Course: Fundamentals of Energy & Power Electronics credits: 5

Course code
ELVB25FEPE
Name
Fundamentals of Energy & Power Electronics
Study year
2025-2026
ECTS credits
5
Language
English
Coordinator
P. Noordhuis
Modes of delivery
  • Project-based learning
Assessments
  • Fundamentals of Energy & Power Electronics - Written, organised by STAD examinations

Learning outcomes

Design 
The starting professional considers various solutions in order to arrive at a detailed and well-founded (electro)technical product/service/process based on the program of requirements, using appropriate design methods and taking social interests and engineering standards into account. 

Definition 
The starting professional uniformly maps out a problem or customer need, places it in the right context, consults relevant sources and converts this into an objective, problem definition and electrotechnical requirements. 

Content

In this module the connection is made between the theoretical concepts as taught in the first two years of electrical engineering, and their applications in the field of Energy & Power Electronics. 

Professional Products 
  • Energy-technical simulations and calculations: The methods and processes by which the behaviour, performance and efficiency of energy-related systems or components are analysed and predicted. This includes the use of mathematical models, numerical methods and software tools. In this module: calculations on electrical and electronic networks in the context of energy and power electronics 
Skills 
  • Energy-technical simulating and calculating: The methods and processes by which the behaviour, performance and efficiency of energy-related systems or components are analysed and predicted. This includes the use of mathematical models, numerical methods and software tools. In this module: calculations on electrical and electronic networks in the context of energy and power electronics
Knowledge 
Application of the following components and concepts in energy and power electronics: 
  • Basic components – Resistor, capacitor, inductor 
  • Semiconductors – Diodes, Transistors 
  • Amplifiers – Opamps, amplification configuration 
  • Signal conditioning – Filters  
  • DC Networks – Basic theory and analysis and applications, reading schematics 
  • AC Networks – Phase differences, impedance, reactance, signal forms, complex calculation 
  • Circuit analysis techniques – Kirchoff, superposition, Norton, Thevenin, node analysis, phasor diagram, Bode diagram, transmission function, frequency-dependent behaviour 
  • Conversion – conversion, rectification, inversion 
  • Transformers – types, insulation 
  • Motors – DC-motors, AC-motors, motor control

School(s)

  • Institute of Engineering