac, mosphet structures, operation principles and characteristics. Protection and control elements of semi conductors used in power control; UJT, PUT, SUS, SBS, Diacs. Designs of power electronics, controlled and uncontrolled rectifiers, DC invertors, driver circuits, resonance invertors, switched power resources, motor control applicaitons, correction of power coefficient.

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Learning Outcomes

1.	Classifies semiconductor switching elements (thyristor, MOSFET, IGBT) used in power electronics according to their structural properties and usage areas.
2.	Explains the structures and operating mechanisms of inverter circuits used in solar energy and wind turbine systems.
3.	Applies the PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) technique used in the control of power converter circuits and its basic application parameters.
4.	Analyzes filtering and harmonic mitigation techniques used in power supplies within the framework of technical standards.
5.	Diagnoses electrical faults that may occur in power electronics units in renewable energy facilities and develops repair methods.

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Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Efficiency analysis in Power Electronics circuits, semiconductor definition, power diodes. Integrated power circuits.

Week 2 - Theoretical

Single-phase uncontrolled rectifier circuits and R-L load applications.

Week 3 - Theoretical

Three-phase rectifier circuits and output voltage regulation

Week 4 - Theoretical

Controlled semiconductors, SCR and controlled rectifier circuits and R-L load applications

Week 5 - Theoretical

Thyristor-Triac trigger circuits and trigger circuit elements; PUT, DIYAK, UJT and oscillators.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Trigger circuit isolation systems and extinguishing circuits

Week 7 - Theoretical

Alternating Voltage Choppers and on-off power control, phase controlled power circuit applications

Week 8 - Theoretical

Mid-term exam Evaluation

Week 9 - Theoretical

MOSFET, IGBT and Direct Voltage Converters; Stepping Down Type Direct Voltage Converter Design

Week 10 - Theoretical

Design of Step-Up Type Direct Voltage Converters, Step-Up Type Direct Voltage Converters

Week 11 - Theoretical

DC Power Supplies and Direct Voltage Converters with Feedback Transformers. Resonant type converters

Week 12 - Theoretical

Inverters; Single phase land wave inverters, Half Bridge Inverters.

Week 13 - Theoretical

Full bridge single phase inverters, Three phase inverters.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Modulation methods in inverters, Pulse width modulation and sine modulation inverter.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Attending Lectures	1	%5
Quiz	1	%15
Midterm Examination	1	%20
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	1	1	28
Lecture - Practice	14	1	2	42
Quiz	1	1	2	3
Midterm Examination	1	1	3	4
Final Examination	1	1	3	4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				81

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11
OÇ-1	5	4	5	4		3	4
OÇ-2	5	4	5	4		3	4
OÇ-3	5	4	5	4		3	4
OÇ-4	5	4	5	4		3	4
OÇ-5	5	4	5	4		3	4

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