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Power Electronic Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Systems

  • 1st Edition - November 1, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: L. Ashok Kumar, S.Albert Alexander, Madhuvanthani Rajendran
  • Language: English

Power Electronic Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Systems provides design and implementation procedures for power electronic converters and advanced controllers to improve s… Read more

Description

Power Electronic Converters for Solar Photovoltaic Systems provides design and implementation procedures for power electronic converters and advanced controllers to improve standalone and grid environment solar photovoltaics performance. Sections cover performance and improvement of solar photovoltaics under various conditions with the aid of intelligent controllers, allowing readers to better understand the nuances of power electronic converters for renewable energy systems. With algorithm development and real-time implementation procedures, this reference is useful for those interested in power electronics for performance improvement in distributed energy resources, design of advanced controllers, and measurement of critical parameters surrounding renewable energy systems.

By providing a complete solution for performance improvement in solar PV with novel control techniques, this book will appeal to researchers and engineers working in power electronic converters, renewable energy, and power quality.

Key features

  • Includes simulation studies and photovoltaic performance analysis
  • Uses case studies as a reference for design and research
  • Covers different varieties of power converters, from fundamentals to implementation

Readership

Graduate/Researchers for power electronic converters, Solar photovoltaics and renewable energy; Doctoral research students and Practitioners on power quality

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Power Electronics: Introduction Need for power electronics in RES Classifications and modules in power electronics: Rectifier

Inverters Choppers AC voltage controllers Issues in integrating power electronics to renewable energy systems Projection circuits Design calculations Sample design exercises

Chapter 2: Switching circuits:  Performance improvement in RES by power electronics  Power quality  Efficiency  Switching circuits for power electronics  Analogue controller based switching  Digital controller based switching  Comparative analysis  Design calculations  Sample design exercises

Chapter 3: Solar energy conversion:  Introduction  Switching devices for solar energy conversion  Array sizing  Battery sizing  On grid systems  Off grid systems  MPPT algorithms  Design of Solar PV systems for residential applications  Design of Solar PV systems for industrial or commercial applications  Case study  Design calculations  Sample design exercises

Chapter 4: Converters for Solar PV Systems  Converter topologies for solar PV  DC-DC converters for solar energy conversion  Control circuits for choppers  DC-AC converters for solar energy conversion  Control circuits for inverters  Case study  Design examples

Chapter 5: Resonant DC-DC converters  Series-resonant dc–dc converter  Single-stage series-resonant Topology  Isolated Buck-Boost Converter Topology  Double-Boost Topology  Pseudo-dc link Topology

Chapter 6: Flyback and zeta DC-DC converters  Push-pull converter Topology  Single-Stage Fly-back Converter Topology  Interleaved Fly back Converter Topology  Zeta converter Topology

Chapter 7: Multistage DC-DC converters  Matrix converter Topology  Luo converter  Multi quadrant converters  DC-DC converter for MPPT

Chapter 8: Bridge type DC-AC converters  H-Bridge Unipolar  H-Bridge Bipolar  HERIC  DC Bypass  Full Bridge Inverter

Chapter 9: Central and string DC-AC converters  HB-Zero voltage state rectifier  Multilevel inverter and its types  String inverter  Central inverter  Multistring inverter  Matrix converter

Chapter 10: Switching circuits for DC-AC converters  Analog switching circuits  Digital switching circuits  Design calculations  Case studies  Real time implementation  Simulation and experimental results Appendix Simulation and Experimental details Appendix

Simulation and Experimental details

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 5, 2020
  • Language: English

About the authors

LK

L. Ashok Kumar

Professor Ashok Kumar is Principal at Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. His current research focuses on integration of renewable energy systems in the smart grid, biomedical applications, and wearable electronics. He has three years of industrial experience and 24 years of academic and research experience. He is also the author of several books and technical papers in national and international journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai , India

SA

S.Albert Alexander

Dr. S. Albert Alexander is at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai. He is a post doctoral Research Fellow from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. He is a recipient of Raman Research Fellowship from the University Grants Commission. His current research focuses on fault diagnostic systems for solar energy conversion systems and smart grids. He has 14 years of academic and research experience. He has published 25 technical papers in international and national journals and presented 23 papers at national and international conferences.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, India

MR

Madhuvanthani Rajendran

Dr. Madhuvanthani Rajendran is a full-time doctoral scholar currently enrolled in Anna University, Chennai. Her current research focuses on ‘Transient Power Management under different Load/Grid conditions of Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids’. She previously worked as a Curriculum Facilitator at African Leadership University, Mauritius where her primary role was to design Electrical Engineering courses using the flipped classroom approach. She has previously worked as an assistant professor at Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore where she worked on Interleaved Flyback Converters for Photovoltaic Grid Tie Applications. She obtained her Bachelor of Engineering degree from Anna University (SSN College of Engineering), Chennai in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Full-Time Doctoral Scholar, Anna University, Chennai, India

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