Upfc nptel

Can you please tell me the module of Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) in Advanced Power Electronics (Web) syllabus of NPTEL?

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Advanced Power Electronics (Web) course includes the advanced topics of power electronics such as some of the latest devices their control and applications.

This course will be covered in eight modules.

Unified Power Flow Controller (UPFC) is in module V.

The first module consists of advanced solid state devices thermal design, protection, gating circuits, digital signal processors used in their control.

The second module consists of non-isolated and isolated dc-dc converters.

The third module consists of improved power quality ac-dc converters.

The fourth module consists of power quality mitigation devices.

The fifth module consists of FACTS.

The sixth module consists of conventional HVDC (High voltage direct current), VSC based flexible HVDC systems.

The seventh module consists of solid state controllers for motor drives.

Course detail-

Module-I

1. Advanced solid state devices: MOSFETs, IGBT, GTO, IGCT etc.

2. Power modules, intelligent power modules, gating circuits.

3. Thermal design, protection.

4. Digital signal processors used in their control.

Module-II

1. Non-isolated dc-dc converters: Buck, boost, buck-boost, Cuk, SEPIC, Zeta in DCM and CCM.

2. Isolated dc-dc converters: Flyback, forward, Cuk, SEPIC, Zeta, half bridge, push-pull and bridge in DCM and CCM.

3. Single-phase, single-stage converters (SSSSC), power factor correction at ac mains in these converters.

4. Their application in SMPS, UPS, welding and lighting systems.

Module-III

1. Single-phase improved power quality ac-dc converters: Buck, boost, buck-boost, PWM VSC (Voltage source converters), multilevel VSCs, PWM CSC (Current voltage source converters).

2. Three-phase improved power quality ac-dc converters: VSC , multilevel VSCs, multipulse VSCs, PWM CSC (Current voltage source converters).

3. Multipulse ac-dc converters: Diode and thyristor based converters.

Module-IV1. Power quality mitigation devices: Passive filters, active filters, hybrid filters.

2. DTSTCOM (Distribution static compensator), DVR (Dynamic voltage restorer) and UPQC (Universal power quality conditioner).

Module-V

1. FACTS devices: TCR (thyristor controlled reactor), TSC (thyristor switched capacitors).

2. STATCOM (Static synchronous compensator).

3. SSSC(Static series synchronous compensator).

4. UPFC (Unified power flow controller), IPFC (Interline power flow controller).

Module-VI

1. HVDC (High voltage direct current) system:12-pulse converter based HVDC systems.

2. HVDC light, HVDC PLUS (Power universal link).

3. Multipulse and multilevel VSC based flexible HVDC systems.

Module-VII

1. Solid state controllers for motor drives: Vector control and direct torque control of induction, synchronous, permanent magnet sine fed, synchronous reluctance motors.

2. Permanent magnet brushless dc (PMLDC) and switched reluctance motors.

3. LCI (load commutated inverter) fed large rating synchronous motor drives.

4. Energy conservation and power quality improvements in these drives.