High-Efficiency and High-Performance Power Electronics for Power Grids and Electrical Drives

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: a high-performance; ac/dc converter for medium and high-voltage applications; battery storage system; bidirectional converter; bidirectional DC–AC converter; charging stations; current control; DC microgrid; distributed generation; droop control; dual stator winding machines; efficiency; electric motor overvoltage; electric vehicles; electrical loss minimization; electrical storage system; energy dosing; fault-tolerant control and operation; feed-forward control; harmonic compensation; high compactness; high efficiency; high performance; home electricity management systems; induction machines; interleaved topology; Mathematics and Science; maximum power point tracking; microgrid; modular multilevel converter; multi-input converter; multi-level inverter; multilevel–multicell converter; n/a; open-end winding; particle swarm optimization; Physics; power density; power factor correction; power losses; pulse width modulation inverters; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; reliability analysis; renewable energy sources; Research and information: general; resonant converters; snubber circuit; solar photovoltaic; solar power; specific power; Split-pi; submodule fault; three-phase inverter; wide bandgap devices; wind power; wind turbine generator
• ISBN: 9783036580807; 3036580808; 9783036580814; 3036580816
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8081-4

This reprint collects papers addressing valuable techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of power electronics when applied to power grids and electrical drives. The proposed techniques leverage several approaches, e.g., advanced converter topologies, innovative control algorithms, and wide bandgap power devices. Diverse application domains were covered: interfacing Renewable Energy Sources (RESs) and Energy Storage Systems (ESSs) with AC or DC microgrids; recharging ESSs in electric vehicles; increasing performance in variable speed electrical drives and direct online induction motors; applying electrical loss minimization techniques to microgrids based on RESs. After a short description of each contribution, some perspectives for future developments are also briefly given.