Description
Power Electronics Handbook, Fourth Edition, brings together over 100 years of combined experience in the specialist areas of power engineering to offer a fully revised and updated expert guide to total power solutions. Designed to provide the best technical and most commercially viable solutions available, this handbook undertakes any or all aspects of a project requiring specialist design, installation, commissioning and maintenance services.Comprising a complete revision throughout and enhanced chapters on semiconductor diodes and transistors and thyristors, this volume includes renewable resource content useful for the new generation of engineering professionals. This market leading reference has new chapters covering electric traction theory and motors and wide band gap (WBG) materials and devices. With this book in hand, engineers will be able to execute design, analysis and evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to the business policies and product/program requirements.- Includes a list of leading international academic and professional contributors- Offers practical concepts and developments for laboratory test plans- Includes new technical chapters on electric vehicle charging and traction theory and motors- Includes renewable resource content useful for the new generation of engineering professionals
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Power ElectronicsSection 1: Power Electronics Devices2. Semiconductor Diodes and Transistors 3. Silicon Controlled Rectifies (Thyristors) 4. Static Induction Devices5. Wide Band-Gap Materials and Power Semiconductor Devices6. Power Electronic ModulesSection 2: Power Conversion7. Diode Rectifiers8. Single-phase Controlled Rectifiers9. Three-phase Controlled Rectifiers10. DC–DC Converters11. Inverters12. Resonant and Soft-switching Converters13. Multilevel Power Converters14. AC–AC Converters 15. Multi-Phase Converters16. Power Factor Correction Circuits17. Magnetic Circuit Design for Power ElectronicsSection 3: General Applications18. Solid State Pulsed Power and Capacitor Charging Applications19. Uninterruptible Power Supplies20. Power Supplies21. Electronic Ballasts22. Wireless Power TransferSection 4: Power Generation and Distribution23. Energy Sources24. Photovoltaic System Conversion25. Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Sources26. Electric Power Transmission27. HVDC Transmission28. Flexible AC Transmission SystemsSection 5: Motor Drives 29. Drives Types and Specifications30. Motor Drives31. Power Electronics for Electric Propulsion32. Automotive Applications of Power Electronics33. Fuel Cell Systems for Transportation 34. Electric Vehicle Charging - Inductive and capacitive Battery ChargingSection 6: Control35. Linear and Nonlinear Control of Switching Power Converters36. Fuzzy Logic Applications in Electrical Drives and Power Electronics37. Artificial Neural Network Applications in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives38. Novel AI-Based Soft Computing Applications in Motor Drives39. DSP-based Control of Variable Speed Drives40. Predictive Control of Power ConvertersSection 7: Power Quality and EMI Issues41. Active Filters42. EMI Effects of Power Converters43. Power Electronics StandardsSection 8: Simulation and Packaging44. Computer Simulation of Power Electronics and Motor Drives45. Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems46. Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Power Electronic Component and Systems
