Title :
Teaching modeling, control, and simulation in a modular kit for power electronics
Author :
Al Bastami, Anas ; Avestruz, Al-Thaddeus ; Leeb, Steven B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We introduce an educational kit to teach modeling, control, and simulation through power electronics. This hands on kit consists of a power converter and controller, and is built using discrete electronic devices. Our proposed strategy in this paper is to use the kit to help guide students in system modeling by dividing the process into different levels of model abstraction: system-level, control-level, behavioral-level, and device-level. This strategy is illustrated through design examples utilizing circuit blocks from the kit.
Keywords :
electronic engineering education; power convertors; teaching; behavioral level; control level; device level; discrete electronic device; model abstraction; modular educational kit; power controller; power converter; power electronics; system level; system modeling; teaching modeling; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Control systems; Education; Integrated circuit modeling; Power electronics; System analysis and design;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Modeling for Power Electronics (COMPEL), 2014 IEEE 15th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Santander
DOI :
10.1109/COMPEL.2014.6877151
