Simulating Power Electronic Circuits using Python (Udemy.com)

A beginner's guide to simulations with theory and example

( 16 Reviews )

Created by: Shivkumar Iyer

Produced in 2021

What you will learn

Installing and setting up Python
Installing Python Power Electronics - an open source circuit simulator
Simulating a basic resistive circuit
Basics of magnetic and electric fields from a power engineering perspective
How inductors and capacitors form energy storage elements in power electronic circuits
The use of diodes in power electronic circuits
The working of a diode using simulations
The concept of rectification and how a rectifier can be built using diodes
Building a rectifier step by step using simulations
Writing control functions using Python
Simulating a buck converter

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Overall Score : 88 / 100

Course Description

For a student of electrical engineering or for a practicing electrical technician, getting started with simulating electrical circuits can be challenging. Even more so in the case of power electronics where circuits are non-linear. This course introduces the process of simulation and also provides basic theory lectures to help you understand how simulations can be used to learn how power converters work.
This course uses only free and open source software. The course will have lectures to show you how to download and install each software. All software are compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS and you can follow this course whatever operating system you prefer to use. The course also has a basic tutorial on Python programming to help you with writing control code for electrical circuits. The course uses the free and open source circuit simulator Python Power Electronics. You can use other simulators if you are already using them. However, all examples in this course will use Python Power Electronics as I would like all students registered for the course to be able to access a circuit simulator and not all simulators are free to use.
This course is not a comprehensive course on power electronics. I will not be covering a vast number of power converters. Instead, this course focuses on depth. The lectures will have code along sessions where I will be building simulations from scratch and will be switching back and forth between theory presentations and simulation results to understand how circuits work. The course will not be heavily mathematical but on the contrary will use fundamental concepts of Physics to understand how power converter circuits.
In order to successfully complete this course, a student is required to have some basic electrical knowledge. This implies basic network laws - Kirchoff's Voltage Law, Kirchoff's Current Law, Ohm's Law. These would be taught in first year of electrical engineering. Other than that, you do not need to have prior knowledge of power electronics or analog electronics. A student will also be required to have some basic knowledge of programming. This course uses Python. However, if a student has used any other high level language such as C, C++, Java etc, that would do as well. Expert knowledge of programming is not necessary. This course however, should not be a student's very first time coding.
Who this course is for:
Students of electrical engineering, practicing engineers and electrical technicians

Time: 18.5h

Instructor Details

Shivkumar Iyer

4.4 Rating
16 Reviews

I did my Master's and PhD in power electronics after which I spent several years working for both big companies like ABB and GE as well as a number of start-ups. I specialized in the field of power converter control and smart grids and have published prolifically in high impact international journals and conferences besides also being the author of a book.
I started programming at the age of 14 and over the past 20 years have programmed in several languages - C, C++, Python, JavaScript. I started taking a keen interest in open source software after I became a Linux user when I was a graduate student.
My expertise in electrical engineering and programming therefore resulted in me creating open source software for electrical engineers. I use open source software for teaching electrical engineering to students and practicing engineers with the typical theme of my courses being the application of programming to solve engineering problems.

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By Luis Felipe Blanco Cataln on 12/6/2020

Si claro, lo que pasa es que tengo Microsof Excel y explica LInux

By Francois Choquette on 11/24/2020

Very patient, kind instructor. Provides clear explanations verbally and visually. Closes with clear conclusions.

By Guirand Michel on 11/6/2020

Good course

By Harsh Rawat on 9/21/2020

The teacher is amazing

By Probeer Sahw on 8/5/2020

It is a great course. It helped me learn brush up Python concept, programming concepts in general. It is also helpful in understanding how data flows within any simulation software which will help in debugging programmin errors in simulating power electronics circuit. Very useful, liked the way the entire course is segregated in relevant short videos. And, to conculde the manner in which this is explained is truly helpful and fantastic.

By Enrico Citti on 7/2/2020

Prolisso

By Chandravadivu P on 6/13/2020

it was really useful course and the teaching is so good

By Shubham Venkatesh Shriram on 6/11/2020

Very Great Learning... The PPE is absolutely great tool. Thank you for the course.
I wish you would have attached control files of other conversion topologies like Boost, Buck-Boost, Forward, etc. Overall nice experience..

By Vimal Das on 6/10/2020

Nice journey with the course

By Alun Calvin on 6/8/2020

yes

By Ammal Dhanalakshmi on 5/2/2020

Amazing

By AK Jayaraam on 5/1/2020

"The mathematical approach is great for when you want to Analyse, optimize and design. But to understand we need to use basic physics."
The course was Amazing, best to begin learning the power electronics and python. looking further to your courses on power electronics, Thank you.