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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Electronic Equipment of Railway Vehicles

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 430-8341/01
Abbreviation EZDV
Course title Electronic Equipment of Railway Vehicles
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Electronics
Course coordinator Ing. Tomáš Pavelek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
A summary of the foundations of electronics, semiconductor components function.
Power semiconductor devices. Diode.
Power semiconductor devices. Switching transistors.
Theory of power semiconductor converters, rectifiers.
Theory of power semiconductor converters, DC/DC converters.
Theory of power semiconductor converters, inverters.
Theory of power semiconductor converters, frequency converters.
DC motors, principles
DC drives
AC motors, principles

AC drives
Application of electric drives in railway wehicles.
Princilles of regulation, sensors.
Application of electric drives in railway wehicles in the world.

Exercises:
Revision of the foundations of electrical engineering and electronics.
Rectifiers
DC/DC converters
Inverters
Frequency converters.
Test 1
DC motors
AC motors
Principles of regulation
Application of electric drives

Test 2
Repetition, tuition, revisions of tests, duplicate laboratory example.

Laboratories:
Measurement of rectifiers
Measurement of DC/DC converters
Measurement of inverters
Measurement of frequency converters

Projects:
Results Processing of laboratory exercises -Laboratory exercise No.1 - No.4

Literature

Rashid, Muhammad H.: Power electronics : circuits, devices, and applications. Prentice Hall, 1993

Advised literature

Esveld, Coenraad: Modern railway track. MRT-Productions, 2001