Knowledgebased design aid tool for power electronic converters

• Published in: Engineering Computations Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 5 - 14
• Main Authors: Omrane, Bouketir, Mariun, Norman, Aris, Ishak, Mahmoud, Senan, Soib, Taib
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2005
• Subjects: Computer aided design; Electric converters
• ISSN: 0264-4401; 1758-7077
• DOI: 10.1108/02644400510572389

Purpose The paper aims to develop a CAD tool power electronics converters. Designmethodologyapproach Integration of knowledge base techniques with OOP paradigm. Using Visual Basis class builder, 15 classes were built to form the kernel of the tool's KB. Findings A knowledgebased CAD tool was developed to ease the design of power electronics converters. It can be considered a learning aid tool too. Research limitationsimplications The knowledge base of developed tool can be expanded to accommodate large number of topologies. The GUI can be also ameliorated to a better look and interaction process. Practical implications With proper enhancements, the purpose of the developed tool can be upgraded from educational one to industrial one. Originalityvalue Beside the methodology, the new thing in the paper is the specificity of the application of the tool i.e. in power electronics.