Book description
Power electronics can be a difficult course for students to understand and for professors to teach. Simplifying the process for both, SPICE for Power Electronics and Electric Power, Third Edition illustrates methods of integrating industry standard SPICE software for design verification and as a theoretical laboratory bench.
Helpful PSpice Software and Program Files Available for Download
Based on the author Muhammad H. Rashid’s considerable experience merging design content and SPICE into a power electronics course, this vastly improved and updated edition focuses on helping readers integrate the SPICE simulator with a minimum amount of time and effort. Giving users a better understanding of the operation of a power electronics circuit, the author explores the transient behavior of current and voltage waveforms for each and every circuit element at every stage. The book also includes examples of all types of power converters, as well as circuits with linear and nonlinear inductors.
New in this edition:
- Student learning outcomes (SLOs) listed at the start of each chapter
- Changes to run on OrCAD version 9.2
- Added VPRINT1 and IPRINT1 commands and examples
- Notes that identify important concepts
- Examples illustrating EVALUE, GVALUE, ETABLE, GTABLE, ELAPLACE, GLAPLACE, EFREQ, and GFREQ
- Mathematical relations for expected outcomes, where appropriate
- The Fourier series of the output voltages for rectifiers and inverters
- PSpice simulations of DC link inverters and AC voltage controllers with PWM control
This book demonstrates techniques of executing power conversions and ensuring the quality of the output waveforms rather than the accurate modeling of power semiconductor devices. This approach benefits students, enabling them to compare classroom results obtained with simple switch models of devices. In addition, a new chapter covers multi-level converters.
Assuming no prior knowledge of SPICE or PSpice simulation, the text provides detailed step-by-step instructions on how to draw a schematic of a circuit, execute simulations, and view or plot the output results. It also includes suggestions for laboratory experiments and design problems that can be used for student homework assignments.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- PSpice Software and Program Files
- Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Circuit Descriptions
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Input Files
- 2.3 Nodes
- 2.4 Element Values
- 2.5 Circuit Elements
- 2.6 Element Models
- 2.7 Sources
- 2.8 Output Variables
- 2.9 Types of Analysis
- 2.10 PSpice Output Commands
- 2.11 Format of Circuit Files
- 2.12 Format of Output Files
- 2.13 Examples of PSpice Simulations
- 2.14 PSpice Schematics
- 2.15 Importing Microsim Schematics in OrCAD Capture
- Problems
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 3 Defining Output Variables
- Chapter 4 Voltage and Current Sources
- Chapter 5 Passive Elements
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Chapter 6 Dot Commands
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Models
- 6.3 Types of Output
- 6.4 Operating Temperature and End of Circuit
- 6.5 Options
- 6.6 DC Analysis
- 6.7 AC Analysis
- 6.8 Noise Analysis
- 6.9 Transient Analysis
- 6.10 Fourier Analysis
- 6.11 Monte Carlo Analysis
- 6.12 Sensitivity and Worst-Case Analysis
- Summary
- Problems
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 7 Diode Rectifiers
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Chapter 8 DC–DC Converters
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 DC Switch Chopper
- 8.3 BJT SPICE Model
- 8.4 BJT Parameters
- 8.5 Examples of BJT DC–DC Converters
- 8.6 MOSFET Choppers
- 8.7 MOSFET Parameters
- 8.8 Examples of MOSFET DC–DC Converters
- 8.9 IGBT Model
- 8.10 Examples of IGBT DC-DC Converters
- 8.11 Laboratory Experiment
- Summary
- Design Problems
- Suggested Reading
- Chapter 9 Pulse Width–Modulated Inverters
- Chapter 10 Resonant-Pulse Inverters
- Chapter 11 Controlled Rectifiers
- Chapter 12 AC Voltage Controllers
- Chapter 13 Control Applications
- Chapter 14 Characteristics of Electrical Motors
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Chapter 15 Simulation Errors, Convergence Problems, and Other Difficulties
- 15.1 Introduction
- 15.2 Large Circuits
- 15.3 Running Multiple Circuits
- 15.4 Large Outputs
- 15.5 Long Transient Runs
- 15.6 Convergence
- 15.7 Analysis Accuracy
- 15.8 Negative Component Values
- 15.9 Power-Switching Circuits
- 15.10 Floating Nodes
- 15.11 Nodes with Fewer than Two Connections
- 15.12 Voltage Source and Inductor Loops
- 15.13 Running PSpice Files on SPICE
- 15.14 Running SPICE Files on PSpice
- 15.15 Using Earlier Version of Schematics
- Problems
- Suggested Reading
- Index
Product information
- Title: SPICE for Power Electronics and Electric Power, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2017
- Publisher(s): CRC Press
- ISBN: 9781351833042
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