Custom Power Devices for Efficient Distributed Energy Systems

Custom Power Devices for Efficient Distributed Energy Systems presents a range of novel ideas and concepts based on renewable energy-fed power generation and control, offering avenues to efficient utilization and improved power quality and addressing power quality issues such as harmonics compensation, supply current balancing, and neutral current compensation. The book begins by introducing distributed power systems within the global renewable energy context, reviewing different types of renewable energy sources and distributed power generation systems, and detailing custom power device design and modeling.

This is followed by individual chapters, providing in-depth coverage of specific techniques and applications with insights into various topologies, as well as control algorithms, used for power control in a range of distributed energy conversion systems, such as solar, wind, hydro, and other power sources. Finally, power quality issues in renewable energy distributed generation are discussed and addressed in detail. This is a valuable resource for researchers, faculty, and advanced students with an interest in power generation systems, renewable energy, and power systems engineering, as well as practicing engineers, R&D professionals, managers, and other industry personnel in the renewable energy sector.

• Covers established as well as advanced control algorithms for the operation of custom power devices
• Extensively explains circuit design and its testing for solar and wind-based energy conversion systems
• Includes simulation results and mathematical modeling of control algorithms
• Presents applications of converter topologies in solar, wind, hydro, and other power generation systems

Prof. Ahmed Al-Durra received his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Ohio State University, with Summa Cum laude in all three degrees, and joined the Electrical Engineering Department of the Petroleum Institute (PI), UAE, as an Assistant Professor in 2010, before being promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. Since 2020, he is a Professor at the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Khalifa University, UAE, where he is also now the Associate Provost for Research. His research interests are in applications of control and estimation theory on power system stability, micro and smart grids, renewable energy systems and integration, and process control. Prof. Al-Durra has worked on several international and national research projects, and is the head of the Energy Systems, Control and Optimization Lab at ADRIC as well as the Industry Engagement Theme lead for the Advanced Power and Energy Center. He has one US patent, one edited book, 12 book chapters, and over 250 scientific articles in top-tier journals and refereed international conference proceedings. He is involved in various journal editorial boards and has received numerous awards.

Dr. Sabha Raj Arya received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Government Engineering College Jabalpur, Master of Technology in Power Electronics from Motilal National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, in 2014. He became Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India, and was promoted to Associate Professor at the same institute in 2019. His fields of interest include power electronics, power quality, design of power filters, and distributed power generation. Dr. Arya has published over 100 research papers in journals and at conferences in the field of electrical power quality. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the IET Renewable Power Generation.

Dr. Ashutosh K. Giri received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering at G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India, M.E in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Power Systems from the L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, and PhD from Sardar Vallabh National Institute of Technology. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Bharuch, since 2011. Dr. Giri has authored or co-authored more than 40 research papers in reputed journals, co-authored one book chapter, and co-edited two books. He has delivered over 25 national and international level talks at various reputed universities across India and acts as a reviewer for several journals.