Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Transportation and Industrial Applications

Power Electronics for Renewable Energy, Transportation, and Industrial Applications combines state–of–the–art global expertise to present the latest research on power electronics and its application in transportation, renewable energy, and different industrial applications. This timely book aims to facilitate the implementation of cutting–edge techniques to design problems offering innovative solutions to the growing power demands in small– and large–size industries.  Application areas in the book range from smart homes and  electric and plug–in hybrid electrical vehicles (PHEVs), to smart distribution and intelligence operation centers where significant energy efficiency improvements can be achieved through the appropriate use and design of power electronics and energy storage devices.  Key features:  Discusses wide range of power electronics converters and control techniques to reduce energy waste and improve grid power quality. Brings together power electronics technologies such as renewable energy conversion, electric transportation, and electric drives, which are prevalent in industry and at education and research stages. Defines existing challenges, concerns, and selected problems complying with international trends, standards, and programs for electric power conversion, distribution, and sustainable energy development.  An imperative and far reaching learning resource for power electronics engineers, researchers, and students.

Chapter 1 Energy, Global Warming and Impact of Power Electronics in the Present Century Chapter 2 Challenges of the Current Energy Scenario: The Power Electronics Contribution Chapter 3 An Overview on Distributed Generation and Smart Grid Concepts and Technologies. Chapter 4 Recent advances in power semiconductor technology Chapter 5 AC–Link Universal Power Converters: A New Class of Power Converters for Renewable Energy and Transportation Chapter 6 High Power Electronics – Key Technology for Wind Turbines Chapter 7 Photovoltaic Energy Conversion Systems Chapter 8 Controllability Analysis of Renewable Energy Systems Chapter 9 Universal operation of small/medium size renewable energy systems Chapter 10 Properties and Control of a Doubly Fed Induction Machine Chapter 11 AC–DC–AC converters for distributed power generation systems Chapter 12 Power Electronics for More Electric Aircraft Chapter 13 Electric and Plug–in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Chapter 14 Multilevel Converter/Inverter Topologies and Applications Chapter 15 Multi–phase Matrix Converter Topologies and Control Chapter 16 Boost Pre–Regulators for Power Factor Correction in Single–Phase Rectifiers Chapter 17 Active Power Filter Chapter 18–A Hardware–in–the–Loop Systems with Power Electronics– a Powerful Simulation Tool Chapter 18–B Real–Time Simulation of Modular Multi–Level Converters MMC Chapter 19 Model Predictive Speed Control of Electrical Machines Chapter 20 The Electrical drive systems with the current source converter Chapter 21 Common mode voltage and bearing currents in PWM inverters – causes, effects, and prevention Chapter 22 High–Power Drive Systems For Industrial Applications –Practical Examples Chapter 23 Modulation and Control of Single–Phase Grid–Side Converters Chapter 24 Impedance Source Inverters

Haitham Abu–Rub is currently a professor at Texas A&M University at Qatar. His main research interests are energy conversion systems, including renewable and electromechanical systems. He has published more than 200 journal and conference papers, coauthored four books, supervised several lucrative research projects, and is also an editor of several international journals such as in the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is currently leading various potential projects on photovoltaic and hybrid renewable power generation systems with different types of converters. Mariusz Malinowski is currently with the Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics (ICIE) at Warsaw University of Technology (WUT). He has authored more than 100 technical papers and is the holder of two implemented patents. Dr. Malinowski is also an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and previously edited the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. He was the recipient of the Siemens Prize (2002, 2007) and the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Awards (2003, 2008). He also received IEEE IES David Irwin Early Career Award for “Outstanding research and development of modulation and control for industrial electronics converters” in 2011. Kamal Al–Haddad has been a professor with the École de Technologie Supérieure’s Electrical Engineering Department since 1990. He has supervised 90 Ph.D. and M.Sc.A. students working in the field of power electronics  for various industrial systems, including modelling, simulation, control, and packaging. He has also coauthored more than 400 transactions and conference papers, transferred 21 technologies to the industry, and is accredited with codeveloping the SimPowerSystem toolbox. Kamal Al–Haddad is currently a fellow member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, IEEE–IES President Elect 2014–2015, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Associate Editor, and director of ETS–GREPCI research group.