Power Electronics for Next-Generation Drives and Energy Systems

Nayan Kumar is a post-doctoral fellow at the School of Interdisciplinary Research, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research interests include power electronics and its applications such as in photovoltaic systems, wind turbines, electric vehicles, reliability, harmonics, and adjustable speed drives. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, India, in 2018.Josep M. Guerrero is a professor with the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. His research interests include power electronics, distributed energy-storage systems, energy management systems, smart metering and the internet of things for AC/DC microgrids. He serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, and as an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.Debaprasad Kastha is a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Prior assignments include the Research and Development Division of Crompton Greaves, Ltd., Mumbai. He has been performing research on power electronics and drives for more than two decades and has authored or co-authored about 50 technical papers, books, and electronic teaching aids. His research interests include the areas of wind power generation, machine drives, dc power supply, and distribution systems.Tapas Kumar Saha is a professor at the National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India. He is well known in the field of Power Electronics and Machine Drives and their applications in Renewable Energy Generation. He also serves as a reviewer of numerous IEEE transactions and conferences. His current research interests include control and implementation of renewable energy generation systems through power electronics and machine drives.

• Chapter 1: Characteristics and modeling of wide band gap (WBG) power semiconductorChapter 2: Reliability of smart modern power electronic converter systemsChapter 3: Next-generation electrification of transportation systems: EV, ship, and rail transportChapter 4: Multilevel inverter topologies and their applicationsChapter 5: Multilevel inverters: topologies and optimizationChapter 6: GaN oscillator-based DC-AC converter for wireless power transfer applicationsChapter 7: Partial power processing and its emerging applicationsChapter 8: Matrix converters; topologies, control methods, and applicationsChapter 9: Modelling, simulation and validation of average current and constant voltage operations in non-ideal buck and boost convertersChapter 10: Artificial intelligent-based modified direct torque control strategy: enhancing the dynamic torque response of permanent magnet electric tractionChapter 11: Non-parametric auto-tuning of PID controllers for DC-DC convertersChapter 12: Sliding mode control for DC-DC buck and boost convertersChapter 13: Fractional-order controllers in power electronic convertersChapter 14: Adjustable speed drive systems for industrial applications