Power Electronics Handbook

Devices, Circuits and Applications

Power Electronics Handbook on ScienceDirect(Opens new window)

Published: NOV-2006
ISBN 10: 0-12-088479-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-12-088479-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS



Khurram Afridi, Techlogix
J. Marcos Alonso, Universidad de Oviedo
Issa Batarseh, University of Central Florida
Angus Bryant, University of Warwick
Juan Carrasco, Seville University
Lana Chaar, American University in Dubai
Ajit K. Chattopadhyay, Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur
Martin Chow, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Henry S. H. Chung, City University of Hong Kong
J. Fernando da Silva, Technical University of Lisbon
William Dillard, Archangel Systems, Inc.
Juan W. Dixon, Universidad Católica de Chile
José R. Espinoza, Universidad de Concepción
Michael Giesselmann, Texas Tech University
Douglas C. Hopkins, University at Buffalo
Irshad Khan, University of Cape Town
Philip Krein, University of Illionois at Urbana-Champaign
Y.M. Lai, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Luis Moran, Universidad de Concepción
A. I. Maswood, Nanyang Technological University
Sudip Mazumder, University of Illinois at Chicago
Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chem Nayar, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Fang Z. Peng, Michigan State University
Faz Rahman, University of New South Wales
José Rodríguez, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Ahmed Rubaai, Howard University
Yahya Shakweh, FKI Industrial Drives & Controls
Krishna Shenai, Utah State University
Marcelo Godoy Simoes, Colorado School of Mines
Vijay Sood, Concordia University, Montreal
Hamid A. Toliyat, Texas A&M University
Andrzej Trzynadlowski, University of Nevada, Reno, U.S.A.
Edson H. Watanabe, COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Hong Ye, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Bogdan Wilamowski
Fang Lin Luo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Muhammad Rashid, University of Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA.
Muhammad Rashid, University of Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA.

Description
Power electronics, which is a rapidly growing area in terms of research and applications, uses modern electronics technology to convert electric power from one form to another, such as ac-dc, dc-dc, dc-ac, and ac-ac with a variable output magnitude and frequency. Power electronics has many applications in our every day life such as air-conditioners, electric cars, sub-way trains, motor drives, renewable energy sources and power supplies for computers. This book covers all aspects of switching devices, converter circuit topologies, control techniques, analytical methods and some examples of their applications.

Audience:
Practicing electrical engineers involved in operation, design and analysis of power electronics equipment and motor drives; students in electrical and systems engineering, focused on power electronics.


 
Last update: 19 Jan 2012