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Power Electronics and eDrives for Energy Transition
01OGOXU, 01OGOBG, 01OGONC, 01OGOWP
A.A. 2026/27
Course Language
Inglese
Degree programme(s)
Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Ingegneria Elettrica - Torino
Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Communications Engineering - Torino
Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Ingegneria Elettrica - Torino
Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Communications Engineering - Torino
Course structure
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Lecturers
| Teacher | Status | SSD | h.Les | h.Ex | h.Lab | h.Tut | Years teaching |
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Co-lectures
Context
| SSD | CFU | Activities | Area context | ING-IND/32 | 10 | B - Caratterizzanti | Ingegneria elettrica |
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2025/26
Power Electronics (PE) is an enabling technology for strategic applications, such as transportation electrification, grid integration of renewables and storage, and high-efficiency industrial machinery.
The course will provide advanced concepts regarding topology selection and control of power electronic converters for energy transition, using the Project-Based Learning (PBL) teaching methodology. The PBL approach is known to be a motivating problem-centered teaching method that allows the student to apply their theoretical knowledge in a most efficient way in a working team for:
• Implementing effective cooperation with others within the specific design project to distribute workload, analyze problems and help each other.
• Writing technical reports and presenting one's own work to others including the external examiner.
Today the engineers dealing with emerging and fast-developing technologies are working in multi-disciplinary teams involving people with different backgrounds, such as electrical, thermal, embedded control, mechanical, signal processing, and so on. Following this multi-disciplinary approach, this course will provide knowledge in the fields of power electronic converters and their control, applied to multiple application fields.
Power Electronics (PE) is an enabling technology for strategic applications, such as transportation electrification, grid integration of renewables and storage, and high-efficiency industrial machinery.
The course will provide advanced concepts regarding topology selection and control of power electronic converters for energy transition, using the Project-Based Learning (PBL) teaching methodology. The PBL approach is known to be a motivating problem-centered teaching method that allows the student to apply their theoretical knowledge in a most efficient way in a working team for:
• Implementing effective cooperation with others within the specific design project to distribute workload, analyze problems, and help each other.
• Writing technical reports and presenting one's own work to others, including the external examiner.
Today, engineers dealing with emerging and fast-developing technologies work in multi-disciplinary teams involving people with different backgrounds in areas such as electrical, thermal, embedded control, mechanical, signal processing, etc. Following this multi-disciplinary approach, this course will provide knowledge in the fields of power electronic converters and their control, applied to multiple application fields. As the student evaluation will be done with a project, this course becomes a Project-Based Learning example, for which the student will learn by working on a project with a specific problem to be solved.
The students must be able to:
• Understand and analyze both known and unknown converter topologies to evaluate properly the advantages and disadvantages with respect to the application.
• Understand and adopt the best topology of a power electronic converter for the considered application.
• Be able to compare power converter topologies in terms of complexity, control, efficiency (according to the adopted switch technology) and cost.
• Input/output filter design.
• Work in a team and present in public her/his work along with the other team members.
• Simulate the power converter under study using advanced simulation tools, such as PLECS.
The students must be able to:
• Understand and analyze both known and unknown converter topologies to evaluate properly the advantages and disadvantages with respect to the application.
• Understand and adopt the best topology of a power electronic converter for the considered application.
• Be able to compare power converter topologies in terms of complexity, control, efficiency (according to the adopted switch technology) and cost.
• Input/output filter design.
• Work in a team and present in public her/his work along with the other team members.
• Simulate the power converter under study using advanced simulation tools, such as PLECS.
Fundamentals in electrical circuits, fundamental concepts in power electronics. Best results are obtained if the students attended “Elettronica di potenza per l’energia”, Electrical Engineering course, or other courses dedicated to power electronics presenting basic converter structures and the switch technologies.
Fundamentals in electrical circuits, fundamental concepts in power electronics. Best results are obtained if the students attended “Elettronica di potenza per l’energia”, Electrical Engineering course, or other courses dedicated to power electronics presenting basic converter structures and the switch technologies.
Introduction: power electronics as enabling technology, academic team, course objectives and description of evaluation through project work.
Short overview on distributed generation and storage: the need for power electronic converters as power electronic interface.
Application oriented power electronic converters: AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, with examples for renewables/storage integration and eMobility.
Control of of power converters: control schemes for AC/DC, DC/DC and DC/AC converters, design of current and voltage controllers
Analysis of power converters for energy transition: solar applications, wind applications, charger applications, active filters and static transformers. Design of filters for power converters.
Advanced control for grid connected power converters for grid support.
Design of power converters: thermal desig, loss computation, gate drivers, sensing. • Simulation of power converters using PLECS
Analysis and modeling of energy sources for eMobility: batteries and fuel cells.
Torque control solutions for eMobility: analysis and design of most employed torque controllers for traction AC motors.
Introduction: power electronics as enabling technology, academic team, course objectives and description of evaluation through project work.
Short overview on distributed generation and storage: the need for power electronic converters as power electronic interface.
