Power Converters, Drives and Controls for Sustainable Operations

Written and edited by a group of experts in the field, this groundbreaking reference work sets the standard for engineers, students, and professionals working with power converters, drives, and controls, offering the scientific community a way towards combating sustainable operations.

The future of energy and power generation is complex. Demand is increasing, and the demand for cleaner energy and electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing with it. With this increase in demand comes an increase in the demand for power converters. Part one of this book is on switched-mode converters and deals with the need for power converters, their topologies, principles of operation, their steady-state performance, and applications. Conventional topologies like buck, boost, buck-boost converters, inverters, multilevel inverters, and derived topologies are covered in part one with their applications in fuel cells, photovoltaics (PVs), and EVs.

Part two is concerned with electrical machines and converters used for EV applications. Standards for EV, charging infrastructure, and wireless charging methodologies are addressed. The last part deals with the dynamic model of the switched-mode converters. In any DC-DC converter, it is imperative to control the output voltage as desired. Such a control may be achieved in a variety of ways. While several types of control strategies are being evolved, the popular method of control is through the duty cycle of the switch at a constant switching frequency. This part of the book briefly reviews the conventional control theory and builds on the same to develop advanced techniques in the closed-loop control of switch mode power converters (SMPC), such as sliding mode control, passivity-based control, model predictive control (MPC), fuzzy logic control (FLC), and backstepping control.

A standard reference work for veteran engineers, scientists, and technicians, this outstanding new volume is also a valuable introduction to new hires and students. Useful to academics, researchers, engineers, students, technicians, and other industry professionals, it is a must-have for any library.

S. Ganesh Kumar, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, India. He has been a reviewer and board member for a number of scientific and technical journals and conferences. He has one patent, three awards, three research projects, and 50 academic publications in leading scientific conferences and journals to his credit.

Marco Rivera Abarca, PhD, is a full professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Universidad de Talca and a professor at the Power Electronics and Machine Centre of the University of Nottingham. He has published over 450 academic publications in leading scientific conferences and journals and has been a visiting professor at several universities.

S.K. Pattanaik, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, India and has served as Director of Academic Affairs, Anna University, and Director, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. He researches in the area of control systems engineering. He has successfully supervised 3 research scholars and authored over 50 papers and articles in international journals & conferences He has over 25 years of teaching experience to his credit.