Introduction to Modern Power Electronics (eBook)

ANDRZEJ M. TRZYNADLOWSKI, PhD, is Professor at the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno. He has published extensively in the areas of power electronics and electric drives, maintaining fruitful collaboration with a number of universities around the world. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); a member of the Industrial Power Converters Committee and Industrial Drives Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society; and an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

1 Principles of Electric Power Conversion

1.1 What Is Power Electronics?

1.2 Generic Power Converter

1.3 Waveform Components and Figures of Merit

1.4 Phase Control and Square-Wave Mode

1.5 Pulse Width Modulation

1.6 Computation of Current Waveforms

Summary

Examples

Problems

Computer Assignments

Literature

2 Semiconductor Power Switches

2.1 General Properties of Semiconductor Power Switches

2.2 Power Diodes

2.3 Semi-Controlled Switches

2.4 Fully Controlled Switches

2.5 Comparison of Semiconductor Power Switches

2.6 Power Modules

2.7 Wide Bandgap Devices

Summary

Literature

3 Supplementary Components and Systems

3.1 What Are Supplementary Components and Systems?

3.2 Drivers

3.3 Overcurrent Protection Schemes

3.4 Snubbers

3.5 Filters

3.6 Cooling

3.7 Control

3.8 Summary

Literature

4 AC to DC Converters

4.1 Diode Rectifiers

4.2 Phase-Controlled Rectifiers

4.3 PWM Rectifiers

4.4 Device Selection for Rectifiers

4.5 Common Applications of Rectifiers

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5 AC to AC Converters

5.1 AC Voltage Controllers

5.2 Cycloconverters

5.3 Matrix Converters

5.4 Device Selection for AC to AC Converters

5.5 Common Applications of AC to AC Converters

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6 DC to DC Converters

6.1 Static DC Switches

6.2 Step-Down Choppers

6.3 Step-Up Chopper

6.4 Current Control in Choppers

6.5 Device Selection for Choppers

6.6 Common Applications of Choppers

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7 DC to AC Converters

7.1 Voltage-Source Inverters

7.2 Current-Source Inverters

7.3 Multilevel Inverters

7.4 Soft-Switching Inverters

7.5 Device Selection for Inverters

7.6 Common Applications of Inverters

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8 Switching Power Supplies

8.1 Basic Types of Switching Power Supplies

8.2 Non-Isolated Switched-Mode DC-to-DC Converters

8.3 Isolated Switched-Mode DC-to-DC Converters

8.4 Resonant DC-to-DC Converters

Summary

Examples

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Literature

9 Power Electronics and Clean Energy

9.1 Why Is Power Electronics Indispensable in Clean Energy Systems?

9.2 Solar and Wind Renewable Energy Systems

9.3 Fuel Cell Energy Systems

9.4 Electric Cars

9.5 Hybrid Cars

9.6 Power Electronics and Energy Conservation

Summary

Literature

Appendix A PSpice Simulations

Appendix B Fourier Series

Appendix C Three-Phase Systems

Index

"This book would be an excellent introduction
for those who want to learn
about power electronics, or a refresher
for those already familiar with the topic.
The descriptions are clearly written and
supported by numerous circuit schematics,
drawings, and tables, which will help
the reader fully grasp the subject matter.[Overall]...
the book admirably serves the purpose of
introducing power electronics to a wide
audience of engineers." (IEEE Electrical Insulation magazine May 2017)