Application oriented power electronic converters: AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, with examples for renewables/storage integration and eMobility.
Control of of power converters: control schemes for AC/DC, DC/DC and DC/AC converters, design of current and voltage controllers
Analysis of power converters for energy transition: solar applications, wind applications, charger applications, active filters and static transformers. Design of filters for power converters.
Advanced control for grid connected power converters for grid support.
Design of power converters: thermal desig, loss computation, gate drivers, sensing. • Simulation of power converters using PLECS
Analysis and modeling of energy sources for eMobility: batteries and fuel cells.
Torque control solutions for eMobility: analysis and design of most employed torque controllers for traction AC motors.
In addition to classroom lectures, the following exercise activities are planned:
• Converter simulation using PLECS circuital models and dynamic average models for converter control purposes.
• Laboratory demo on a three-phase inverter.
• Laboratory demo on grid-connected converter
• Group discussions will be scheduled, where the team will present preliminary results of their work.
In addition to classroom lectures, the following exercise activities are planned:
• Converter simulation using PLECS circuital models and dynamic average models for converter control purposes.
• Laboratory demo on a three-phase inverter.
• Laboratory demo on grid-connected converter
• Group discussions will be scheduled, where the team will present preliminary results of their work.
Books:
• R. Teodorescu, M. Liserre, P. Rodriguez, “Grid Converters for Photovoltaic and Wind Power Systems”, IEEE, 2011.
• Rashid, M. H., 'Elettronica di Potenza', Prentice Hall
• Ali Emadi, "Advanced Electric Drive Systems", CRC Press, 2014.
• Chris Mi, “Hybrid Electric Vehicles”, John Wiley&Sons, 2018.
Operating manuals and application notes:
• PLECS User Manual
Scientific IEEE papers on power electronics, source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp T
The IEEE Explore can be accessed using Polito networks. Other specific material, such as academic courses,, scientific papers, will be provided on the web portal by the academic team.
Books:
• R. Teodorescu, M. Liserre, P. Rodriguez, “Grid Converters for Photovoltaic and Wind Power Systems”, IEEE, 2011.
• Rashid, M. H., 'Elettronica di Potenza', Prentice Hall
• Ali Emadi, "Advanced Electric Drive Systems", CRC Press, 2014.
• Chris Mi, “Hybrid Electric Vehicles”, John Wiley&Sons, 2018.
Operating manuals and application notes:
• PLECS User Manual
Scientific IEEE papers on power electronics, source: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp T
The IEEE Explore can be accessed using Polito networks. Other specific material, such as academic courses,, scientific papers, will be provided on the web portal by the academic team.
Slides; Esercitazioni di laboratorio; Strumenti di simulazione;
Lecture slides; Lab exercises; Simulation tools;
Modalità di esame: Elaborato progettuale in gruppo;
Exam: Group project;
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The group project is dedicated to the selection of the topology, the control design and simulation of a power electronic converter dedicated to a specific application (renewables/storage integration into the grid, eMobility, electrolysers for hydrogen production, power transmission, etc).
The academic team will provide a list of projects within about 4 weeks from the course starting. The students will be required to assemble into up to three- or four-person teams, based on commonality of interest. Each team will select a project from the project list.
The assessment consists in a final report that must be presented during an oral exam by the entire team. The final report is document (edited in Word or Latex) supported by simulation models and any other software tools used for the project. The presentation of the report must be performed in Powerpoint. The academic team will provide the document template (Latex is preferred) and Powerpoint template.
The final score, is calculated as the weighted arithmetic mean between the report (60%) (evaluated for technical content, technical clarity and writing clarity), and the score for the presentation of the results during the oral exam (40%). The score of the report cannot be subject of score refusal.
Gli studenti e le studentesse con disabilità o con Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento (DSA), oltre alla segnalazione tramite procedura informatizzata, sono invitati a comunicare anche direttamente al/la docente titolare dell'insegnamento, con un preavviso non inferiore ad una settimana dall'avvio della sessione d'esame, gli strumenti compensativi concordati con l'Unità Special Needs, al fine di permettere al/la docente la declinazione più idonea in riferimento alla specifica tipologia di esame.
Exam: Group project;
The group project is dedicated to selecting the topology, designing the control system, and simulating a power electronic converter for a specific application (e.g., renewables/storage integration into the grid, eMobility, electrolysers for hydrogen production, power transmission).
The academic team will provide a list of projects within about four weeks of the course starting. Based on their common interests, the students must assemble into up to three—or four-person teams. Each team will select a project from the list.
The assessment consists of a final report that must be presented during an oral exam by the entire team. The final report is a document (edited in Word or Latex) supported by simulation models and any other software tools used for the project. It must be presented in PowerPoint. The academic team will provide the document template (Latex is preferred) and PowerPoint template.
The final score is calculated as the weighted arithmetic mean between the report (60%) (evaluated for technical content, technical clarity, and writing clarity), and the score for the presentation of the results during the oral exam (40%). The report score cannot be subject to score refusal.
In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.