Benefits
Attend and learn how to - Compare different converter types for your application
- Use and specify power devices by rating and application
- Protect semiconductor components in industrial power electronics circuits by using snubbers, control and thermal management
- Analyze power electronic systems with various types of load
- Employ modulation strategies for the control of power converters
- Understand modes of interaction between power converters and the utility and solutions to harmonic problems
- Take advantage of new trends and developments in power electronics
Topics
- Power Electronics: Fundamentals
- AC/DC Rectifiers; DC/AC Inverters
- Multilevel and Matrix Converters
- Soft Switching Converters
- Pulse Width Modulation
- Current Regulation Strategies
- Basics of Power Converter Control
- Inverter Control Design
- Complex Vector Modeling
- Power Converter Simulation
- Utility Interface Problems and Solutions
- Application of Power Semiconductors
Audience
- Electrical engineers with little experience in power electronics
- Practicing engineers desiring to enhance their knowledge
Please note: This course will stress fundamentals while highlighting recent developments in power electronics. The technical content of this course will be significant. You should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related science or the equivalent amount of industrial experience.
Earn PDH, LU, CEU
By participating in this course, you will earn 21 Professional Development Hours (PDH) and 2.1 Continuing Education Units (CEU). Learn more about PDH, LU, CEU and state licensing boards.
General Information
Fee Covers Notebook and other course materials, break refreshments, lunches and certificate.
Cancellation Policy If you cannot attend, please notify us by October 26, and we will refund your fee. Cancellations received after this date and no-shows are subject to a $150 administrative fee. You may enroll a substitute at any time before the course starts.
Accommodations Your enrollment confirmation will include hotel/motel information. Please make your own reservations.
Course Location This course will be held at Engineering Hall, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Room 1610 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI.
Course Discount WEMPEC Member members fee: $1295 for this course
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Call 800-462-0876 or 608-262-2061 and ask for:
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