Chapters 18 and 19 of Elements of Power Electronics, copyright © 1998, Philip
T. Krein. All rights reserved.
This information is provided to assist in the understanding of material in other chapters
of Elements of Power Electronics, by P. T. Krein, New York: Oxford University
Press, 1998. All of the laboratory information has been used as the basis for
undergraduate laboratory study of power electronics at the University of Illinois. It is
provided on this Web site for the convenience of readers and for their private use.
The special equipment used in laboratory instruction (Chap. 19) is discussed
in detail at
http://energy.ece.uiuc.edu/blueboxes/index.htm. There you will find a
design description of each special item, complete schematics, and layout
artwork.
This material may be copied for non-profit educational use, subject to the following
conditions:
-- The information is provided for use without cost or warranty, and the user assumes all
liability for its use or misuse.
-- The author and source must be identified on all copies, whether complete or partial,
and the copyright notice near the top of this page must be included. Copies may not
be sold or offered for sale except with written permission of the copyright holder.
The manual is available in HTML format, the original word processor format, and PDF
format. Links are provided below. The PDF version is recommended.
Chapter 18 -- The Special Needs of Converter Experiments (HTML)
Chapter 18 (PDF format) (970 kB) Chapter 18 (Word Perfect 5.1 original) (4.14 MB)
Chapter 19 -- A Sequence of Power Electronics Experiments (HTML)
Chapter 19 (PDF format) (1.01 MB) Chapter 19 (Word Perfect 5.1 original) (500 kB)
The Word Perfect 5.1 originals are intended for output on a Postscript printer. The photograph (Fig. 18.1) is left out to help reduce the size.
Table of Contents for Chapters 18 and 19 (Word Perfect 5.1 version), and HTML version.
Lab circuit diagrams are available as follows:
Figure 18.6, Autocad format, Easycad format, Postscript format, Windows metafile format.
Figure 18.10, Autocad format, Easycad format, Postscript format, Windows metafile format.
File formats available are stored with suffixes:
*.ecw-- (Easycad for Windows)
*.eps-- (Encapsulated Postscript)
*.wmf -- (Windows Metafile)
*.dxf -- (AutoCAD)