MTech Modelling And Design Of Controllers syllabus for 2 Sem 2020 scheme 20ECD23

Computer Simulation of Power Electronic Converters and Systems:

Introduction, Challenges in Computer Simulation, Simulation Process, Mechanics of Simulation, Solution Techniques for Time-Domain Analysis, Widely Used, Circuit-Oriented Simulators, Equation Solvers.

Modelling of Systems:

Input-Output relations, Differential Equations and Linearization, State Space Representation, Transfer Function Representation, Block Diagrams, Lagrange method, Circuit Averaging, Bond Graphs, Space Vector Modelling.

Control System Essentials:

Representation of system in digital Domain, The Z – Transform, Digital Filter, Mapping between s – plane and z – plane, Effect of Sampling, Continuous to Discrete Domain Conversion, Control System Basics, Control Principles, State - Space Method.

Digital Controller Design:

Controller Design Techniques, Bode Diagram Method, PID Controller, Root Locus Method, State Space Method, Full State Feedback, Regulator Design by Pole Placement, Estimation Design, Tracker : Controller Design.

Digital Controller Design (continued):

Controlling Voltage, Controlling Current, Control of Induction motor, Output Feedback, Induction motor Control with Output Feedback.

Optimal and Robust Controller Design:

Least Squares Principle, Quadratic Forms, Minimum Energy Principle, Least Square Solution, Weighted Least Squares, Recursive Least Squares, Optimal Control: Linear Quadratic, Induction motor example, Robust Controller Design.

Discrete Computation Essentials:

Numeric Formats, Tracking the Base Point in the Fixed Point System, Normalization And Scaling, Arithmetic Algorithms.

Course outcomes:

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Describe the role of computer simulations in the analysis and design of power electronics systems.
• Understand the functional modeling of static systems.
• Use sampling technique to determine a digital equivalent to a continuous time system.
• Understand the control basics of digital systems.
• Design digital controllers in discrete time and frequency domain.
• Design optimal and robust controllers by different methods.
• Explain essentials of discrete computation.

Question paper pattern:

The SEE question paper will be set for 100 marks and the marks scored will be proportionately reduced to 60.

• The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks.
• Each full question is for 20 marks.
• There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
• Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
• The students will have to answer five full questions, selecting one full question from each module.

Text/Reference Books

1. Power Electronics Converters, Applications, and Design, Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins, Wiley, 3rd Edition, 2014.

2. Power Electronics Essentials and Applications, L. Umanand, Wiley, 1st Edition, 2014.