Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems

Book Preface

It is our pleasure to present this book on up-to-date power electronics technologies and advancements in their use in renewable energy, transportation systems, and various industrial applications. We have written this book in response to the current lack of relevant research available to researchers, professionals, and students. It is our hope that we successfully convey our passion for this field in a manner that is easy to follow textually and visually. We have chosen to write this as a joint initiative because of the expertise needed in an all-encompassing research on power electronic systems.

In this book we cover a wide range of power electronic components, renewable energy systems, smart grids, distributed generations, transportation systems, and other industrial areas. This work fills a gap in engineering literature and contributes to a better understanding and further application of power electronic systems. Power electronic components and applications are among the fastest growing engineering areas today and are key in responding to our current environmental constraints and energy demands.

This book integrates material in order to answer current problems and offer solutions for the growing commercial and domestic power demands.

The book discusses several aspects of current research, and the participation of theworld’s top scientists solidifies the book’s credibility, including IEEE life fellows Prof. Bimal K. Bose and Prof. Joachim Holtz. Other scientists who participated in the writing of this book include Professors Frede Blaabjerg, Leopoldo G. Franquelo, Carlo Cecati, Hamid A. Toliyat, Bin Wu, Fang Zheng Peng, Ralf M. Kennel, and Jose Rodriguez.