Inductors And Transformers For Power Electronics

Although they are some of the main components in the design of power electronic converters, the design of inductors and transformers is often still a trial-and-error process due to a long working-in time for these components. Inductors and Transformers for Power Electronics takes the guesswork out of the design and testing of these systems and provides a broad overview of all aspects of design. Inductors and Transformers for Power Electronics uses classical methods and numerical tools such as the finite element method to provide an overview of the basics and technological aspects of design. The authors present a fast approximation method useful in the early design as well as a more detailed analysis. They address design aspects such as the magnetic core and winding, eddy currents, insulation, thermal design, parasitic effects, and measurements. The text contains suggestions for improving designs in specific cases, models of thermal behavior with various levels of complexity, and several loss and thermal measurement techniques. This book offers in a single reference a concise representation of the large body of literature on the subject and supplies tools that designers desperately need to improve the accuracy and performance of their designs by eliminating trial-and-error.

Alex P. M. Van den Bossche received the M.S. and the Ph.D. degrees from the University of Ghent, Belgium in 1980 and 1990 respectively. He has worked there at the Electrical Energy Laboratory Department, EESA. He has been engaged in research and published articles in the field of electrical drives and power electronics concerning various converter types, drives and various aspects of magnetic components and materials. His interests are also in renewable energy conversion. Since 1993, he has been a full professor at the same university. He is a senior member of the IEEE (M’99S’03).

Vencislav V. Valchev received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria in 1987 and 2000, respectively. Since 1988 he has been with the Department of Electronics, Technical University of Varna, where he has been a lecturer. His research interests include power electronics, soft switching converters, resonant converters, and magnetic components for power electronics, renewable energy conversion.

Dr. Valchev had a cumulated common research period of about four years in the Electric Energy Laboratory research group in Ghent University, Belgium.