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Power Electronics Handbook, Fourth Edition, brings together over 100 years of combined experience in the specialist areas of power engineering to offer a fully revised and updated expert guide to total power solutions. Designed to provide the best technical and most commercially viable solutions available, this handbook undertakes any or all aspects of a project requiring specialist design, installation, commissioning and maintenance services.

Comprising a complete revision throughout and enhanced chapters on semiconductor diodes and transistors and thyristors, this volume includes renewable resource content useful for the new generation of engineering professionals. This market leading reference has new chapters covering electric traction theory and motors and wide band gap (WBG) materials and devices. With this book in hand, engineers will be able to execute design, analysis and evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to the business policies and product/program requirements.

Includes a list of leading international academic and professional contributors
Offers practical concepts and developments for laboratory test plans
Includes new technical chapters on electric vehicle charging and traction theory and motors
Includes renewable resource content useful for the new generation of engineering professionals

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1. Introduction to Power Electronics

Section 1: Power Electronics Devices 2. Semiconductor Diodes and Transistors 3. Silicon Controlled Rectifies (Thyristors) 4. Static Induction Devices 5. Wide Band-Gap Materials and Power Semiconductor Devices 6. Power Electronic Modules

Section 2: Power Conversion 7. Diode Rectifiers 8. Single-phase Controlled Rectifiers 9. Three-phase Controlled Rectifiers 10. DC-DC Converters 11. Inverters 12. Resonant and Soft-switching Converters 13. Multilevel Power Converters 14. AC-AC Converters 15. Multi-Phase Converters 16. Power Factor Correction Circuits 17. Magnetic Circuit Design for Power Electronics

Section 3: General Applications 18. Solid State Pulsed Power and Capacitor Charging Applications 19. Uninterruptible Power Supplies 20. Power Supplies 21. Electronic Ballasts 22. Wireless Power Transfer

Section 4: Power Generation and Distribution 23. Energy Sources 24. Photovoltaic System Conversion 25. Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Sources 26. Electric Power Transmission 27. HVDC Transmission 28. Flexible AC Transmission Systems

Section 5: Motor Drives 29. Drives Types and Specifications 30. Motor Drives 31. Power Electronics for Electric Propulsion 32. Automotive Applications of Power Electronics 33. Fuel Cell Systems for Transportation 34. Electric Vehicle Charging - Inductive and capacitive Battery Charging

Section 6: Control 35. Linear and Nonlinear Control of Switching Power Converters 36. Fuzzy Logic Applications in Electrical Drives and Power Electronics 37. Artificial Neural Network Applications in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives 38. Novel AI-Based Soft Computing Applications in Motor Drives 39. DSP-based Control of Variable Speed Drives 40. Predictive Control of Power Converters

Section 7: Power Quality and EMI Issues 41. Active Filters 42. EMI Effects of Power Converters 43. Power Electronics Standards

Section 8: Simulation and Packaging 44. Computer Simulation of Power Electronics and Motor Drives 45. Design for Reliability of Power Electronic Systems 46. Thermal Modeling and Analysis of Power Electronic Component and Systems

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