COURSES / 44
SUPPORT COURSES IN POWER SYSTEMS RELATED TO ROBOTICS
ME 5254 : Fuel Cell Systems : Fuel cell systems for transportation , buildings , utility and portable power energy conversion applications . Overview of fuel cell technology . Thermodynamics of direct energy conversion and fuel cell efficiency . Electrochemistry , equilibrium and reaction kinetics . Temperature and pressure effects on polarization curves . Proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance modeling . Fuel cell system components : heat exchangers , humidifiers , air compressors , electric power processing and management . Overall system integration , modeling , and control . Fuel cells for transportation , vehicle performance and efficiency characteristics . Fuel processing and reformers . Fuel cell system design , economics , and optimization .
ECE 5314 : Power System Operation and Control : A course dealing with modern power system operational and control problems and solution techniques . State estimation , contingency analysis , load-frequency control , and automatic generation control . Load flow analysis and external equivalents for steady-state operations .
ECE 6314 : Advanced Instrumentation in Power Systems : Role of advanced instrumentation in monitoring , control and protection applications in power systems . Effects and limitations of instrument transformers , signal conditioning circuits , analog to digital ( A / D ) converters and Digital Signal Processing ( DSP ) chips , time synchronization and sampling , output circuits and devices , and communication channels . Fast Fourier Transform ( FFT ), protection algorithms , phasor and frequency measurements .
ECE 5254 : Power Converter Modeling and Control : Nonlinear modeling of power conversion circuit using discrete and average techniques analysis and design of voltage mode and current mode control ; parallel module operation and system interactions ; distributed power systems ; time domain simulation and frequency domain measurement techniques .
ECE 5260 : Power Electronics System Integration
ECE 5274 : Modeling and Control of Three-Phase PWM Converters : Power conversion principles for threephase pulse-width modulation techniques , control and converters . Development of averaged models of three-phase rectifiers and inverters in stationary and rotating coordinates . Small-signal models in rotating coordinates and control design . Introduction of switching state vectors and different modulation schemes . Three-phase inverter and rectifier applications . Parallel and multi-level three-phase converters . Alternate years .