Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Transportation and Industrial Applications

Compiles current research into the analysis and design of power electronic converters for industrial applications and renewable energy systems, presenting modern and future applications of power electronics systems in the field of electrical vehicles

With emphasis on the importance and long-term viability of Power Electronics for Renewable Energy this book brings together the state of the art knowledge and cutting-edge techniques in various stages of research.  The topics included are not currently available for practicing professionals and aim to enable the reader to directly apply the knowledge gained to their designs. The book addresses the practical issues of current and future electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and focuses primarily on power electronics and motor drives based solutions for electric vehicle (EV) technologies. Propulsion system requirements and motor sizing for EVs is discussed, along with practical system sizing examples. Key EV battery technologies are explained as well as corresponding battery management issues. PHEV power system architectures and advanced power electronics intensive charging infrastructures for EVs and PHEVs are detailed. EV/PHEV interface with renewable energy is described, with practical examples. This book explores new topics for further research needed world-wide, and defines existing challenges, concerns, and selected problems that comply with international trends, standards, and programs for electric power conversion, distribution, and sustainable energy development. It will lead to the advancement of the current state-of-the art applications of power electronics for renewable energy, transportation, and industrial applications and will help add experience in the various industries and academia about the energy conversion technology and distributed energy sources. 

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
Offers an overview of existing technology and future trends, with discussion and analysis of different types of converters and control techniques (power converters, high performance power devices, power system, high performance control system and novel applications)
Systematic explanation to provide researchers with enough background and understanding to go deeper in the topics covered in the book

Author Biography

Haitham Abu-Rub is currently a professor at Texas A&MUniversity at Qatar. His main research interests are energyconversion systems, including renewable and electromechanicalsystems. He has published more than 200 journal and conferencepapers, coauthored four books, supervised several lucrativeresearch projects, and is also an editor of several internationaljournals such as in the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Heis currently leading various potential projects on photovoltaic andhybrid renewable power generation systems with different types ofconverters. Mariusz Malinowski is currently with the Institute ofControl and Industrial Electronics (ICIE) at Warsaw University ofTechnology (WUT). He has authored more than 100 technical papersand is the holder of two implemented patents. Dr. Malinowski isalso an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on IndustrialElectronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, and previouslyedited the IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine. He was therecipient of the Siemens Prize (2002, 2007) and the Polish Ministerof Science and Higher Education Awards (2003, 2008). He alsoreceived IEEE IES David Irwin Early Career Award for Outstanding research and development of modulation andcontrol for industrial electronics converters in 2011. Kamal Al-Haddad has been a professor with the Ecolede Technologie Superieure s Electrical EngineeringDepartment since 1990. He has supervised 90 Ph.D. and M.Sc.A.students working in the field of power electronics forvarious industrial systems, including modelling, simulation,control, and packaging. He has also coauthored more than 400transactions and conference papers, transferred 21 technologies tothe industry, and is accredited with codeveloping theSimPowerSystem toolbox. Kamal Al-Haddad is currently a fellowmember of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, IEEE-IES PresidentElect 2014 2015, IEEE Transactions on Industrial InformaticsAssociate Editor, and director of ETS-GREPCI research group.