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ECE 7440
Modern Control of Power
Electronics
Introduction of MCPE – 2023 Fall Term
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Outline
• Introduction of the Course - Modern Control of Power Electronics
• Introduction of the course project
• Desired Outcomes
• Understand the course structure.
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Introduction – Course Instructor
Ngai Man (Carl) HO
• Professor, Associate Head (EE) and Canada Research Chair
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (since 10.2014).
• R&D Principal Engineer
• ABB Switzerland, Switzerland (5.2007 – 9.2014).
• Associate Editor-in-Chief
• IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems
• Associate Editor
• IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics
• IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics
• Contact
• Email:
[email protected] • Phone: +1 204-474-7061
• Office: E1-454 EITC
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Course Objectives
• The objective of this course is to provide
• a procedure of choosing and designing controllers for power
electronics systems.
• By the end of the course, students will compare the advantages and
disadvantages of control methodologies use in modern power
electronics applications and students will design controllers with
stable operation and reaching performance requirements.
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Reference Books
• Course Materials from the Books
• R. C. Dorf and R. H. Bishop: Modern Control
Systems, Pearson, 2016.
• N. Mohan, T. M. Undeland, W. P. Robbins,
Power Electronics: Converters, Applications and
Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
• Course Reference Books
• Muhammed H. Rashid, Power Electronics:
Circuit, Devices and Applications, 2013.
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Simulation Tools
• CAD Tools
• Plexim – PLECS
• http://www.plexim.com/
• Texas Instruments - TINA-TI V9
• http://www.ti.com/tool/tina-ti
• PSCAD
• https://hvdc.ca/pscad/
• Real Time Simulations
• RTDS
• Plexim - RT-Box
• Web Page
• UMLearn
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PLECS Licenses (2023)
• U Manitoba's Code is 4cd-X3cvX73f
• The only caveat is that a university email address must be used to
make the license request — the email must end with
@umanitoba.ca (the variation @myumanitoba.ca is ok.)
• Licenses are requested from https://plexim.com/store/students.
• Intended for students’ own personal computers.
• Licenses valid for a year from date of request.
• Code is case-sensitive.
• Code Licenses may not be used for post-doctoral or commercial
work.
• If a student needs to replace his/her computer, or otherwise has an
issue, they should notify us by email.
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Course Outline
Component Value (%) Total Value (%)
Seminar 1 0 0
Assignments/Lab 4 2.5 10
Project 1 30 30
Mid-Term Test 1 20 20
Final Examination 1 40 40
• The lab will be conducted in-person.
• Mid-term and Final.
• Long Questions and In-person.
• Academic Integrity issues would cause serious academic penalty.
• The lab must be completed in-person to receive passing grade.
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Course Schedule
Week Date (Fri) Lecture (9:00am to 12:00pm) Evaluation
1 8.9 Lecture 1 Review of Modern Control Systems
2 15.9 Lecture 2 Mathematical Models of Control Systems
3 22.9 Lecture 3 Feedback Control System
4 29.9 Lecture 4a Frequency Response - Characteristics Submit Assignment 1
5 6.10 Lecture 4b Frequency Response - Stability for PE Converters
Project Proposal Presnetation
6 13.10 Lecture 5 Submit Assignment 2
Current Mode Controls
7 20.10 Lab Control Systems - Design and Implementation Lab (9:00am to 12:00pm)
8 27.10 Lecture 6 Boundary Controller Mid-Term (27.10, Fri, 1hr)
9 3.11 Lecture 7 Phase Locked Loop
10 10.11 Guest Advanced Control for Price Industries Lab Report
11 17.11 Lecture 8a Reactive Power Control
12 24.11 Lecture 8b Reactive Power Control
13 1.12 Lecture 9 PV Control System Submit Assignment 3
14 8.12 Project Project Presentation and Revision Project
15 15.12 Exam Exam
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Project
• Objectives
• To study the process of designing a control system for Power
Electronic converters with practical components.
• Group Project
• Member per Group: 2-3 students.
• Task: Design and implement a control for a specific application
with experimental results.
• Evaluation:
• Oral: 30 mins for final presentation 15%
• Demonstration 10 mins 5%
• Documentation: A final report 5 pages 10%
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What should you do?
• Look for a power electronic application
• Define its control objective(s)
• Model the system
• Design a controller by Simulations
• System analysis and stability study
• Implement the controller physically
• Demonstration
• Presentation and Documentation
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Example - PFC
• The application is power factor correction.
• Control the input current and output voltage to be sinusoidal and
stable respectively.
• Design the controller in PLESC.
• Will be Implemented by a controller IC with a PFC PCB.
• Note: Converter implementation is minor in the evaluation, you
can use RT-Box, Opal-RT, RTDS, LabVolt or Actual converter
simulate the power stage. But the controller has to be physically
implemented by one of the following approaches, Op Amp,
Controller IC, DSP and LabVolt controller.
• Lecture 5 Prepare a 2 page ppt about the proposal
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Project Evaluation
• Report Final Presentation
• Summarize the project.
• Discuss the overall design.
• Demonstrate the results.
• Method of Evaluation and Limitations.
• Conclusion.
• All students can ask questions.
• Report Documentation
• It should include literature review, and from design to the results.
• Demonstration
• 10 mins interview to show the system works.
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Group Assignment
Group 1 Group 1 Group 3 Group 4
Student #1 Bita Meisam Yin Prashanth
Student #2
Student #3
Restriction No EV No PV No PFC No PQ
Charger Inverter Conditioner
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Seminars
• Seminar
• TBD
• Price Industries Limited
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Check Your Knowledge with me!
Download and Open the App Waiting … … for Answer the
Install “Socrative and Input the my actions question at once.
Student” App room name
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