Masters lectures
Hands-on introduction to digital inverter control
Sommer semester, 6 CP,
Dr. Fuhrmann,
Lecture and lab course
- Programming of a 32-bit microcontroller
- Designing a custom program library for LCD and timers
- Fundamentals of discrete controller programming
Electrical Power Systems - Control and Protection
Winter semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Cai,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Controllers in conventional plants
- Active power/frequency
- Reactive power/voltage
- FACTS devices
- Short circuit analysis
- Modeling and simulation of relay protection
Electrical Power Systems - Disturbed Operation
Sommer semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Cai,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical fault analysis
- Power system stability analysis
- Rotor angle
- Voltage
- Frequency
- Resonance
- Modeling and simulation of stability controllers
Electrical Power Systems - Symmetric operation
Winter semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Cai,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Power system fundamental calculations
- Static modeling of system components
- Detailed modeling of transmission lines
- Power flow calculation
- Gauss-Seidel method
- Newton-Raphson method
- Power system planning
- Unit commitment (active power optimization)
- Loss reduction (reactive power optimization)
Geregelte elektrische Antriebe
Sommer semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Eckel,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Steady-state behavior of machines and loads
- Dynamic behavior of DC machines
- Dynamic behavior of three-phase machines
- Control of three-phase machines
High Voltage and Current System
Winter semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Uhrlandt,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Introduction to high-voltage and high-current technology
- Electrical contacts and connections
- Arc and plasma
- Switching arc
Leistungshalbleiter
Winter semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Eckel,
Lecture, exercise, lab course
- Fundamentals (semiconductor equations, pn-junction)
- Power diodes (reverse, forward, and reverse recovery behavior)
- IGBT (operation, switching behavior, control, and protection)
- Wide-bandgap power semiconductors (properties, SiC diodes, transistors)
Project Seminar Power Electronics
Sommersemester, 6 CP,
Prof. Eckel,
Project
- Current topics in the field of power electronics for use in drive technology,
energy generation, and energy transmission
Renewable Energy Source
Winter semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Cai,
Lecture and exercise
- Evaluation of the primary renewable resources (solar and wind)
- Controller design for Wind turbines and Photovoltaics in simulation software
- Grid code requirements for renewable energies
- Active power/frequency control
- Reactive power/voltage control
- Fault-ride-through
- Grid-forming control
Simulation of Power Semiconductors
Sommer semester, 6 CP,
Prof. Eckel,
Project
- Blocking, on-state and switching behavior of IGBTs and diodes
- TCAD toolbox for simulation of power semiconductors
- Simulation of the switching behavior of IGBTs and the reverse recovery behavior of diodes
Umrichterregelung für Eneuerbare Energien
Wintersemester, 6 CP,
Prof. Eckel,
Lecture and exercise
- Circuit topologies and their modulation methods
- Harmonics and countermeasures
- Control concepts (Virtual Flux, VOC)