Simulation Tools for Power Electronics Courses Based on Java Technologies

Author

Canesin, Carlos A. ; Gonçalves, Flávio A S ; Sampaio, Leonardo P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Sao Paulo State Univ., Sao Paulo, Brazil

Volume

53

Issue

4

fYear

2010

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

586

Abstract

This paper presents interactive power electronics educational tools. These interactive tools make use of the benefits of Java language to provide a dynamic and interactive approach to simulating steady-state ideal rectifiers (uncontrolled and controlled; single-phase and three-phase). Additionally, this paper discusses the development and use of Java applet programs to assist the teaching of conventional power electronics rectifier circuits and to serve as a first design tool for basic laboratory experiments in power electronics courses. Comparison was made among results obtained using a well-known simulator package, experimental results, and the developed interactive simulation applets in order to validate the latter.

Keywords

Java; computer aided instruction; educational courses; electronic engineering computing; electronic engineering education; power electronics; rectifying circuits; Java applet programs; Java language; Java technology; basic laboratory experiments; interactive educational tools; power electronics courses; rectifier circuits; simulator package; steady-state ideal rectifiers; Circuit simulation; Education; Educational technology; Java; Laboratories; Object oriented modeling; Packaging; Power electronics; Rectifiers; World Wide Web; Circuit simulation; education; power electronics; student experiments; thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2009.2036157

Filename

5340652