Power Electronics: Principles and Applications (MCGRAW HILL SERIES IN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING) - Hardcover

Vithayathil, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070675554 ISBN 13: 9780070675551

Publisher: McGraw-Hill College, 1995

Synopsis

Aimed at the junior to senior undergraduate level, this textbook offers a patient, clear introduction to the field of power electronics. The author's language is easy to understand, and the book includes an introductory chapter describing the practical uses of semiconductor devices to convert and control electric power. The book emphasizes real-world applications, with examples taken from industrial environments in which the author has extensive experience. This practical approach is supplemented with over 250 detailed illustrations, numerous worked-out sample problems and hundreds of end-of-chapter homework exercises, all thoughtfully designed to illuminate basic underlying principles. Power Electronics also features an excellent organization, providing enough background information to flow gradually from simple topics to advanced ones and then elaborating on these topics to enhance the book's value as a reference tool for continuing students and professionals. Unique to this class of textbooks are fully developed chapters on the subjects of power quality and vector control, a detailed description of power semiconductor devices (including the latest devices), and a particularly strong discussion of multiphase choppers and PWM inverters. Combined with the author's descriptive writing style, emphasis on critical ideas, and broad and comparative coverage of topologies, Power Electronics is a timely and useful resource for both electrical engineering students and practicing engineers.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070675554
• ISBN 13: 9780070675551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 632