Publisher's Synopsis
Power electronics is the study of switching electronic circuits in order to control the flow of electrical energy. Power electronics is the technology behind switching power supplies, power converters, power inverters, motor drives, and motor soft starters. The text Handbook of Power Electronics focuses on the fundamental principles, models, and technical requirements needed for designing practical power electronic systems. First chapter presents a review of power electronics applications in fuel cell systems, which include various topology combinations of DC converters and AC inverters and which are primarily used in fuel cell systems for portable or stand-alone applications. An alternative for all-electric ships applications has been discussed in second chapter. Third chapter deals with single glucose biofuel cells implanted in rats power electronic devices. The power losses in the winding of magnetic devices used in power systems made with multi-stranded litz-wire are analyzed in fourth chapter. The fundamentals of power electronics have been focused in fifth chapter. Sixth chapter discusses on three-phase controlled rectifiers. Resonant and soft-switching techniques in power electronics have been described in last chapter.
