Power electronics basics : operating principles, design, formulas, and applications

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. Content: 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 This book provides fundamental knowledge for the analysis and design of modern power electronic devices. This text: 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. This book 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 Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Authors; chapter 1: Basic concepts and terms in power electronics; chapter 2: Semiconductor power switches and passive components; chapter 3: Control of power electronic devices; chapter 4: Line-commutated converters; chapter 5: Conversion from direct current to direct current; chapter 6: Inverters and ac converters based on completely controllable switches; chapter 7: Pulse-width modulation and power quality control; chapter 8: Resonant converters; chapter 9: Multilevel, modular, and multicell converter topologies; chapter 10: Applications of power electronics