KUCA: Kocaeli University Converter Analysis simulation software in power electronics

Asadi, Farzin; Abut, Nurettin

International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN: 2313-626X

Volume 3, Issue 12 (December 2016), Pages: 55-61

Title: KUCA: Kocaeli University Converter Analysis simulation software in power electronics

Author(s): Farzin Asadi ^1,*, Nurettin Abut ²

Affiliation(s):

¹Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechatronics Engineering, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
²Engineering Department, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey

https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.12.008

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Abstract:

This paper describes how a circuit simulation program can assist in teaching the principles of power electronics to undergraduate students. The authors have used Kocaeli University Converter Analysis suite (KUCA) as an aid to teaching principles of power electronics to undergraduate students in either Iran or Turkey. Using KUCA has increased students ability to comprehend the analysis of main building block of power electronics converter circuits. KUCA comes with a user friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI). Drawing the schematic from scratch is not required at all. Selecting the desired topology from a list is all what needs. KUCA can analyses almost all the topologies required for an undergraduate level power electronics course. Transient response, steady state response and harmonic content of desired signal can be obtained quickly and easily which may be very cumbersome, time consuming and error prone to do with pencil-and-paper analysis.

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords: Circuit analysis, Circuit simulation, Education, Power electronics, Graphical user interface

Article History: Received 2 September 2016, Received in revised form 22 November 2016, Accepted 30 November 2016

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.12.008

Citation:

Asadi F and Abut N (2016). KUCA: Kocaeli University Converter Analysis simulation software in power electronics. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(12): 55-61

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