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Provides fundamental knowledge for the analysis and design of modern power electronic devices
Supplies graduate students, industry professionals, researchers, and academics with a solid understanding of the underlying theory
Offers an overview of the latest achievements and development prospects in the power electronics industry
Summary

Power Electronics Basics: Operating Principles, Design, Formulas, and Applications provides fundamental knowledge for the analysis and design of modern power electronic devices. This concise and user-friendly resource:

Explains the basic concepts and most important terms of power electronics
Describes the power assemblies, control, and passive components of semiconductor power switches
Covers the control of power electronic devices, from mathematical modeling to the analysis of the electrical processes
Addresses pulse-width modulation, power quality control, and multilevel, modular, and multicell power converter topologies
Discusses line-commutated and resonant converters, as well as inverters and AC converters based on completely controllable switches
Explores cutting-edge applications of power electronics, including renewable energy production and storage, fuel cells, and electric drives
Power Electronics Basics: Operating Principles, Design, Formulas, and Applications supplies graduate students, industry professionals, researchers, and academics with a solid understanding of the underlying theory, while offering an overview of the latest achievements and development prospects in the power electronics industry.



Table of Contents

Basic Concepts and Terms in Power Electronics
Conversion of Electrical Energy: Classification of Converters
Output Parameters and Characteristics of Converters
Influence of Converters on the Grid
Basic Converter Parameters
AC and DC Filters
References
Semiconductor Power Switches and Passive Components
Introduction
Power Diodes
Power Bipolar Transistors
Thyristors
Switched Thyristors
Field Transistors
The IGBT
Switch Modules
Power Assemblies
Applications of Power Switches
Cooling Systems for Semiconductor Power Devices
Promising Developments in Power Electronics
Control of Semiconductor Power Switches
Passive Components
References
Control of Power Electronic Devices
Mathematical Models
Analysis of the Electrical Processes in Power Electronic Devices
Control Methods
Newton's Binomial Formula
Solution of Differential Equations
References
Line-Commutated Converters
Introduction
Rectifiers
Grid-Tie Inverters
Direct Frequency Converters (Cycloconverters)
AC Voltage Regulators Based on Thyristors
References
Conversion from Direct Current to Direct Current
Introduction: Continuous Stabilizers
Basic DC Voltage Regulators
Voltage Regulators with Transformer Uncoupling of the Input and Output Circuits
Multiquadrant Direct-Current Converters
Thyristor-Capacitor Regulators with Dosed Energy Supply to the Load
References
Inverters and AC Converters Based on Completely Controllable Switches
Voltage Inverters
Current Inverters
AC Converters
Frequency Converters
References
Pulse-Width Modulation and Power Quality Control
Basic Principles of Pulse-Width Modulation
PWM Techniques in Inverters
Power Quality Control on the Basis of PWM Converters
Basic Control Systems of AC-DC Converters with PWM
References
Resonant Converters
Introduction
Converters with a Load in Resonant Circuit
Quasi-Resonant Converters
References
Multilevel, Modular, and Multicell Converter Topologies
Introduction
Parallel Connection of Rectifiers and DC-DC Converters
Parallel Connection of Inverters
Voltage Multipliers and Voltage Dividers Based on Capacitor-Diode Cells
Multilevel Converter Structures
References
Applications of Power Electronics
Improving of the Efficiency of Power Supply
Electric Drives
Engineering Applications
References