Power Electronics Trainer
Project Description The Power Electronics Trainer contributes in the field of Power and Electronics education. This project was to provide platform to university students of area Electronics as well as Power to enhance their knowledge by practically implementing all experime
2025-06-28 16:34:32 - Adil Khan
Power Electronics Trainer
Project Area of Specialization Artificial IntelligenceProject SummaryProject Description
The Power Electronics Trainer contributes in the field of Power and Electronics education. This project was to provide platform to university students of area Electronics as well as Power to enhance their knowledge by practically implementing all experiments.
Project Goals
Real time analysis of theoretical concepts learnt in classrooms. To provide maximum experiments on one single trainer in comparatively very low cost than trainers present in market.
Project Results
Since this project is used to perform experiments in laboratory therefore the analysis of the waveforms generated will be carried on a display. Results will be displayed on PC using Data Acquisition device.
Project Cost
PKR 130,000 /-
Contact Information
Ali Arsalan, aliarsalan.be15@iba-suk.edu.pk , contact# 0336-6656644
Afifa Shah Musavi, Afifa.be15@iba-suk.edu.pk, contact# 0331-2739110
Project ObjectivesAim is to design a Power Electronics Kit to have a control of electrical energy with the greatest efficiency possible. This kit will allow the implementation of theoretical practical course, in order to study Power Electronics in an efficient manner.
To understand the core concepts of power electronics:
In classrooms, students will be given various information through lectures and these concepts will be applied and seen on Power Electronics Trainer.
To study and analyze the behavior of semiconductor devices:
This trainer will help students understanding different behaviour of semi conductor devices.
Here are some other objectives of this project.
- To implement practice oriented tasks related to power electronics
- To design training panels and functional units.
- To design block and circuit diagrams, and to analyze the designed circuits with the help of simulations.
- To design PCB for all experiments.
- Hardware implementation of the project.
In this project, study of different power semiconductor devices will be carried out in terms of their characteristics, performances, losses. Implementation of the circuits in order to study their behavior and characteristics and all simulations will be performed in MATLAB. PCB designing of the project will be done on EAGLE. Hardware implementation will be carried out on breadboard before incorporating components on PCB to verify the proper functioning of each component. To maintain the efficient flow of the project following process will be carried out:
Literature Review:
To have a sound knowledge of the power electronics, power semiconductor devices and to analyze the experiments thoroughly which includes study of:
- SCR, MOSFET, IGBT and diodes characteristics with construction.
- Rectification both controlled and uncontrolled.
- Converter characteristics through simulations.
- Inverter basics and operational characteristics through simulations.
- Choppers characteristics and operational analysis
Software:
To study and analyze the characteristics of power semiconductor devices and to carry out simulations MATLAB is used having variety of tools. However PCB design will be done on EAGLE.
Implementation of Hardware:
To understand the non-ideal behavior of the components hardware implementation will be carried out on bread board before designing PCB. Future Recommendations: Future recommendation may include serial interfacing for the evaluation of graphs generated. Considerable amount of time will be spent studying the physical implementation of modern power electronic component and how they can be implemented in an efficient and productive way.
Benefits of the ProjectOur project, Power Electronics Trainer is not just a trainer, it is an entire electronics lab embedded in a a single board. Our delieverable will help the community in following ways;
- We can incorporate this trainer in Sukkur IBA University's Technology bus and can visit different universities where fully furnished laboratories are not available.
- This will enhance the engineering skillset in students to implement their theoretical concepts on this trainer.
- It will be less costly than all other such trainers available in market.
- It will be highly capable of performing 26 different experiments either single phase or three phase.
- It will have a built in oscilloscope.
Future Recommendations:
Our future aim is to use Data Acquisition technique to display results or graphs on PC.
Technical Details of Final Deliverable- PCB sheets for fabrication.
- Chasis
| Component Name | Model | Quantity |
| SCR | BT151-500R | 25 |
| TRIAC | ACTT6X-800E | 2 |
| Power Diode | IN5406 or IN5405 | 30 |
| IGBT | FGW30N60VD | 25 |
| MOSFET | FMV20N60S1FD | 25 |
| SCR Gate Triggering IC | TCA-785 | 12 |
| PWM Control Circuit IC | TL594 or TL494 | 3 |
| MOSFET/IGBT Driver IC | MC34152or(Recommended) ISO5500 (DIP Package) | 12 |
| Resistors | 950, 1950 & 3770 ohms | 30 |
| Inductors | 500-700mH | 30 |
| Capacitors | 10uF & 20uF | 30 |
| Current to Voltage Converter IC | LT1311 | 3 |
| Voltage to Voltage Converter IC | LTC1044A | 3 |
Component Name
SCR
TRIAC
Power Diode
IGBT
MOSFET
SCR Gate Triggering IC
PWM Control Circuit IC
MOSFET/IGBT Driver IC
Resistors
Inductors
Capacitors
Current to Voltage Converter IC
Voltage to Voltage Converter IC
Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemType of Industry Education Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Quality EducationRequired Resources| Elapsed time in (days or weeks or month or quarter) since start of the project | Milestone | Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | Literature Review | - |
| Month 2 | Literature Review + Study of Literature (Selection of specific components) | - |
| Month 3 | Literature Review + Study of Literature | - |
| Month 4 | Literature Review + Study of Literature + Analysis | - |
| Month 5 | Study of Literature | - |
| Month 6 | Analysis and Preparation of Proposed Scheme | - |
| Month 7 | Analysis and Preparation of Scheme +Implementation of Model | Schematic models of circuits |
| Month 8 | Analysis of Proposed Scheme + Implementation of Model + Simulations | Schematic models of circuits and results analysis through Simulation |
| Month 9 | Analysis of Proposed Scheme + Implementation of Model + Simulations | Schematic models of circuits and results analysis through Simulation |
| Month 10 | Implementation of Model + + Simulations + Write up and Thesis completion | Schematic models of circuits and results analysis through Simulation + Thesis material |
| Month 11 | Simulations + Final Write up and Thesis Completion | Schematic models of circuits and results analysis through Simulation + Thesis material |
| Month 12 | Simulations + Final Write up and Thesis Completion | Power Electronics Trainer and Final Thesis |