12-02-2013, 02:57 PM
ELECTRICAL DRIVES: An Application of Power Electronics
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What is Power Electronics ?
A field of Electrical Engineering that deals with the application of power semiconductor devices for the control and conversion of electric power
Why Power Electronics ?
Improvements in power semiconductors
Power Integrated Module (PIM), Intelligent Power Modules (IPM)
Decline cost in power semiconductor
Advancement in semiconductor fabrication
Example on VSD application
Improvements in energy utilization in electric motors give large impact to the overall energy consumption
Replacing fixed speed drives with variable speed drives