Power Electronics and Motor Drives: Advances and Trends

by Bimal K. Bose

Overview

Power electronics is an area of extremely important and rapidly changing technology. Technological advancements in the area contribute to performance improvement and cost reduction, with applications proliferating in industrial, commercial, residential, military and aerospace environments. This book is meant to help engineers operating in all these areas to stay up-to-date on the most recent advances in the field, as well as to be a vehicle for clarifying increasingly complex theories and mathematics. This book will be a cost-effective and convenient way for engineers to get up-to-speed on the latest trends in power electronics.


The reader will obtain the same level of informative instruction as they would if attending an IEEE course or a training session, but without ever leaving the office or living room! The author is in an excellent position to offer this instruction as he teaches many such courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780120884056
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	07/28/2006
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	934
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Bimal K. Bose (Life Fellow, IEEE) is currently Emeritus Professor in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he has been Endowed Chair Professor (Condra Chair of Excellence) from 1987-2003. Prior to this, he was a research engineer at General Electric Corporate Research and Development (now GE Global Research Center), and faculty member at various universities. He has authored or edited eight books, published more than 200 papers, and holds 21 U.S. patents. He is a recipient of a number of awards and honors that include the IEEE Power Electronics Society William E. Newell Award and the IEEE Millennium Medal. He is Member of the US National Academy of Engineering.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Power Semiconductor Devices; Phase-Controlled Converters and Cycloconverters; Voltage-Fed Converters and PWM Techniques; Current-Fed Converters; AC Machined for Drives; Induction Motor Drives-Control and Estimation; Synchronus Motor Drives-Control and Estimation; Microprocessor/DSP Priciples and Applications; Fuzzy Logic Pronciples and Applications; Neural Network Principles and Applications

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Receive the same level of instruction as attending an IEEE course without leaving your office or home!

Editorial Reviews

"The field of power electronics continues to grow. The increasing need for power-efficient products is one of the major driving the demand for the power electronics products across all industries." —IEEE: Electrical Insulation Magazine

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